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title: 'Cyber Security Engineer SME at Swift'
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# Cyber Security Engineer SME at Swift

- **Company:** Swift
- **Location:** Herndon, VA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group/am9icG9zdDrxb_OKAN4gOD10vXTWcX2H

## Job description

Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

Swift is actively seeking a highly skilled Cyber Security System Engineer (ISSE) with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the security and accreditation of information systems, performing risk assessments, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to maintain a robust security posture. Key Responsibilities:

- Manage up to 10 A&A packages independently, ensuring timely updates, quality documentation, and full compliance with customer requirements.
- Develop new A&A packages from inception through final ATO approval.
- Provide evidence and respond to security control requirements within the customer’s A&A tool (e.g., Greenlight or equivalent).
- Maintain and track Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs) after ATO issuance.
- Process Security-Relevant Changes (SRCs) and document all modifications to system configurations.
- Collaborate closely with the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) on system changes, approvals, and ongoing compliance needs.
- Perform vulnerability and compliance scans using Rapid7.
- Work with development teams to ensure systems are patched regularly and all software versions remain current.
- Conduct audits using Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, and AWS CloudTrail.
- Navigate AWS Console (CAP) to gather evidence, validate configurations, and ensure system compliance.
- Demonstrate familiarity with AWS serverless technologies such as Lambda, and containerized platforms.
- Use JIRA and Confluence for workflow management, documentation, and collaboration.
- Understand and work across multiple customer environments or fabrics.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferred) in a relevant discipline.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, system engineering, or information assurance.
- Strong technical expertise in computer network design, implementation, and accreditation.
- Proven ability to provide oversight and coordination for multiple contractors supporting program objectives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Expertise in certification and accreditation processes.
- In-depth knowledge of security policies and frameworks such as:
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90-day mark.

We are not working with outside staffing agencies to fill this position, and we will not be accepting unsolicited resumes. All inquiries must go through the recruiting team.

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## About Swift

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Swift Group provides national security technology and mission support by combining experienced field operatives with expert technologists.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding stage)
- **Headquarters**: Reston, VA, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: National security, defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, training and logistics.
- **Target customers**: U.S. Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community agencies (B2G).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “When national security leaders need something built quiet that hits loud, they turn to Swift.” — The company pairs field operators with technologists to solve complex national security challenges with speed, discretion, and precision.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **HPC Research & Technical Advisement**: Specialized advisement for revolutionary high-performance computing systems supporting data-intensive missions.
- **Software Development & Data Solutions**: Rapid prototyping, agile development, and applied data science tailored to mission needs.
- **Cyber Enablement**: Network defense, offense, threat analysis, and resilience for enterprise and operational environments.
- **Operations**: Mission planning and execution support delivered shoulder-to-shoulder with client teams anywhere in the world.
- **Training & Mission Support**: Operator-led instruction and technical training across the full mission lifecycle.
- **Energetics**: Advanced research, advisory, and deployment of energetic materials to improve system performance and operational effect.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held).
- **Key Metric**: Over **126 open positions** currently listed on the careers page, signaling rapid growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Growt Signals**: Founded in 2019, now has multiple offices (Reston, Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, McLean, etc.) and supports customers across the U.S. and globally. High volume of active job postings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator-led approach**: Combines real-world field experience with cutting-edge engineering, reducing the gap between mission needs and technical solutions.
- **Integration**: Unified teams of operators, engineers, and analysts work together, avoiding siloed tools.
- **Discretion and trust**: Emphasizes low-profile, off-the-record work, earning deep trust from national security clients.
- **Acountability**: Company culture of owning outcomes, with a flat, agile structure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding capabilities in cyber, HPC, and data science while maintaining operator-driven agility. Continued support for sensitive, high-stakes missions across civilian, defense, and intelligence domains.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, employee-focused, with a strong sense of purpose. Values include transparency, integrity, service, and innovation.
- **Work environment**: Low-profile, high-impact. Roles often require clearance and on-site presence at client locations (e.g., Chantilly, Annapolis Junction, Reston). Not fully remote; likely hybrid or on-site.
- **Bnefits**: Comprehensive healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time-off benefits.
- **Success stories**: Clear career progression from analyst to chief architect, with wide pay bands (e.g., $50k–$290k) indicating room for growth and specialization.

## Sources
1. [theswiftgroup.com/company](https://theswiftgroup.com/company/)
2. [theswiftgroup.com](https://theswiftgroup.com/)
3. [careers.theswiftgroup.com](https://careers.theswiftgroup.com/)
4. [jobs.gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group)

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