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ID #44943458
State Virginia
City Reston
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Applied Information Sciences
Showed 2022-08-17
Date 2022-08-16
Deadline 2022-10-15
Category Et cetera
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Security Engineer

Virginia, Reston, 20191 Reston USA

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As a

Security Engineer you will be providing cyber security support to enterprise level clients. You will be responsible for the Information Assurance and Security of application, database, and enterprise network services. In addition, you will be performing activities associated with the delivery of Cybersecurity policy implementation and network solutions associated with customer-defined systems and software projects.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Provide leadership in ensuring that audits are being done in a way that supports the compliance and security policy. Making sure that changes in the environments that cause compliance and security findings are documented and escalated.
  • Review the environment scoping information and inventory to ensure a deep understanding of the organizations business, its applications, and technical solutions.
  • Be well versed in the areas of focus on the security roadmap and have an understanding of how they will be implemented and impact the work that the Security Operations Center staff will have to take up.
  • Provide the SOC with an understanding as to the mapping between IT & organization security and how it relates to the responsibilities and tasking that the SOC has.
  • Ensure that the SOC team is focusing on education based on preventative maintenace and roadmap capabilities.
  • Participate in audit reviews to ensure that gaps in coverage are being addressed by the SOC team.
  • Support the creation of reporting templates, explain how they are used and generated and the expectation regarding their cadence. Create a process where the reports are reviewed and feedback loops provide the ability to improve them.
  • Specialize in SIEM configuration and maintenance.
  • Responsible for building the security architecture and systems
  • Work with development operations teams to ensure that systems are up to date.
  • Document requirements, procedures, and protocols to ensure that other users have the right resources
  • Work with customers on complex operational issues

Location and Travel Details

The ideal candidate will be flexible with the onsite requirements as needed. This position requires an average of 3 days and could go up to up 5 times a week on site to one of the following SIPR locations:
  • Aberdeen, MD
  • Adelphi, MD
  • Ft. Eustis, VA
  • Austin, TX

Security Clearance and Citizenship Requirements

Must be able to obtain and/or maintain Secret Clearance.

Profile of Success

  • 5 years of experience in systems engineering to operate M365 platforms
  • Strong experience in Azure and M365 environments
  • Provide technical guidance / recommendations to clients to enhance their overall security posture within the managed products. Handles daily incidents; monitors, tracks, analyzes and records.
  • Work with vendors, outside consultants, and other third parties to improve information security within the organization.
  • Work with other IT professionals to resolve fast moving vulnerabilities such as spam, virus, spyware and malware.
  • Monitor security vulnerability information from vendors and third parties.
  • Advanced Forensics skills to evaluate current malware and phishing threats.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Defender Suite
  • Strong engineering analysis ability
  • Good experience in a variety of SOC engineering/ administration tools

Desirable Skills

  • Current CompTIA Security+ Certification preferred or the ability to obtain CompTIA
  • Desire to obtain or utilize technical certifications as part of continuous professional growth

About AIS

AIS, Dedicated to Our People

AIS employees can spend their entire career at AIS doing challenging, rewarding work and reach their desired level of achievement and responsibility. We offer the opportunity to move up, without the obligation to move out of a position where one excels. We are committed to our employee's success; however, they define it.

It's our dedication to our employees that inspired our leadership to invest in our future and become partially employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP).

Our employees are our greatest strength, and we do all that we can to serve them. We invest in technology as early adopters, allowing us to create transformative and innovative solutions for our customers while exposing our team to cutting edge technology.

We hire outstanding individuals who are committed to curiosity, passionate about emerging technology, and who are excited to find innovative solutions for the biggest tech challenges facing international brands and government agencies today.

We Invest in Individuals Committed to Innovation

AIS is seeking professionals of a certain character and level of excellence. People that we can learn from and that we can help grow to achieve their personal career goals.

We are looking for:
  • Smart people with a passion for technology
  • Strong technical capabilities with a consultancy mindset
  • Close involvement with local technical communities
  • A willingness to think outside of the box to provide innovative solutions to clients
  • Ability to solve challenging technical business problems
  • Self-directed professionals

Our Core Values
  • Client Success
  • Continued Learning and Technical Excellence
  • Strong Client Relationships
  • Citizenship and Community

EEO Statement

Applied Information Sciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis covered by law. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications merit, and business need.

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