Senior Security Tools Engineer

Ashburn Consulting • Camp Springs, MD

4d • $185,000 - $205,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Ashburn is seeking a Senior Security Tools Engineer to support a federal cybersecurity architecture opportunity. This Key Personnel role will administer, integrate, automate, and optimize enterprise-grade security tools supporting vulnerability management, endpoint security, SIEM, dashboarding, automation, API development, audit support, and CDM-aligned reporting for a proposal opportunity.

Requirements

• Candidates must be U.S. citizens.
• Candidates must be willing and able to work as Ashburn W-2 employees. 1099 and corp-to-corp arrangements are not permitted for these roles.
• DHS EOD / suitability is required for clearance.
• 10+ years of experience managing and integrating enterprise-grade security tools.
• Hands-on experience with tools and platforms such as Splunk, Tenable Vulnerability Management, CrowdStrike, ForeScout, Zscaler, AWS, Jenkins, Sumo Logic, Ansible, Active Directory, VMware, and Cisco UCS.
• Proven ability to modernize security automation workflows using AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate, and HashiCorp Vault.
• Experience streamlining operations through automation and API creation.
• Programming and scripting proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Batch, SQL, Bash, and other relevant languages.
• Experience developing APIs and Python libraries for security tool integrations, including tools such as Jamf, DNA Center, Vault, and CrowdStrike.
• Experience using CI/CD pipelines and managing development stacks including Docker, GitHub Enterprise, AWS Lambda/Fargate, and Sonatype Nexus.
• Experience designing scan strategies for vulnerability management tools to improve enterprise visibility.
• Experience creating data models for SIEM querying.
• Experience automating audit file management with version control.
• Experience using ETL processes to aggregate security logs and system data for Splunk and asset management solutions.
• Experience developing advanced dashboards, optimizing queries, creating alerts, and building APIs to support SOC and risk management teams.
• Experience designing and implementing dashboards for the DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program or comparable federal cyber reporting environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Prisma Cloud, Corelight NDR, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Cisco ISE, Zscaler ZTNA/SASE, Checkmarx One, Sonatype Nexus IQ, CrowdStrike Falcon, and Tenable.VM.
• Experience integrating tool data into Splunk or centralized dashboards.
• Experience with vulnerability management, endpoint detection and response, asset management, and compliance automation.
• Prior DHS, DOD / DOW, or federal CDM program support experience.
• Strong documentation, dashboarding, and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer, integrate, and automate enterprise cybersecurity tools.
• Support security tool operations, upgrades, patching, configuration, dashboards, and API integrations.
• Develop APIs, scripts, Python libraries, and automation workflows to improve tool interoperability.
• Design and manage vulnerability scanning strategies and enterprise security data workflows.
• Build dashboards and alerts for SOC, risk management, and CDM stakeholders.
• Aggregate security logs, vulnerability data, asset data, and system data into SIEM and reporting platforms.
• Support audit readiness, compliance reporting, and version-controlled audit artifacts.
• Use CI/CD, containers, and cloud-native automation to improve security engineering workflows.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status
• Ashburn Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.
• In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request and accommodation in order to apply for a position with Ashburn Consulting, please e-mail [email protected].

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed