Maveris

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Maveris

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Washington • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCyber SecurityFirewallsJavaJavaScriptPHPPythonSQL

About the role

  • Lead Cybersecurity Operations:
  • Direct day-to-day SOC operations, including threat detection, incident response, and continuous monitoring activities.
  • Manage, mentor, and guide local and remote cybersecurity analysts and engineers.
  • Serve as the escalation point for high-priority incidents and complex security events.
  • Technical Oversight:
  • Design, implement, and optimize security infrastructure and tools, including Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR, NDR, A/V, Email and Web Content Filtering, and Virtualization technologies.
  • Ensure integration and interoperability between systems to enable centralized monitoring and response.
  • Develop and maintain automation scripts, dashboards, and playbooks to streamline threat detection and response processes.
  • Threat Analysis & Response:
  • Oversee advanced threat hunting, malware analysis, and vulnerability management activities.
  • Coordinate and lead containment, eradication, and recovery efforts for cybersecurity incidents.
  • Apply data analytics and machine learning techniques to enhance proactive threat identification.
  • Leadership & Collaboration:
  • Provide authoritative cybersecurity guidance to senior executives, technical leads, and federal stakeholders.
  • Foster collaboration between operations, architecture, and compliance teams to align operational efforts with policy objectives.
  • Communicate operational risks, trends, and remediation progress to leadership in clear, actionable terms.
  • Process & Continuous Improvement:
  • Drive the implementation of federal and NIST-based cybersecurity frameworks (NIST SP 800-53, 800-61, 800-137, etc.).
  • Establish metrics, reporting standards, and best practices for SOC performance and cyber defense maturity.
  • Champion the integration of AI, automation, and orchestration tools to improve SOC efficiency and resilience.
  • Technical Innovation:
  • Support proof-of-concept (POC) efforts for new security technologies.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage machine learning and advanced analytics to enhance cyber defense capabilities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or closely related discipline is required
  • 8+ years’ experience implementing, tuning, maintaining and operating security operations capabilities such as Firewalls, VPN, IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR, NDR, A/V, Email Content Filtering, Web Content Filtering, virtual technologies, etc.
  • 5+ years’ experience with coding and scripting languages (i.e., JSON, Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, PowerShell, PHP, C, C++, etc.
  • Proven experience managing and/or leading successful local and remote teams in an operational environment.
  • Proven experience and the ability to interact authoritatively with a diverse group of senior executives, managers, and subject matter authorities.
  • Ability to navigate and work effectively across complex, geographically dispersed teams.
  • Strong analytical, problem solving, organization, time management, and interpersonal skills as well as verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong hands on experience with Microsoft Security Suite (Defender, Sentinel, Security Center)
  • CISSP, CEH, or similar level certification
  • Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
  • **Preferred Qualifications**
  • Public Trust or higher clearance
  • AWS Security Hub, CloudTrail and Cloudwatch experience.
Benefits
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Dental Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
FirewallsVPNIDSIPSSIEMEDRNDRA/VEmail Content FilteringWeb Content Filtering
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem solvingorganizationtime managementinterpersonal skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationleadershipcollaborationmentoring
Certifications
CISSPCEHPublic Trust Clearance