Senior Information Systems Security Engineer

Reston, VA

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We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) to join our team and play a pivotal role in safeguarding digital assets and sensitive information. The ideal candidate is a dedicated professional with a strong background in cybersecurity, a deep understanding of current threats and vulnerabilities, and the ability to implement robust security measures. You will contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of cybersecurity infrastructure while staying abreast of emerging trends in the field.

The Work:

• Serve as a security engineering SME for containerized environments, service mesh technologies and microservices.
• Design, implement, and manage security controls for containerized workloads solutions, including image scanning firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, endpoint protection, and encryption mechanisms, runtime protection, role-based access control (RBAC), and network segmentation to ensure the organization's networks and systems remain secure.
• Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and Dev Sec Ops  workflows, ensuring compliance with RMF, NIST SP 800-53, ICD 503, and FedRAMP requirements.
• Configure and optimize security monitoring and logging solutions and work with container security tools such as Prisma Cloud or similar.
• Monitor network traffic, system logs, and security alerts to detect and respond to potential security incidents. Analyze and investigate anomalies and security breaches, taking appropriate actions to mitigate risks.
• Monitor and assess threat intelligence feeds, conduct threat analysis, and perform risk assessments to proactively identify emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, ISSOs, and developers, among other cross-functional teams, to establish, embed, and enforce security policies, standards, and procedures throughout the system lifecycle.
• Conduct regular security assessments of container orchestration platforms, microservices, and APIs to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in systems, networks, and applications and recommend mitigations.
• Develop and implement incident response plans to effectively address security breaches, incidents, and other security concerns.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, software development, and compliance, to integrate security into all phases of the development lifecycle and ensure a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity.
• Maintain thorough and accurate documentation of security architecture processes, control implementation procedures, configurations, and continuous monitoring strategies. Prepare detailed reports on security findings, incidents, and actions taken.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience as a cybersecurity engineer with a specialization in designing and building implementations of required security controls; and implementing continuous monitoring and auditing of solutions for compliance with security controls.
• Hands-on experience securing containerized/Kubernetes environments (Open Shift preferred).
• Strong skills in specifying and implementing log collection into tools such as Splunk, and performing querying and analysis of aggregated logs to identify security-relevant anomalies or risks
• Strong experience with designing and building implementations of required security controls (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, RMF, ICD 503, FISMA, FedRAMP); and implementing continuous monitoring and auditing of solutions for compliance with security controls.
• Experience with implementing controls for cloud, container, and Dev Sec Ops  services and…