Cyber Security Engineer

Edgewater Federal Solutions • Washington, DC

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Edgewater is currently seeking a Security Engineer to support our federal customer in the Washington DC area. This is a hybrid position with a requirement to work onsite one or two days a month, subject to change. You will be utilizing your knowledge of Federal sector security processes, hardening of systems, Active Directory and LDAP management, configuration and design across multiple SSO domains. You will be essential to the team in developing CI/CD within a Azure environment for deploying code. This is a remote position but requires the candidate to work at the federal site in Washington DC at least one day a month so candidates local to the Washington, DC area strongly preferred. Due to the contract and nature of the work, US Citizenship is required to obtain a Department of Energy security clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in cyber security, information technology or related field or equivalent experience working in field
• 7 years of experience supporting IT with 3+ years in cybersecurity
• Security certification must have Security+ or higher (CISSP)
• US Citizenship is required to obtain a Department of Energy security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Linux environment is a bonus
• Microsoft Certifications highly desirable.
• Understanding of networking preferred.
• Knowledge in Sentinel and Logic Apps are a plus.
• Knowledge of Azure DevOps for management of daily work is a plus.
• Understanding of CI/CD integration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Strong understanding of Security processes in the Government sector
• Strong understandings of AAA – Authentication, Authorization and Accounting principles
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Ecosystem such as Azure, Intune, PowerBI, Defender security stack (such as Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Cloud).
• Knowledge in Splunk, Tenable, Firepower, WebInspect, ForcePoint, and Identity and Privileged Access Management (IAM/PAM) applications such as Safegaurd.
• Knowledge in Sentinel and Logic Apps are a plus.
• Work with Software Engineering team to ensure all systems are properly hardened during the implementation process.
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory and/or LDAP management, configuration or design, PKI, SSO across multiple domains, MFA.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Kanban.
• Knowledge of Azure DevOps for management of daily work is a plus.
• Understanding of CI/CD integration is a plus.
• Provide oversite in Security Product Reviews and Static Code Reviews
• Provide subject matter expertise on cyber security asks.

Benefits

• ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified
• Appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services
• Named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies since 2018
• Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior