Security Engineer – Endpoint Monitoring & Tool Validation

Leidos; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking experienced Security Engineers to support the DMDC CyberPRIMES program. The role focuses on validating endpoint-security deployment, configuration, and reporting to enterprise monitoring systems.

You will help optimize data collection, alerting, and threat response across the DHRA enterprise. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in cybersecurity operations, understands telemetry, and holds a Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, CS, IT, Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of experience.
• Experience supporting endpoint-security technologies and enterprise cybersecurity operations.
• Experience validating deployment, configuration, connectivity, or reporting of endpoint-security tools.
• Experience troubleshooting endpoint-security or enterprise security-tool issues.
• Understanding of endpoint-security telemetry and centralised data-rollup concepts.
• U.S. Citizenship required and Active Secret security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor endpoint-security capabilities across the DHRA enterprise.
• Validate endpoint-security tools are deployed, configured, operational, and reporting data.
• Verify upstream rollup of endpoint-security data into enterprise monitoring systems.
• Troubleshoot endpoint-security tool configuration, connectivity, deployment, data-rollup, and reporting issues.
• Provide recommendations to optimize endpoint-security configurations and data collection.
• Coordinate with Government tool administrators, system owners, network and IT teams.

Skills

Endpoint security

Cybersecurity monitoring

Security engineering

Enterprise security operations

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

DISA CMRS

eMASS

GOTS applications

Job description

Leidos is seeking experienced Security Engineers to support the DMDC CyberPRIMES program. The role focuses on validating endpoint-security deployment, configuration, and reporting to enterprise monitoring systems.

You will help optimize data collection, alerting, and threat response across the DHRA enterprise. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in cybersecurity operations, understands telemetry, and holds a Secret clearance.