Senior Endpoint Scanning Administrator

PD Inc; Maryland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401K

Health care

Paid time off

Student loan forgiveness (merit based)

Security clearance sponsorship

Casual dress code

Free parking

Corporate discounts

Gym memberships

Job summary

PD Inc International seeks a Senior Endpoint Scanning Administrator to support DoD cybersecurity operations at Fort Meade, MD. You will manage scans, validate configurations, and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure DISA compliance across NIPRNet and SIPRNet environments.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in endpoint security tools, 3+ years in MS Office, and hands-on experience with Tenable/ACAS, MDE, Nessus, AWS/Azure. Active Secret clearance is required and ACAS certifications are preferred.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of experience with endpoint tools and cybersecurity.
• Three+ years of experience with Microsoft Office products.
• Hands-on Tenable and AWS/Azure skills for ACAS solutions (Tenable Security Manager, Nessus/Tenable.io, MDE, Amazon Inspector, SSM).
• Current 8570/8140 certification with network environment focus and ACAS certifications.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain approved security scanners to plan, create, manage, and retire scans for workloads across isolated environments per DISA policies.
• Maintain scans, accounts, and configurations per best practice guides and DISA policies.
• Communicate, resolve, revalidate, and prevent scan failures with stakeholders per DISA policies.
• Test, evaluate, and deploy endpoint scanning tools and configurations to DISA and other endpoints.
• Analyze mission requirements and feedback to create, configure, and improve scan reports.
• Monitor, identify, and facilitate resolution of performance impacting issues.
• Create and/or review security scan reports with stakeholders.
• Participate in audits and provide documentation.

Skills

Endpoint tools

Tenable

MDE (Microsoft Defender for Endpoint)

AWS/Azure for ACAS

ACAS knowledge

DISA policy awareness

Security clearance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Tenable Security Manager

Nessus/Tenable.io

MDE for Endpoint

Amazon Inspector

AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Agent

Job description

Job Title: Senior Endpoint Scanning Administrator

Location: Fort Meade, MD 20755

Clearance Level: Active Secret Clearance

Job Type: Full-Time

PD Inc International is seeking an experienced and mission‑driven Senior Endpoint Scanning Administrator to provide Cybersecurity Management support in a U.S. government (DoD) environment.

Education Requirement

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Years of Experience

• Five+ years of relevant/recent experience with endpoint tools and cybersecurity.
• Three+ years of relevant/recent experience with Microsoft Office products.
• The candidate needs to have Tenable and AWS Azure skills for ACAS solutions:
  • Tenable Security Manager
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) for Cloud & AWS Security
  • Tenable Network Monitor (Nessus/Tenable.io)
  • MDE Vulnerability Management & Amazon Inspector
  • Tenable Agents
  • MDE for Endpoint Agent & AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Agent

Certification Requirements

• Current 8570/8140 requirement certification with network environment focus and ACAS certifications

Clearance Requirements

• Active Secret Clearance

Requirements

Operate and maintain approved security scanners to plan, create, manage, and retire schedule for ad hoc scans and scan groups for new and existing workloads across isolated environments, NIPRNet and SIPRNet IAW all active DoD and DISA policies and procedures.

Maintain and ensure scans, accounts, and configurations are set IAW best practice guides and DISA privileged access policies and procedures.

Communicate, resolve, revalidate, and prevent scan failures with all stakeholders IAW DISA policies and procedures.

Test, evaluate, and deploy endpoint scanning tools and configurations to DISA and other applicable endpoints.

Analyze mission requirements and organizational feedback to create, configure, maintain, and improve scan reports.

Monitor, identify, and facilitate the resolution of performance impacting issues.

Create and/or review security scan reports with stakeholders.

Participate in audits and provide documentation.

Deliverables

• Metrics and trending analysis reports
• Scan systems (Government provided list)
• Scan failures report
• Scanning vulnerability reports
• Also includes Deliverables that apply to all tasks listed in section 6, Performance Requirements.

Benefits

PD Inc benefits include highly competitive salary, 401K, health care, paid time off, no-limit Student loan forgiveness (merit based), and we sponsor new/qualified employees for Security Clearance. Employees can also take advantage of casual dress code, free parking, corporate discounts, and gym memberships.