# Specialist Engineering Management SME4 at Clear Ridge Defense

> United States · Unspecified · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aclearridgedefense%3A5442452008 (read 2026-11-12).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Clear Ridge Defense](https://alderhq.app/companies/clear-ridge-defense)
- Location text: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; CYBERTRON
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; CYBERTRON")
- Posted: 2026-10-02 (41 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-07
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://clridge.com/careers?gh_jid=5442452008
- Skills listed (inferred): TypeScript

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted
- Market band for similar posted roles (United States, n 36501): p25 $55k, median $84k, p75 $140k

## Description (the employer's text)

Clear Ridge Defense is seeking a TS/SCI cleared professional to serve as a Specialist Engineering Management SME4 in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

### Roles and Responsibilities

You will...

- Design, engineer, integrate, and maintain secure network architectures supporting Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) and U.S. Army communications-security requirements.
- Translate customer mission, security, performance, and operational requirements into executable network designs and technical solutions.
- Design and troubleshoot complex networks supporting multiple security enclaves, classification levels, and trust boundaries.
- Configure, administer, secure, and maintain firewalls, VPN gateways, routers, switches, wireless controllers, intrusion detection systems, and intrusion prevention systems from multiple vendors.
- Configure static and dynamic routing, virtual routing and forwarding (VRF), network segmentation, access-control policies, and encrypted communications.
- Implement and maintain network components from HPE Aruba, Cisco, SonicWALL, Juniper, and other commercial network-equipment vendors.
- Design, configure, and administer VMware-based virtualized environments supporting secure network and cybersecurity services.
- Deploy, harden, administer, and troubleshoot Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
- Develop and maintain Bash and PowerShell scripts to automate system configuration, administration, security monitoring, testing, and reporting.
- Configure centralized logging, alerting, dashboards, and event correlation capabilities within a Security Information and Event Management environment.
- Conduct network integration, functional, security, interoperability, performance, and acceptance testing.
- Analyze and resolve complex network, VPN, firewall, routing, operating-system, virtualization, and security-related issues.
- Perform vulnerability assessment, configuration review, system hardening, and remediation in accordance with applicable Government security requirements.
- Support the development and maintenance of CSfC-related architecture, configuration, testing, authorization, and operational documentation.
- Coordinate with Government customers, cybersecurity personnel, system administrators, engineers, vendors, and other stakeholders to resolve requirements and technical issues.
- Develop and maintain network diagrams, architecture drawings, equipment lists, configuration guides, test plans, test reports, standard operating procedures, maintenance instructions, and training materials.
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to engineers, administrators, operators, and customer representatives.
- Work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team while managing multiple technical priorities.
- Support laboratory, integration, fielding, troubleshooting, and operational activities at Government and customer locations.
- Travel up to 25% to support technical exchanges, site surveys, installation, integration, testing, training, and operational requirements.
### Must-Haves

You possess...

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, or a related technical discipline.
- Five to ten (10+) years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise networking, information technology, network engineering, or cybersecurity.
- Expert knowledge of network architecture, routing, switching, firewalls, VPN technologies, wireless networking, network segmentation, and intrusion detection and prevention.
- Practical experience with Windows, RHEL, VMware, PowerShell, and Bash.
- TS/SCI clearance.
### Nice-To-Haves

- Experience designing, implementing, testing, or maintaining NSA CSfC solutions.
- Experience supporting DoD or U.S. Army network and cybersecurity environments.
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, Security+, CEH, CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE.
### Additional Information

Ranking #5 in Maryland and #7 in Government Services! And see how we were ranked a 2025 Top Workplace by the Baltimore Sun!

Clear Ridge Defense is the premier service solutions provider supporting the Service and Joint cyberspace operations and intelligence community in three core areas of expertise:

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