AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Cybersecurity Engineer
2 Corporate Pl, Middletown, RI 02842
On-site · Full-time · $59k–$90k (as posted)
First seen by offpeak October 21, 2026
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Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.
Responsibilities
- Participate in Cybersecurity assessments to include conducting residual risk analysis and compiling Risk Management Framework for DoW IT artifacts.
- Research and recommend cybersecurity architectures and procedures, providing advanced systems administration and executing cybersecurity vulnerability testing in mixed network environments.
- Participate in technical meetings, providing cybersecurity services and systems administration for military tactical/non-tactical, Electronics Support Measures suites and relational database applications.
- Provide input to monthly cyber security analysis reports.
- This position is a 100% on-site role.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology field or 3 years of military IT experience.
- DoW 8570.1-M Cybersecurity Technician Level II or III certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security+/Network+, or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and operating systems certification (e.g.). Microsoft Technology Professional, CompTIA Linux+ and Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA).
- Ability to obtain Secret level security clearance
- U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
At least 3+ years' experience in:
- Cybersecurity, Risk Management Framework, and/or Information Technology/networks.
- Using Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMass)
- Familiarity with information systems vulnerability scanning tools, e.g., DISA Security Technical
- Implementation Guides (STIG), Assured Compliance Assessment Reports Security Readiness Review (SRR) scripts, and implementation.
- MS Windows 10 and Server operating systems and UNIX/Linux, Solaris, VMware, Real-Time Operating Systems, routers, and embedded processor networking environments.