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# Sr. Security Engineer - Security Engineering Team

- **Company:** Capgemini
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Software System Penetration Testing, Business Software, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Perl (Programming Language), Intrusion Detection Systems, Python (Programming Language), McAfee VirusScan, ArcSight SIEM Tool, Security Information and Event Management, Software Vulnerability Management, Scripting, Malware, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** October 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88580679/1

## About the Role

* U.S. Citizenship is required.
 * Eligible to obtain and maintain Government Security Clearance.
 * 5-7 years of experience working in SOC environment as a Security Engineering Specialist.
 * Experience supporting a large global enterprise environment
 * Solid and demonstrable comprehension of Information Security including malware, emerging threats, attacks, and vulnerability management.
 * Customer service including the resolution of customer escalations, incident handling response.

Nice to have skills/qualifications:

 * Cloud security experience.

 * Programming and/or scripting language experience (C, .NET, Python, Perl, etc).

 * Previous experience in Unix/Linux and the editor vi.

 * Technical certifications considered asset are: CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GPEN, GCCF, CISA, CWSP, CCSP, CCNP, MSCE, Security+, or other relevant certification in vulnerability analysis, ethnical hacking techniques or penetration testing.

 * Experience in the areas of change control, problem management, incident management and troubleshooting of security solutions.

 * Technical proficiency in at least one enterprise SIEM platform (i.e. ArcSight, Envision, Q1 Radar, Nitro Security), and at least one enterprise Network Intrusion Detection System (i.e. HP Tipping Point, Sourcefire, McAfee)

 * Familiarity with the Aerospace, Defense, or complex manufacturing industries.

## Description

As a Sr. Security Engineer - Security Engineering Team, you will:

 * Run Activity - Monitoring and acting as required on the health of various Security tools.

 * Incident Response - responding with appropriate actions as required regarding tooling within the remit of the SET.

 * Triaging requests incoming to the Engineering Team mailbox and Service Management intake queue, ensuring ownership within the wider team is appropriately assigned and requests have ownership.

 * Responsible for ensuring the integrity of client IT infrastructures.

 * Responsible for keeping the lights green on all Security Toolkit Infrastructure within our remit.

 * Support various toolsets including SIEM, IDPS, GVM and Malware Protection.

 * Record and respond to health alerts from the Security Infrastructure we maintain.

 * Configure and adjust policies, features, and enhancements as needed, both in response to security incidents and to accommodate client request for improvements.

 * Troubleshooting security tools that may affect business applications when needed.

 * Respond to and follow core IT Service Management Principles.