AntiVirus Engineer/Security Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Antivirus Engineer/Security Analyst

Location: Onsite in Washington D.C.

Duration: 6 month contract (Potential for conversion)

This role will focus on enterprise endpoint security and anti-virus operations supporting both workstation and server environments. You will work with centralized security tools managing policies, deployments, and incident response for malware and endpoint protection events

Responsibilities:

• Manage deployment and configuration of enterprise anti-virus solutions across endpoints

• Administer centralized policies, updates, and protection settings

• Monitor and remediate malware incidents including root cause analysis

• Perform system health checks, scans, and compliance reporting

• Support security operations aligned with federal and zero-trust standards

• Enterprise anti-virus / endpoint security experience (McAfee ePO, Trellix, or similar)

• Experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining endpoint protection across servers and workstations

• Strong troubleshooting and incident response experience involving malware and endpoint threats

• Experience with centralized policy management and security orchestration tools

• Knowledge of FISMA, compliance frameworks, or federal environments

• 7–10+ years of experience in endpoint security or anti-virus engineering

• Experience working with enterprise security platforms and centralized management tools

• Strong background in incident response and endpoint threat remediation

• Prior experience in federal environments or compliance-driven organizations preferred

• Security+ or similar certifications a plus