Security Engineer

POSITION SUMMARY: 

Position Title: Security Engineer 

Job Summary:  

The Security Engineer works independently on tasks and intermediate- to high-complexity systems. The individual is responsible for performing their tasks and duties while using their own initiative to identify and engage the right resources to drive outcomes in areas that exceed their authority or technical scope.  

While your primary responsibilities are defending the network and maintaining the Authority To Operate (ATO) for an enterprise environment, you will also identify and investigate anomalies, support incident response teams, and contribute to or conduct root cause analyses for both security and operational events.  

You will play a substantial role in supporting the effectiveness and growth of our solutions and services business.  Ultimately, you will ensure that the networks and systems we protect are consistently and comprehensively secured.  

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Essential Duties: 

• Ensure the complete, timely, and accurate performance of security functions necessary to secure a virtualized enterprise infrastructure environment (on-premise or cloud-based). 
• Provide specialized engineering expertise (design, installation, configuration, problem-solving, and automation) for industry-standard enterprise security tools, including those offered by Splunk, Carbon Black, Palo Alto, Cisco, and Microsoft.
• Coordinate seamlessly with engineering, systems administration, help desk support, and field support teams to successfully deploy new policies, assets, and controls.  
• Perform routine duties consistently and accurately, including monitoring to ensure the integrity and availability of appliances, servers, systems, and processes, including:  
• Reviewing system, application, and event logs to verify proper operation. 
• Identification of the presence of indicators of compromise and timely escalation of those observations as dictated by policy. 
• Implement Plans of Actions and Milestones and ensure security configurations meet the standards required to obtain and maintain an ATO from the Authorizing Official. 
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), runbooks, training guides, and security tutorials to standardize work performance and educate new team members on security duties. 
• Recommend, document, demonstrate, and implement technologies, configurations, or integrations to expand, upgrade, and increase the efficiency of the existing security applications.  
• Identifies, reports, and resolves/mitigates actual or suspected security violations. 
• Uses sound judgment to prioritize remediation of vulnerabilities or risks to computer systems, networks, and applications.  

Other Duties: 

Performs other duties as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Required Skills: 

• Excellent communication, collaboration and organizational skills are essential. 
• Demonstrated ability to acquire new position-specific skills and techniques rapidly  
• Demonstrated understanding of FISMA requirements and experience supporting the ATO assessment process 
• Experience deploying, testing, and configuring secure configuration baselines 
• Superior verbal, written and presentation skills.  
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. 
• Positive team spirit 
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future. 
• Must be able to obtain a clearance or have a current DOJ Public Trust clearance. 

Benefits Offered:

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Flexible work environment.