We are looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a manufacturing organization in Pompano Beach, Florida in a contract-to-permanent capacity. This position will play a central role in strengthening security operations, guiding compliance efforts, and protecting both unclassified and classified environments that support business and government-related work. The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of technical security expertise, regulatory knowledge, and cross-functional collaboration to help reduce risk and improve the overall security posture.

Responsibilities:

• Lead cybersecurity and compliance activities for information systems, ensuring alignment with applicable government and defense security frameworks and standards.
• Evaluate current security controls, identify gaps, and create corrective action plans that drive issues through successful remediation.
• Develop, refine, and enforce security policies, technical standards, and operational procedures that support an effective cybersecurity program.
• Manage assessment and authorization efforts for classified environments using a risk-based framework and maintain readiness for audits and reviews.
• Perform ongoing security monitoring, control assessments, and audit support to detect threats, investigate concerns, and strengthen defensive capabilities.
• Assist with incident response and forensic review activities, including coordination during security events that require urgent technical support.
• Support the configuration and maintenance of firewalls, network protections, and security infrastructure across enterprise systems and connected environments.
• Partner with IT teams, security leadership, facility stakeholders, auditors, customers, and external agencies to communicate risk, project status, and compliance priorities.
• Deliver security guidance for new technology initiatives and help ensure appropriate controls are built into systems, applications, and infrastructure from the outset.
• Coordinate cybersecurity awareness efforts and recommend process improvements that enhance operational efficiency and reduce exposure to risk.