Defensive Cyberspace Operations Engineer – DCO

Defensive Cyberspace Operations Engineer for ITS, LLC. consulting on IT cyber defensive architecture.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeAurora • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $125,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudCyber SecurityDockerKafkaKubernetesLinuxLogstashNFSSplunkVMware

Key responsibilities & impact

Consults on IT and cyber defensive architecture and technologies
Assesses assigned Cyber domain to thoroughly understand the mission, architecture and threat
Advises on technical design and implementation of Defensive Cyber Operations capability required to effectively protect, detect and respond to cyber threats and attack
Research cyber defense technology options for best fit based on mission, architecture and threat
Design, implement, configure and/or tune Cyber Defense technology
Authors documentations to include SOPs, checklists, implementation guides, architecture diagrams, crew binders, etc.
Adapt technologies to meet best fit for the mission architecture and threat
Develop and tune cyber tools and technology like ELK, Kafka, Suricata, BRO, cuckoo, yara, etc.

What you’ll need

5 years of technical experience in cyber-defense or cyber security related fields (e.g., engineering, networking, systems integration, solutions etc.)
5 years of professional technical experience (these years may be in conjunction with #2)
Experience years must come from at least 2 of the following areas:
Container or virtual environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, AWS)
In-band and out-of-band test access points for network traffic collection and aggregation (e.g. Gigamon)
Data storage solutions (e.g. NFS storage, distributed storage, Ceph Ruck storage, etc.)
Data-analysis toolsets (e.g. Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana, Splunk, etc.)
Agile frameworks for software development
Linux operating systems (Red Hat, Kali, etc.)
Windows operating systems
Network infrastructure
Security applications (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response [SOAR], Security Information and Events Management [SIEM], Intrusion Detection Systems [IDS], etc.)
Required Certification (any of the following) GFACT CEH Cloud+ CySA+ PenTest+ SSCP Security+ GSEC
Bachelor’s degree in a cyber-related discipline (e.g. network engineering, computer science, information systems, software engineer, programming, etc.)
Top Secret/SCI

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Hard Skills & Tools

cyber defensecyber securitynetworkingsystems integrationdata analysisLinuxWindowsAgiletechnical designimplementation

Soft Skills

consultingadvisingresearchdocumentationadaptabilityproblem-solvingcommunicationteam collaborationanalytical thinkingattention to detail

Certifications

GFACTCEHCloud+CySA+PenTest+SSCPSecurity+GSEC