Enterprise Logging Solution; ELS) Engineer - Junior, Mid-Level & Senior U.S. Citizenship & CBP BI – Trust

Ashburn, VA

Location: Primarily onsite at a government site in Ashburn, VA. Specific worksite expectations will be confirmed for the assignment.
Type: Full-time, W-2
Compensation: $112,000–$159,000 annually, depending on experience, qualifications, and assignment
Experience: Junior: 3+ years;
Mid-Level: 3+ years;
Senior: 5+ years of relevant experience

Anticipated annual salary ranges by level are:

• Junior: $112,000–$125,000
• Mid-Level: $120,000–$148,000
• Senior: $127,000–$159,000

Reliable security monitoring starts with reliable data. Join Via Logic supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection cybersecurity operations, where you’ll help keep enterprise logging systems collecting, processing, and delivering the information security teams need to protect critical systems and networks.

As an ELS Engineer, you’ll maintain log collection infrastructure, configure log sources, monitor logging system health and performance, and help develop and test log parsers and correlation rules. You’ll also support troubleshooting, system onboarding, dashboards, and improvements that make security data useful to analysts, system owners, and government stakeholders.

We are hiring for multiple openings across Junior, Mid-Level, and Senior experience levels through this posting. We’ll consider the depth and relevance of your experience, technical capabilities, and ability to work independently when identifying the opening that fits your background.

Due to CBP requirements, applicants must:

• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Be able to obtain and maintain the required CBP BI - High Trust background investigation and suitability determination, including applicable credit history review, for access to government facilities and systems.
• Be available to work primarily onsite at a government site in Ashburn, VA. Specific worksite and travel expectations will be confirmed for the assignment.

Please include any current or prior federal suitability or background investigation status when applying. We’ll confirm the applicable access requirements for the specific opening.

Responsibilities will vary by experience level and assignment, with Junior engineers contributing under guidance and more experienced engineers taking greater ownership of technical work.

• Maintain enterprise log collection infrastructure and support the health, performance, and reliability of ELS and SIEM platforms.
• Configure, onboard, and maintain log sources so security teams can monitor systems, applications, networks, endpoints, and cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot log collection, processing, connectivity, and ingestion issues, including interruptions to existing data feeds.
• Develop, test, and maintain log parsers, correlation rules, signatures, and other security content.
• Support the collection and aggregation of data from sources such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, endpoint tools, proxy servers, DLP platforms, cloud services, and vulnerability scanners.
• Create and maintain dashboards that support security monitoring, system oversight, and audit reporting.
• Support testing and implementation of approved logging enhancements in on-premises and cloud environments.
• Identify gaps in logging coverage, platform capabilities, and supporting processes, and recommend practical improvements.
• Support streaming data processing capabilities used for log onboarding, ingestion, and analysis.
• Extract and analyze relevant log information to support security investigations and operational requests.
• Maintain technical documentation, onboarding procedures, implementation plans, and support…