Security Operations Engineer - Threat Detection & Response

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

Job summary

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.

Capgemini Government Solutions requires U.S. citizenship, the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance, and 5+ years in SOC or security engineering for large enterprise operations;

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• 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.

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.

Skills

SOC experience

Incident response

Security monitoring

TCP/IP networking

SIEM tools

Threat analysis

Communication skills

DoD clearance

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

QRadar

ArcSight

Tenable

Nessus

Qualys

Rapid7

Job 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.

Capgemini Government Solutions requires U.S. citizenship, the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance, and 5+ years in SOC or security engineering for large enterprise operations;