Temporary Intel Contractor Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Apogee Engineering is seeking to secure letters of intent for the following disciplines: 

• Weapons & Tactics Subject Matter Expert
• Defensive Cyber Warfare Engineer
• Cyber Intelligence Analyst
• Cyber Ops Training Instructor
• Cyber Range OTTI Engineer 
• Incident Responder / CIRT Specialist
• Threat Hunter 
• DevOps / Platform Engineer  

Selected incumbents will support a missioncritical federal program that delivers advanced cyberspace operations, engineering, tactics, training, and intelligence in support of U.S. space mission systems.

A mix of operational support, engineering & integration, training development and delivery, tactical/technical analysis, and exercise participation. Work will include both defensive and offensive cyber concepts in a strictly authorized, nonpersonal services contractor role.

This is a “future interest” announcement for ongoing hiring into a government cyber support program. Positions to be filled are contingent upon contract award.

Weapons & Tactics Subject Matter Expert (W&T SME)

Responsibilities: Develop, evaluate and document cyber weapons & tactics; run/brief Tactics Review Boards; author TacSOPs/TacBULs; support operational planning and mission rehearsals.

Required Experience: 6+ years operational cyber/defensive/offensive experience; military or equivalent operational background preferred; strong writing and briefing skills.

Defensive Cyber Warfare (DCW) Engineer

Responsibilities: Perform posture assessments; design sensor/TAP/EDR plans; integrate DCW tools into mission systems; support Configuration Control Boards and change requests.

Experience: 4+ years engineering/IT/cybersecurity experience with networking, logging, EDR, SOAR and cloud/OT exposure.

Cyber Intelligence Analyst

Responsibilities: Produce timely threat intelligence products, I&W, IOC/IOA creation, threat actor profiling, and participate in daily intel syncs and exercises.

Experience: 3–6+ years in cyber threat intel, SOC/CTI roles; familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, STIX/TAXII, YARA, and threat intel tooling.

Cyber Ops Training Instructor

Responsibilities: Deliver and develop qualification and upgrade training courses; create scenarios for cyber ranges/OTTI; maintain course material and MTL alignment.

Experience: Training/instruction experience plus deep technical skills in cyber operations and tools; formal training development experience preferred.

Cyber Range / OTTI Engineer (Range Architect)

Responsibilities: Design, build and maintain virtual training range environments, scenario construction, MSEL development, and range instrumentation.

Experience: Virtualization, network emulation, range software, and lab automation background; experience with LMS preferred.

Incident Responder / CIRT Specialist

Responsibilities: Support incident response playbooks, forensics, hunt missions, AARs and remediation recommendations during exercises and realworld events.

Experience: SOC/IR experience, digital forensics, endpoint detection and response operation experience.

Threat Hunter (Analytics)

Responsibilities: Develop analytics from IOC telemetry; produce YARA/STIX output; automate detection correlations and dashboarding for I&W.

Experience: Data engineering, scripting (Python), SIEM/ELK, familiarity with STIX/TAXII and threat intel exchange formats.

DevOps / Platform Engineer (Tooling & Automation)

Responsibilities: Support integration and sustainment of DCW toolsets, CI/CD for rule deployments, and automation of telemetry ingestion and test harnesses.

Experience: Linux, containers, orchestration (Kubernetes), automation scripts, and secure build pipelines.

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen 

Additional Information
Location:  Primary CONUS work locations and government facilities include Schriever SFB and Peterson SFB in Colorado Springs, CO.
Travel: 10-25%; Occasional travel and temporary duty (TDY) worldwide may be required.