Security Engineer - Federal Customer

Dell Technologies • McLean, VA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Security Engineer will help meet critical compliance and security baselines for next-generation infrastructure supporting IT workloads. Working with a diverse team of DevOps Engineers, this role designs, deploys, maintains, and secures platform infrastructure, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to build, deploy, and secure infrastructure to high standards.

The role focuses on automating security practices and maintaining compliance across infrastructure. Work includes traditional compliance and vulnerability scanning of switches, routers, firewalls, operating systems, applications, and Kubernetes-related platform components. The Security Engineer detects and mitigates security risks, conducts assessments, develops security automation, supports customer interactions, and produces security and compliance documentation. The position is on-site five days per week in Chantilly, Virginia, and requires an active TS/SCI clearance.

Requirements

• Experience with the Authority to Operate (ATO) process, NIST SP 800-53, cybersecurity and risk management frameworks, Security Center, Nessus, and log/event aggregation tools such as Splunk, Wazuh, or SysLog.
• Knowledge of network topologies and architectures, including VLAN, LAN, and WAN.
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members, vendors, and customers to understand requirements and implement solutions.
• Time-management skills to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced networking environment.
• Ability to operate and troubleshoot operating systems and networking devices, including Linux, Windows, Cisco IOS, and Palo Alto.
• Experience managing firewall rule sets to secure infrastructure.
• Knowledge of protocol analysis tools such as Wireshark and tcpdump.
• 15+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to maintain access as required by the program.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues in distributed systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with development, operations, security, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead technical initiatives.
• Proactive approach to identifying and addressing potential issues, with a strong sense of ownership.
• Eagerness to learn new technologies and adapt to a rapidly evolving cloud-native landscape.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in Python or Go.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs to automate security assessments and mitigation processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high security and compliance standards through security automation.
• Deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions and processes.
• Operate and troubleshoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configuration issues, including low-level application interaction, Linux systems, and next-generation networking software tools.
• Maintain security best practices across infrastructure to ensure systems comply with government and industry standards and policies.
• Develop innovative security solutions that enable faster delivery and achievement of security and compliance milestones.
• Ensure new designs and products meet compliance and security requirements, and assist with deployment and ongoing support of platform infrastructure and tooling.
• Perform security assessments of network and platform components, mitigate risks, and develop security automation aligned with industry best practices.
• Assist with internal and external customer interactions and produce security and compliance documentation.
• Guide and mentor junior engineers, share knowledge, and foster best practices.

What This Job Offers

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