Security Engineering Lead

Agile Defense • Reston, VA

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

Agile Defense is seeking experienced Security Engineering Lead to support an enterprise cybersecurity program delivering 24/7 Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) services. This role serves as the technical lead for SOC security engineering and modernization efforts, including the integration and sustainment of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and IDS/IPS platforms. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with established standards, optimizing system performance, and driving continuous improvement across the enterprise security architecture. A highly technical self-starter with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, flexibility, good judgment and the ability to coordinate multiple, concurrent tasks in an effective manner.

Requirements

• Minimum required A+, Security+ or Network+; CISSP certification.
• Bachelor's Degree
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience security administration systems and support.
• Strong working knowledge of Security Services, Networking, Security Policy, and Consulting.
• Proven experience in installing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting network security solutions and related monitoring tools including Layer 2 / Layer 3 network devices, Network Admission Control (NAC), 802.1x , Firewalls, IDS / IPS, VPN Solutions, Web Application Firewalls, Content Filtering, fault analysis.
• Advanced working knowledge of encryption algorithms, Operating Systems (Linux, windows), secure communications, SIEM technologies, and embedded systems security.
• Advanced working knowledge of network and data communication protocols.
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field such as NIST, FISMA and Common Criteria regulations and standards.
• Experience with Network based IDS / IPS technologies and affiliated modes of operation; experienced in evaluating new technologies and processes that enhance security capabilities.
• Supervise changes in software, hardware, facilities, telecommunications and user needs.
• Experience with Test security solutions using industry standard analysis criteria; experience with the delivery technical reports and formal papers on test findings; experience responding to information security issues during each stage of a project’s lifecycle to include.
• Strong scripting skills (bash PowerShell) and ability to use automation tools such as ansible, or puppet.
• Produce technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, and detailed root cause analysis reports.

Nice To Haves

• CISSP certification
• Experience with supporting Zero Trust Network and Operating Certifications (Cisco, Redhat, Microsoft)
• Cloud provider certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, etc)
• Supervise changes in software, hardware, facilities, telecommunications and user needs.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Responsibilities

• Engineer, integrate, and maintain CSOC capabilities and platforms, ensuring effective configuration management and performance optimization.
• Advance Zero Trust principles, automation, and telemetry coverage across both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Assess and test emerging technologies; develop comprehensive technical reports and implementation plans to support modernization initiatives.

What This Job Offers

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