Senior Endpoint Security Engineer — TS/SCI Clearance

Nyla Technology Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 149,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nyla FLEX program

Top-tier compensation & benefits

Job summary

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers AI, data science, and software engineering services to the U.S. Government. The Senior Systems Engineer will lead enterprise EDR programs, drive design, integration, and optimization of MDE and Trellix HX across classified environments from Columbia, MD.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, advanced incident response, and strategic technical guidance for stakeholders, with a strong emphasis on security posture and threat containment.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI polygraph clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field plus 20+ years data analytics or financial intelligence experience, OR HS diploma plus 25+ years intelligence experience.
• Experience deploying enterprise EDR like MDE and Trellix HX at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and optimize endpoint security platforms across enterprise.
• Bridge architecture with real-time operations for threat containment.
• Lead technical implementations and brief executives or Government stakeholders.

Skills

EDR platform mastery

KQL & YARA rules

Hybrid/VDI infra

Incident response & forensics

Technical leadership

Security architecture planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Data Analytics, CS, or related)

HS diploma + 25+ years experience in lieu

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Trellix HX

PowerShell / Bash / Python scripting

Job description

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers AI, data science, and software engineering services to the U.S. Government. The Senior Systems Engineer will lead enterprise EDR programs, drive design, integration, and optimization of MDE and Trellix HX across classified environments from Columbia, MD.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, advanced incident response, and strategic technical guidance for stakeholders, with a strong emphasis on security posture and threat containment.