Cyber Security Engineer– Technical Lead with Security Clearance

Hoplite Solutions LLC; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoplite Solutions LLC in Bethesda, MD seeks a Cyber Security Engineer- Technical Lead SME to work in a hands-on "player-coach" role, dedicating ~75% of the time to direct engineering and implementation while guiding the security team. The role collaborates with team leads, developers, and operations to secure enterprise systems in a DevSecOps lifecycle.

Ideal candidates balance deep technical execution with leadership, maintain security controls, respond to incidents, and drive compliance and

Qualifications

• Experience implementing and managing SIEM tools (Splunk or similar).
• Hands-on security engineering in production environments.
• Lead with technical guidance while performing hands-on work.
• Monitor advisories and threat intel to stay current.
• Knowledge of network, endpoint security tools, and firewalls.
• Strong scripting (Python/PowerShell) and DevSecOps experience.
• Clearance: active TS/SCI with polygraph preferred.
• Familiarity with cloud security and compliance tooling.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, monitor, and upgrade security controls and tools.
• Design and maintain security technologies (firewalls, HBSS/Trellix, SIEM).
• Respond to security events and support incident remediation.
• Participate in change management to maintain security posture.
• Conduct vulnerability scanning and track remediation to closure.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers across teams.
• Serve as escalation point for complex security issues.

Skills

SIEM experience

Network security

Automation

Hands-on engineering

Technical leadership

Threat intel monitoring

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

DevSecOps practices

Cloud security basics

Security compliance (STIG)

Education

BS degree + 16+ years

MS degree + 14+ years

Tools

HBSS/Trellix

IDS/IPS

VPN

Splunk

GitHub

GitLab

SonarQube

AWS

CloudFormation

PowerShell

Job description

Responsibilities

Job Description Hoplite is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer- Technical Lead SME that will serve in a hands-on "player-coach" capacity, dedicating approximately 75% of time to direct technical engineering, troubleshooting, and implementation work, while providing technical leadership and coordination across the security team. The candidate must display an excellent understanding of technology and utilization of Firewalls (Security Groups), VPNs, Data Loss Prevention (DPS), IDS/IPS, Web-Proxy, Security tools, and Security Audits. Candidate will work directly with Team leads, developers, operations personnel, and other Technical Leads throughout a DevSecOps life cycle both on policy and technical implementation of technologies. This is not a supervisory management role. Success in this position is measured by individual technical contribution and resolution of complex security issues, in addition to technical leadership impact. Required Skills Primary Responsibilities:

• Plan, implement, manage, monitor, and upgrade security controls and tools used to protect enterprise systems and networks, while identifying opportunities to automate repeatable operations tasks.
• Design, configure, implement, troubleshoot, and maintain security technologies such as firewalls (security groups), endpoint protection tools (HBSS/Trellix), SIEM platforms (Splunk),
• Formulate systems and methodologies as well as respond to security related events and assist in remediation efforts of cyber security incidents (system and/or network breaches, malware attacks)
• Participate in change management processes to ensure system changes maintain security compliance and do not introduce new vulnerabilities.
• Conduct routine vulnerability scanning and assessment activities, provide formal and informal reports to technical teams, and track remediation efforts to closure.
• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise to the security engineering team while coordinating with peer Technical Leads across infrastructure and application domains to ensure alignment of architecture and security controls.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex or cross-domain security issues while mentoring junior engineers through collaborative troubleshooting and hands-on technical guidance.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience implementing and managing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools such as Splunk or similar platforms.
• Experience working with endpoint and network security technologies, including IDS/IPS, HBSS/Trellix, and related defensive security tools.
• Expert with automation (e.g., Ansible, CloudFormation)
• Demonstrated history of personally implementing, troubleshooting, and maintaining security technologies in production environments.
• Proven ability to balance technical leadership responsibilities with significant hands-on engineering work. Strong attention to detail with analytical mind outstanding problem-solving skills
• Monitor security advisories, bulletins, and industry threat intelligence to stay informed of current vulnerabilities, threats, and trends.
• Requires BS degree and 16 or more years of prior relevant experience, or MS degree and 14 or more years of prior relevant experience. To be considered must have an active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance Desired Skills Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with additional security tools and processes such as IDS/IPS, VPN, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube
• Experience with implementing and managing network and application firewalls, virtual private networks, firewalls, web protocols, incident detection, incident response, and forensics activities,
• Experience with Agile software development processes/environments, scripting /programming languages such as Python or PowerShell. (e.g., React), DevOpsSec pipelines and tools
• Familiar with Cloud Computing Technologies and Services (AWS, Oracle, Google)
• Knowledge of potential attack vectors such as XSS, injection, hijacking and social engineering
• Experience with health monitoring tools (SolarWinds) and using STIG viewers/tools to assess compliance with standards
• Experience with database systems, search engines, web applications, Linux Red Hat environments, Windows environment