Security Engineer

Job Details:

Title: Security Engineer

Location: Remote (Herndon, VA)

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Clearance: Able to obtain MBI Clearance

Job Summary:

• Monitor systems for abnormal activity.

• Analyze alerts, distinguish threats from false positives, and categorize incidents by risk.

• Lead incident response: containment, eradication, recovery, post-incident analysis, documenting steps.

• Optimize detection capabilities: refine alert thresholds, tune SIEM rules, integrate new data sources, and reduce false positives.

• Compile weekly/monthly reports on incident trends, threat activity, and security posture for internal stakeholders.

• Actively participate in team meetings, threat intel reviews, and cross-departmental syncs.

Required Skills:

• 5+ yrs security engineering for a FedRAMP or FISMA Moderate system in an AWS GovCloud environment.

• Hands-on UiPath architecture experience: Orchestrator, attended/unattended robots, Assets and Credential Stores, queues, and robot host builds.

• Design and implementation of service account models, credential vaulting, RBAC, separation of duties, and session/audit logging.

• Applied NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 Moderate controls in build decisions across the AC, AU, CM, IA, and SC families.

• STIG/CIS hardening, vulnerability scanning, patch and configuration management.

• Secure SDLC and code review of automation workflows and scripts.

• Ability to translate engineering decisions into control language for the A&A team.