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Forescout Engineer Jobs

Job in Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, 20191, USA
Listing for: Clearance Jobs
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-16
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer, Network Security
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 112800 - 257000 USD Yearly USD 112800.00 257000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Forescout Engineer

Reston, VA Top Secret/SCI Polygraph Career Level not specified $112,800 - $257,000

Job Description

On our expert team, you'll perform work focused on implementing and operating next generation security solutions for government and commercial clients. You'll perform hands-on evaluation, implementation, and operation of leading security cyber defense tools and technologies and apply in-depth defense strategies to large and complex networks to rapidly identify vulnerabilities and threats, prioritize response actions, and develop effective countermeasures. You'll apply thought leadership in a highly collaborative and innovative work environment to solve complex security challenges.

You will lead a team as they engineer solutions to complex challenges for customers using knowledge network engineering, Active Directory, and system administration. In this role, you'll closely impact mission success, protecting data and networks from malicious payloads and actors. With mentoring, challenging hands-on problem-solving, and opportunities to learn new tools and skills, we focus on growing as a team to make the best solutions for our customers.

Work with us as we secure and protect our nation's most sensitive capabilities.

Develop relationships quickly and easily with other teams, communicating the complexities of security with a wide variety of audiences, including senior management.

Manage infrastructure and cybersecurity controls, including enhanced detection and vulnerability capabilities and improved event correlation in large enterprises.

Contribute to risk and vulnerability assessments in network, system, and application areas, and leverage big data analytics and traditional security event types to identify advanced threats or indicators of compromise.

Join us. The world can't wait.

10+ years of experience performing systems administration for Windows or Linux, including performing basic troubleshooting and installation or configuration, monitoring system performance or availability, and performing security upgrades

Experience with the deployment or daily maintenance of Fore Scout Counter ACT appliances

Experience architecting and designing IP networks, including developing and documenting network topologies

Experience with network engineering, including physical or logical such as installation and activation of ports, configuration of switches, and LANS, VLANS, and network FW, or appliances or network administration services such as Active Directory, Guests LANS, and domain management

Knowledge of multidomain architectures, including data center, WAN, and LAN in virtualized architectures

Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

Associate's degree and 10+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master's degree and 6+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities

Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP or Associate, GCED, GCIH, CCSP Certification within 30 days of start date

Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification such as CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date

Knowledge of federal information security policies, standards, procedures, directives, frameworks, federal security authorizations, assessment, and risk management processes for enterprise systems

Ability to install and deploy Fore Scout in a multidomain customer environment

Ability to integrate cybersecurity data using enterprise or custom tools data aggregation and analysis tools, including Splunk

Ability to provide support in a Tier II IT operations and maintenance role, including ticket work information updates, issue responses, and remediation

Ability to be a self-starter, work without considerable direction, and work with a team

Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills, including for coordinating efforts and establishing customer relations

Fore Scout Certified Administrator (FSCA) or Fore Scout Certified…

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