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Senior Security Engineer - 3632013

TCG
Washington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 28 Jan 2025
💰 $150,000/yr($125,000/yr$150,000/yr)

About the role

You've stumbled upon the rare B Corp government contractor! At TCG, we aim to prove that businesses can be good to their employees and responsible to their community while being profitable. We're an award-winning IT solutions provider to the Federal government seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our team.

US Citizenship is required for this role. In addition, the selected applicant must submit to a government background investigation and be favorably adjudicated before their first day.

This position is primarily remote but will require occasional in-person meetings. The selected applicant must live within commuting distance of Washington, D.C.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Performing security reviews of all application code before deploying to production environment and provided the results of the review to the MAX.gov ISSO
  • Monitoring existing COTS products and Open Source tools and products for new security vulnerabilities or patches
  • Assessing risks from identified security vulnerabilities and providing expert recommendations on mitigations
  • Reviewing software and hardware architectures for security implementations, assessing and reporting risks of these designs.
  • Daily monitoring of systems for active attacks and break-ins, ensuring reporting and tuning these monitoring systems
  • User profiling and analysis, reporting and active defense using Fortinet and OSS technologies
  • Monitoring and tuning system configurations to improve performance and address errors
  • Supporting development teams in implementing application specific monitoring for availability and functionality
  • Mentoring team members on new and advanced techniques and technologies
  • Ensuring monitoring and defense against APTs
  • Fortinet WAF and firewall administration and maintenance
  • Cleaning up data spills and attending briefings on current security threats
  • Managing Blue and Red team assessments, running practice scenarios
  • Review and add defense in depth techniques to exist security profiles

REQUIRED SKILLS:

  • A minimum of 8 years of relevant security and technical experience
  • Independent problem-solving skills, strong analytical abilities, creativity, and a clear appreciation of end customer needs
  • Demonstrated ability with advanced code assessment tools and reviewing their results for both dynamic and static scans (OWASP, SANS, CIS, etc)
  • Experience with programming in some combination of Java/Perl/PHP/C/C++/go/Ruby/Python
  • Working knowledge of web protocols (including lower layers, packet disassembly, routing, switching), ability to perform diagnostics, and knowledge of security best practices
  • Experience with compliance controls and security hardening for a US Government computer system at the FISMA Moderate or High levels.
  • Advanced automation skills in bash shell scripting, python, curl, etc
  • Multiple years of cross domain experience in IT domains such as network administration, database administration, or software development
  • Ability to create system documentation for ongoing system management
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
  • Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and skills
  • Must be skilled at planning and organizing
  • Must be adept at prioritizing, problem assessment, and problem-solving
  • Must demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy
  • Must have a strong customer service orientation
  • Must be flexible and adaptable
  • Ability to work directly with clients at all levels of an organization, including high-level internal and external stakeholders

PREFERRED SKILLS:

  • Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certification
  • Troubleshooting, debugging, and diagnostic skills in a complex IT environment
  • Familiarity with at least one Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) mechanism.
  • System administration experience building, configuring, and assessing Windows/RHEL/Ubuntu/Containers
  • Working knowledge of various security-f

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