Security Engineer

asmexternalcareersite; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

ASM Research seeks a seasoned Security Engineer to bolster SES across data centers, transitional sites, and cloud environments. The role focuses on maintaining OC FEN infrastructure, lifecycle management, and adherence to internal change and vulnerability processes.

The candidate will document procedures, coordinate changes with senior staff, and ensure security and availability through proactive monitoring and incident prevention.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of security engineering experience.
• US citizenship and ability to pass a federal background check.

Responsibilities

• Provide SES support across existing technologies, data centers, transitional locations, and cloud environments.
• Advise on maintenance and engineering of the OC FEN infrastructure and lifecycle management.
• Utilize internal processes and ticketing to identify, prioritize, act on, track, and close requests.
• Document all operating procedures and processes.
• Be available for changes affecting security or availability, including Change Management and Vulnerability Management.
• Obtain approvals from senior engineering and IT security staff before changes.

Skills

Security engineering

SIEM

LAN/WAN security

Cloud security

Vulnerability management

Change management

Documentation

Data retention/storage

Hardware lifecycle management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Tools

IDS

Firewalls

Proxy servers

DLP

Antivirus

Vulnerability scanners

Job description

Responsibilities:

• provide Security Engineering and Sustainment (SES) support in the existing technologies (e.g., datacenter location(s)), transitional locations, and Cloud environments).
• advising and assisting with maintenance and engineering of the OPR IOD Cyber Forensic Enterprise Network (OCFEN) infrastructure to include hardware and software throughout its lifecycle to ensure adaptability.
• utilize, by means of the agency Internal Change Request processes and internal ticketing system, to identify priorities and service requests, take action, track and update and close tickets upon completion.
• Document all operating procedures / processes.
• Be available for activities that are likely to affect security or availability including: Change Management, Configuration types of critical equipment and Vulnerability Management (including patching).
• Obtain approval by both senior engineering and IT security staff prior to execution of all changes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other Engineering or Technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Security Engineering.
• US citizenship is required (no dual citizens), candidates must be able to pass a federal background investigation in order to gain access to sensitive information.

Other Job Specific Skills

• Experience maintaining the SIEM infrastructure and OS to support the collection and aggregation of all appropriate data sources including but not limited to IDS data from network sensors, raw data from collection agents, firewalls, proxy servers, DLP, antivirus, and vulnerability scanner elements.
• Technology Evaluation.
• Security Tool Engineering and Maintenance.
• Analysis of Alternatives.
• Logging Capabilities and Requirements.
• Data Retention and Storage Requirements.
• Hardware Life Cycle Management.
• Software Maintenance and Assurance.
• Configuration Management.
• Experience supporting LAN / WAN and cloud security solutions.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.