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Security Engineer, Public Sector

Washington, DC💼 Full-time💰 $164,000–$164,000🗓 2026-07-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build high-precision security detections, incident response automation, and telemetry pipelines for cloud and enterprise SaaS environments to prevent and contain security incidents.

Role type

Senior Security Engineer (Detection Engineering & Incident Response)

Builds

Production-grade detection logic, incident response tooling, and mature telemetry pipelines

Domain

Public Sector Infrastructure & Security, Cloud Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Detection engineering, incident response, digital forensics, malware analysis, cloud security, threat intelligence integration, production code development, schema design, automation scripting

Preferred skills

SIEM/EDR/SOAR programmable integration, threat hunting, adversary TTP analysis, cross-functional security hardening

Technologies

NodeJS, TypeScript, Python, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, SIEM, EDR, SOAR, Threat Intelligence Platforms

Responsibilities

Engineer, test, and deploy detection logic with version control and peer review; Build and maintain incident response automation and runbooks; Mature telemetry pipelines through schema design and enrichment; Perform digital incident investigations and containment; Conduct digital forensics and malware analysis; Integrate alerting with messaging and ticketing systems; Partner with IT and engineering to harden identity and access patterns

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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