SECURITY OPS ENGINEER -

Location: Arlington
Posted on: May 2, 2025

Job Description:

SECURITY OPS ENGINEER

Location - ARLINGTON, VA, 22202

Term: 3 months contract-hire

Hourly pay rate: $60/hr

Conversion salary: 120K

Responsibilities:

Include procurement, implementation, administration, monitoring and examination of security management tools needed to discover vulnerabilities and correlate incidents.

Responsible for incident detection, investigation, mitigation, documentation, logging, and reporting..

Management of Security Products, including:

Data Loss Prevention Program

Application Firewalls,

Encryption Program,

Enterprise Antivirus,

security patches,

Information Security Vulnerability Monitoring

Perform scans on computer systems and then perform analysis of the results to determine all information security vulnerabilities and then initiate appropriate remediation steps

Review the results of security testing of systems and provide implementation recommendations

Monitoring and testing compliance of security controls

Monitor and respond to network threats and vulnerabilities across the network

Respond to and lead investigations and document all suspected information security events and provide recommendations for corrective actions

Provide 24x7 support

Implement and manage intrusion detection\prevention systems for proactive monitoring of security threats

Assist in external audits\assessments, specifically VISA CISP and MasterCard SDP requirements

Implement security tools for Windows AD, Microsoft Exchange, Sun Solaris and Unix

Product and Compliance Responsibilities:

This work includes but is not limited to, ensuring compliance with ARC Policies and procedures, PCI, ISO27001;

assessing LAN, WAN.

Participate in incident response and CSIRT activities

Design, develop and implement computer security solutions; conduct security testing and evaluation of computer and networks

Project Responsibilities:

Coordinate with IT and Business groups to assess, implement, and monitor it related security risk and hazards

Bachelors in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.

At least 7 years overall information security experience

5 - 7 years experience managing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools

5 - 7 years experience managing Application Firewalls

5 - 7 years experience managing an encryption program

Detailed understanding of proxy and stateful firewalls, web application firewalls, file level encryption, DLP, RSA, LDAP, Email Gateways, IDS, and IDM.

One of the following certifications required - CCNA, MCSE, Cisco Security Specialist or CISSP.

Hands on experience in multiple security areas such as: Intrusion Detection\Prevention, Enterprise Anti-Virus, threat management, vulnerability management

Unix and Windows Server experience

Ability to write reports including recommendations, root cause analysis, security summary analysis, and project roadmaps.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and will consider all qualified candidates without regard to disability or protected veteran status.

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