Onsite | Washington D.C. | 5 Days a Week

US Citizen - Clearable Required (Will be processed for a Public Trust)

Summary

Our client is an employee and Service-Disabled, Veteran-owned Small Business focused on providing niche technical services. They are a team of experienced cybersecurity professionals with a track record of success in the Federal, Commercial, and Academic workspaces. Additionally, our client designs, builds, operates, and secures scalable cloud and IT infrastructures to meet their customers’ near-term needs and fulfill their long-term requirements.

Responsibilities

Our client is looking for a Security Engineer to join their team! This role will support the Security Operations Center (SOC) and play a critical part in securing enterprise systems, networks, and data. The Security Engineer will design, implement, and maintain security tools and infrastructure in alignment with federal cybersecurity frameworks while collaborating with analysts, incident responders, and system administrators to strengthen the agency’s overall security posture.

• Design and deploy security infrastructure including firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR, and cloud security tools

• Maintain the operation and effectiveness of security tools through regular patching, updates, and troubleshooting

• Collaborate with SOC and IT teams to ensure tools are configured and tuned to support threat detection and incident response

• Document technical processes, tool configurations, and troubleshooting procedures

• Support change control processes by maintaining compliance during security tool updates and modifications

• Analyze and utilize log data from various sources (e.g., syslog, Windows Event, JSON) for threat detection use cases

• Ensure integration of security tools with enterprise systems and workflows

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in a security engineering or cybersecurity operations role

• Hands-on expertise with firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, SIEMs, and endpoint security solutions

• Strong understanding of log formats and detection techniques

• Familiarity with enterprise security architecture and vulnerability management practices

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Education/Certification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an IT-related discipline

Preferred Requirements

• Security certifications such as CISSP, CySA+, CASP+, CompTIA Security+, CCSP, CISM, or CEH

• Experience working in a SOC or cyber operations environment

• Experience administering Tenable solutions (Nessus, Tenable.sc, or Tenable.io) and Elastic Stack SIEM

• Familiarity with NIST 800-53 and other federal cybersecurity frameworks

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Must be able to obtain a US Government Public Trust Clearance.