Security Platform Engineer — Automate & Protect IT

Umbra; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

Stock Options

Free Parking

Free lunch daily in office

Job summary

Umbra is seeking a Security Operations Engineer to design, implement, and operate security controls across corporate platforms. You will bridge InfoSec and IT execution, translating policies into durable technical controls.

The role sits in Core Infrastructure and owns identity, access, email security, data protection, endpoint posture, vulnerability management, logging, and detection. This on-site, Arlington/Reston, VA position emphasizes an engineering-first approach, collaborating with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, security operations, or infrastructure security roles.
• Hands-on experience managing the vulnerability lifecycle, including authenticated scanning, finding validation, risk-based prioritization, remediation coordination, and verification of closure.
• Strong hands-on experience designing and deploying: Email authentication: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC; Enterprise DLP controls.
• Strong hands-on experience implementing security controls across: Identity & Access Management; Endpoint management (Windows/macOS); Network and cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to translate security policy into enforceable technical implementation.
• Experience coordinating patches, upgrades, and configuration changes across technical teams while balancing security risk, operational availability, and change-management requirements.
• Experience supporting & automating audit and compliance evidence collection.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident response skills.
• 10+ years of experience in security engineering, security operations, or infrastructure security roles.
• Experience with vulnerability assessment platforms, such as Tenable/Nessus, and patch management tooling, such as BigFix.
• Experience with Okta: IdP, SSO, MFA, SCIM, and workflows.
• Strong hands on experience designing and deploying eDiscovery and retention workflows.
• Experience with FortiGate & Cisco network technologies.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, VPNs, SD-WAN, and routing/switching.
• Experience deploying DLP in regulated environments.
• Familiarity with NIST, CMMC, and FedRAMP.
• Experience automating security controls, vulnerability remediation workflows, or evidence collection.
• Exposure to cloud security tooling and observability platforms.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Security Engineering: Design, implement, and operate technical security controls across identity, endpoint, network, cloud, email, and SaaS environments, translating InfoSec policies and standards into enforceable configurations and platform guardrails.
• Vulnerability Management: Own the technical vulnerability management lifecycle across corporate IT platforms, including scanning and coverage, risk-based prioritization, remediation coordination, validation, exception tracking, and reporting.
• Administer vulnerability scanning tools and partner with infrastructure and application owners to drive remediation of vulnerabilities, configuration issues, and critical or actively exploited exposures.
• Email Security: Design and maintain email security controls, including SPF, DKIM, DMARC, secure mail routing, monitoring, and protection against phishing, spoofing, and domain abuse.
• Data Loss Prevention: Design, implement, and tune DLP controls across email, endpoints, cloud storage, messaging, and SaaS platforms, including controls supporting CUI and other regulated data.
• Identity & Access: Secure and operate IAM capabilities including SSO, MFA, SCIM/JIT, PAM, least-privilege access, and access-review remediation.
• Endpoint Security: Partner with IT teams to implement and maintain security baselines across Windows and macOS environments, including encryption, patching, device trust, and endpoint security tooling.
• Network & Cloud Security: Implement and maintain security controls across network and cloud environments, including segmentation, firewalls, ZTNA/VPN, logging, and cloud security guardrails.
• Detection & Incident Response: Operate and tune security monitoring and detection capabilities, integrating signals across identity, endpoint, email, and DLP platforms and supporting investigation and remediation of security incidents.
• Compliance & Audit Readiness: Maintain technical documentation, configuration artifacts, and evidence supporting NIST, CMMC, FedRAMP, and other applicable security and compliance requirements.
• Automation & Continuous Improvement: Automate security controls, vulnerability management, evidence collection, and compliance workflows to improve reliability and reduce manual effort.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with InfoSec, Core Infrastructure, Digital Workplace, Enterprise Applications, Legal, and other stakeholders to implement security requirements and remediate technical risks.
• Participate in security-related change reviews, CABs, and other governance forums as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Security engineering

Vulnerability management

IAM / SSO

Endpoint security

Network & cloud security

Policy translation

Patch management

Automation & scripting

Incident response

Threat detection

Tools

Tenable / Nessus

BigFix

Okta

FortiGate

Cisco networking

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Umbra is seeking a Security Operations Engineer to design, implement, and operate security controls across corporate platforms. You will bridge InfoSec and IT execution, translating policies into durable technical controls.

The role sits in Core Infrastructure and owns identity, access, email security, data protection, endpoint posture, vulnerability management, logging, and detection. This on-site, Arlington/Reston, VA position emphasizes an engineering-first approach, collaborating with