Security Engineer

• Configure, maintain, and improve security controls across systems, applications, or networks.
• Help implement and troubleshoot tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection, endpoint protection, access controls, or security monitoring platforms, depending on the assignment.
• Work with system owners to address vulnerabilities, strengthen configurations, and verify that improvements are working as intended.
• Support incident investigation and remediation when the systems or controls you manage are involved.
• Integrate security tools and processes with the teams that operate the environment, keeping reliability and mission needs in view.
• Document configurations, changes, procedures, and recommendations so teammates can build on your work., * These roles work onsite at a government site in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The specific site depends on the assignment.
• You will work with Via Logic teammates, government partners, and other technical teams using tools approved for your work environment.
• Schedules depend on the opening. We will discuss any extended hours or on-call expectations before moving forward with a specific assignment.
• When virtual meetings are part of the work, we expect active participation and use video when appropriate and permitted by the customer environment.

Experience: Approximately 1-5 years of relevant experience; we are hiring at multiple levels, * Be U.S. citizens.

• Be able to complete the CBP suitability process and receive a favorable determination before starting the assignment. The process includes a background investigation and review of credit history.
• Meet any additional clearance requirement for the specific opening. Some assignments may require a Secret or Top Secret clearance, and specialized assignments may require SCI eligibility. We will confirm the requirement as we match candidates to openings., * Approximately 1-5 years of relevant experience in security engineering, network or systems engineering with a security focus, or a related technical field. We will consider the depth of your work alongside your years of experience.
• Hands-on experience configuring, administering, or improving at least one security technology or control.
• Familiarity with some of the following: network security, firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint security, identity and access, system hardening, vulnerability remediation, application security, cloud security, or logging.
• The ability to diagnose a problem, work with technical partners on a fix, and verify the result.
• The ability to work onsite in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Experience in adjacent application, cloud, or network security specialties is welcome. Specific technologies and duties vary by assignment; you do not need to have worked with every control listed here.

• Healthcare coverage and paid time off that give you room to take care of life outside work.
• Teammates who share knowledge, pitch in, and help each other grow.
• Opportunities to deepen your specialty and explore adjacent areas of cybersecurity as new assignments open up.
• Meaningful work protecting systems that support a federal mission.