Security Engineer

Job Details:

Title:
Security Engineer

Location:
Remote (Herndon, VA)

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Clearance:
Able to obtain MBI Clearance

• Monitor systems for abnormal activity.
• Analyze alerts, distinguish threats from false positives, and categorize incidents by risk.
• Lead incident response: containment, eradication, recovery, post-incident analysis, documenting steps.
• Optimize detection capabilities: refine alert thresholds, tune SIEM rules, integrate new data sources, and reduce false positives.
• Compile weekly/monthly reports on incident trends, threat activity, and security posture for internal stakeholders.
• Actively participate in team meetings, threat intel reviews, and cross-departmental syncs.

• 5+ yrs security engineering for a FedRAMP or FISMA Moderate system in an AWS Gov Cloud environment.
• Hands-on UiPath architecture experience:
  Orchestrator, attended/unattended robots, Assets and Credential Stores, queues, and robot host builds.
• Design and implementation of service account models, credential vaulting, RBAC, separation of duties, and session/audit logging.
• Applied NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 Moderate controls in build decisions across the AC, AU, CM, IA, and SC families.
• STIG/CIS hardening, vulnerability scanning, patch and configuration management.
• Secure SDLC and code review of automation workflows and scripts.
• Ability to translate engineering decisions into control language for the A&A team.