Purpose and Impact:
Come be a part of an exciting and ever-changing program that provides a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art solutions and hands-on assistance in designing, implementing, managing, and sustaining operations across various network environments for our customer.
We provide an environment that fosters and supports innovation and valuing “outside-the-box” thinking to solve complex problems. There are several training opportunities for team members that want to learn new technologies and stay current with their technical skillset. We are a highly technical group and nurture growth, with a technical culture of cross-trained teammates with opportunities to develop additional skillsets.
Work Schedule: 8hrs/day, 5days per week, all onsite. Must be able to support Thursday night patching after hours (starting at 5pm). Occasional travel will be available.
Essential Responsibilities:
The Security Engineer is a ‘hands-on’ technical engineering position with the opportunity to design, build, implement, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise IT infrastructure. This includes server administration, virtualization, performance tuning, backup and restore, and storage. The security engineer leads in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure and ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values. Upgrade systems by implementing and maintaining security controls, strengthening the overall security posture of the enterprise IT systems. Apply Windows and Linux OS patches, third party software updates, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities on a regular basis. Configure / add new security tools and services as necessary. Design, build, configure, and maintain security tools used for hardening endpoints such as Ivanti, WSUS, Trellix, and Tenable. Performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Analyze, diagnose and determine root cause of issues, test, communicate, and either resolve or escalate for resolution appropriately. Evaluate and recommend tools and products for enterprise IT systems. Designs, develops and implements security requirements within an organization’s business processes. Prepares and maintains documentation to support SSPs and other RMF related requirements. Recommends and implements system enhancements to improve security deficiencies. Secures system configurations and installs security tools, scans systems in order to determine compliancy and report results and evaluates products and various aspects of system administration. Provides assistance in computer incident investigations. Performs vulnerability assessments including development of risk mitigation strategies. Joining a team of dynamic Security Engineers to support a wide range of networks.
Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands: Standard work environment
Other Responsibilities:
Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.
Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.
Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant work environment, Amentum is a drug-free workplace and requires all personnel to comply with company drug and alcohol policies as a condition of employment. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the drug screening process. Please note that this may include pre-hire screening for marijuana, as well as other federally controlled substances due to Amentum’s role as a federal contractor and trusted partner to the US Government.
Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):
- 4+ years of experience in building, designing, and configuring IT system security on network enterprise environments
- Strong knowledge and experience with building and maintaining security infrastructure
- Experience upgrading IT systems by implementing security controls on Linux and Windows Operating systems, third party software updates, and upgrading administrative tools and utilities
- Experience working with security tools such as Ivanti, WSUS, Trellix, Tenable or equivalent
- Required IAT Certs: one or more of the following: CASP+, CISSP, or equivalent
- Required Vendor Cert: Microsoft, VMWare, Cisco, Netapp, Pure Storage, HP, Dell, Linux+, RedHat, HBSS, ACAS. If not currently achieved, then must achieve within 6 months of hire
Clearance Required:
Minimum Years of Experience:
Required Certifications:
- Required IAT Certification: CASP+, CISSP, or equivalent
- Required Vendor Certification: one or more of the following: Microsoft, VMWare, Cisco, Netapp, Pure Storage, HP, Dell, Linux+, RedHat, HBSS, ACAS. If not currently achieved, then must achieve within 6 months of hire
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree
- Experience working within a SOC
- Prior Military experience
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