Security Engineer

Capgemini Government Solutions LLC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Government Solutions LLC is seeking a Security Engineer – Operational Support to strengthen security operations for federal clients. You will monitor, respond to incidents, and support enterprise cybersecurity tooling and governance.

You will work with cross-functional teams to improve security posture, perform threat analysis, and maintain documentation and runbooks, with focus on DoD clearance requirements and compliant practices.

Qualifications

• DoD Secret Clearance required or ability to obtain
• 5+ years in SOC or security engineering environment
• Experience supporting large enterprise cybersecurity operations
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, security monitoring, and incident response methodologies
• Knowledge of frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, CMMC, SOX, PCI-DSS

Responsibilities

• Monitor, maintain, and support enterprise security technologies (SIEM, IDS/IPS, vulnerability management, malware protection)
• Respond to security incidents and alerts per procedures
• Triage and manage service management requests
• Configure and optimize security tools, detections, and alerts
• Troubleshoot security infrastructure and support audit/compliance activities
• Support ITSM processes (incident, problem, change)
• Analyze network traffic and endpoint telemetry to identify threats
• Develop and maintain security docs, standards, and playbooks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve security posture

Skills

Security Operations

Incident Response

Security Monitoring

Threat Analysis

Communication

Tools

SIEM

Microsoft Defender

CrowdStrike

Tenable

Job description

Locations

Showing 1 location McLean, VA, 22102, USA
McLean, VA 22102, USA
+2 more locations

• Remote
• Information Technology
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: SECUR003607

Description

Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS) LLC is seeking a Security Engineer – Operational Support to support our Aerospace and Federal Government clients. This role is responsible for security operations, monitoring, incident response, and engineering support for enterprise cybersecurity platforms and infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities

• Monitor, maintain, and support enterprise security technologies, including SIEM, IDS/IPS, vulnerability management, and malware protection solutions.
• Respond to security incidents, alerts, and operational events in accordance with established procedures.
• Triage and manage requests from service management queues and engineering support mailboxes.
• Configure, tune, and optimize security tools, policies, detections, and alerts.
• Troubleshoot security infrastructure and support audit, compliance, and governance activities.
• Support ITSM processes including incident, problem, and change management.
• Analyze network traffic, authentication events, endpoint telemetry, and other security data to identify threats.
• Develop and maintain security documentation, standards, procedures, and playbooks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve security posture and operational effectiveness.

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• 5+ years of experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Security Engineering environment.
• Experience supporting large enterprise cybersecurity operations.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, security monitoring, and incident response methodologies.
• Knowledge of security frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001, CMMC, SOX, and PCI-DSS.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight, or similar SIEM platforms.
• Experience with Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, Trellix, or similar endpoint security technologies.
• Experience with vulnerability management tools such as Tenable, Nessus, Qualys, or Rapid7.
• Knowledge of cloud security, particularly Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with PowerShell, Python, KQL, APIs, automation, and SOAR technologies.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISA, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GPEN, or equivalent.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

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Disclaimer

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Capgemini discloses salary range information in compliance with state and local pay transparency obligations. The disclosed range represents the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting, although we may ultimately pay more or less than the disclosed range, and the range may be modified in the future. The disclosed range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, geographic location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. At Capgemini, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. The base salary range for the tagged location is 95k - 105k.

This role may be eligible for other compensation including variable compensation, bonus, or commission. Full time regular employees are eligible for paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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