Senior Security Incident Response Engineer
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Senior Systems Security Engineer
AnaVation LLC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Washington, DC • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
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About the role
- Performing hands-on engineering, administration, and securing of multiple operating systems (e.g., Windows, RHEL, Unix variants), and applying DISA STIGs across virtualization platforms (VMWare, Hyper-V), cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), and enterprise applications
- Perform system administration tasks including audit and log management, availability monitoring and remediation, account management and access reviews, and configuration update scheduling and performance
- Contribute to the design and development of secure system architectures, ensuring security is integrated through system and network lifecycles
- Evaluate, implement, and document security architecture solutions, aligning with compliance requirements and organizational mission needs
- Ensure technical compliance with applicable security frameworks, standards, and regulations (e.g., DISA STIGs, NIST 800-53, RMF)
- Conduct, configure, and manage vulnerability scans
- Conduct vulnerability remediations, patching, and system hardening
- Collaborate with ISSOs, Assessors, System Owners, and other stakeholders to implement security controls
- Support security assessments, audits, and accreditation/authorization (ATO) activities
- Document security configurations, engineering solutions, and compliance evidence
- Troubleshoot and resolve security-related technical issues in a timely manner
- Advise the client regarding critical application data and vulnerability points; coordinate with industry partners and provide recommendations on incident response and recovery plans
- Provide Incident Response (IR) activities including triage, investigating, interviewing, resolving, and reporting on events
- Promote information security awareness across the program, ensuring security controls and processes are implemented
- Present vulnerability analysis to system owners and leadership
- Engage with client leadership regularly and interact with senior level team members
- Position requires a Public Trust and is on-site in Washington, DC
Requirements
- 5-10 years of experience in information system engineering and configuration management
- 5 years of experience in control implementation and secure system engineering or design
- Excellent communication skills
- Hands on experience with security monitoring and evaluation, including audits, assessments, and risk management
- Hands on experience with SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk)
- Hands on experience with Vulnerability Scanning tools (e.g., Tenable, Nessus)
- Hands on experience with EDR tools (e.g., Crowdstrike)
- Hands on experience with Web App Scanning tools (e.g., Burpsuite, Acunetix)
- Hands on experience with Active Directory
- Hands on experience with SANs
- Hands on experience with VMWare
- Hands on experience with Networking Devices
- Expertise in batch, bash, and/or PowerShell scripting
- Able to deliver and present security compliance to a wide range of audiences (i.e., system owners, division leadership)
- Experience configuring and operating enterprise storage across networks (SAN)
- Server virtualization - design solutions and configuration (VMWare, VSphere, Hyper-V, etc)
- Experience with Linux (RHEL 7/8), Windows Operating Systems, and Oracle/SQL Databases
- Experience with Agile Methodologies
- Experience with GRC Tools (e.g., CSAM)
- Strong desire to learn, grow and is highly motivated
- Certifications: OS specific certifications, Security+
- Desired: Knowledgeable on different cloud providers: AWS, Azure, Oracle, GCP
- Desired: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems
- Desired: Certifications: CompTIA Server+, Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, Google), Network+, CCNA, RHCSA, Azure (AZ-104, AZ-204, AZ-500, AZ-305), AWS Solutions Architect
- This position requires a Public Trust
Benefits
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
information system engineeringconfiguration managementsecure system engineeringsecurity monitoringvulnerability scanningscripting (batch, bash, PowerShell)server virtualizationcloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)operating systems (Windows, RHEL, Unix)networking devices
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationproblem-solvingpresentation skillsmotivationsecurity awareness
Certifications
Security+OS specific certificationsCompTIA Server+Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, Google)Network+CCNARHCSAAzure (AZ-104, AZ-204, AZ-500, AZ-305)AWS Solutions ArchitectPublic Trust
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