Senior AWS Security Tooling Engineer — Onsite VA

Cybersecurity Jobs; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Group Life & Disability

Voluntary Life, Hospital Indemnity &/o

DTO Program

11 Paid Holidays

Job summary

UltraViolet Cyber is seeking a Senior Security Tooling Engineer to secure AWS environments and translate findings into actionable improvements. This onsite role in Springfield, VA focuses on evaluating security tools, validating coverage, and enhancing tooling configurations across enterprise and AWS-native services.

The role requires extensive experience with security tools and AWS services, multiple certifications, and the ability to perform assessments, audits, and penetration testing to

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands-on experience with security tools and AWS security services.
• Experience performing tool assessments, audits, or implementations.
• AWS certifications listed above or equivalent are required.

Responsibilities

• Assess enterprise security tools including SIEM platforms.
• Assess enterprise security tools including IDS/IPS solutions.
• Assess enterprise security tools including vulnerability management systems.
• Evaluate AWS-native security services including AWS GuardDuty, Macie and Inspector.
• Conduct configuration reviews against CIS Benchmarks and AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Review logging and monitoring configurations for coverage and visibility.
• Support or perform vulnerability assessments and penetration testing to validate tool effectiveness.

Skills

Security tooling

AWS security services

Tool assessments

Configuration reviews

Education

AWS Certifications (see list)

Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph

CompTIA Security+

OSCP

CEH

Splunk Certified Architect/Power User

Microsoft SC-200

Tools

Splunk

AWS GuardDuty

AWS Macie

AWS Inspector

CIS Benchmarks

AWS Well-Architected Framework

SIEM

Job description

UltraViolet Cyber is seeking a Senior Security Tooling Engineer to secure AWS environments and translate findings into actionable improvements. This onsite role in Springfield, VA focuses on evaluating security tools, validating coverage, and enhancing tooling configurations across enterprise and AWS-native services.

The role requires extensive experience with security tools and AWS services, multiple certifications, and the ability to perform assessments, audits, and penetration testing to