Security Engineer - Remote

Travel for a conference or to another ICF location for collaboration may be required once a year.

What You Will Do:

The selected candidate will be required to work on multiple products and must be able to develop and present secure solutions and advice to technical teams as well as leadership. The candidate will further be required to assess risks and advise on security standards, best practices, and solutions. All this must be done by maintaining security quality and customer satisfaction. Various tools are used to detect vulnerabilities and the security engineer documents these vulnerabilities and works with developers to get them corrected. The security engineer will need to work on a path to production for new applications ensuring all the documentation and appropriate steps are taken and approved to have a highly secure production application and environment.

Responsibilities:

Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST) to identify potential vulnerabilities in the application code and infrastructure

Perform Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Create and update threat models for FISMA systems

Assist and lead security incident response

Assist with documentation of System Security plan and Contingency Plans for related projects

Ensure security systems are up to date and create documentation and planning for all security-related information, including incident response and disaster recovery plans

Review policies and procedures for compliance with applicable standards; and to identify areas of improvement for finding remediation

Interact with senior level management, including the ISSO

Use security assessment tools such as Nessus, Snyk, AWS GuardDuty and AWS Inspector

Apply a demonstrated understanding of cryptography to secure web applications and data at rest

Work with development teams to review and correct code written in higher level programming languages and scripts

Work with DevOps teams to securely harden Linux based machines and cloud infrastructure

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree

5+ years of professional security engineering experience

Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S.

Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years

What We Would Like You To Bring With You: .

Hands on experience that includes:

NIST 800‑53 security controls

System hardening and implementation of DoD STIGs

Leading incident response activities

Data management and applied cryptography

Cloud security and infrastructure (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP)

Awareness of OWASP Top Ten and CWE Top 25

Linux command line usage (e.g., bash, sh, zsh)

Scripting in Python, Perl, or similar languages

Prior experience in consulting or healthcare is an advantage but not essential.

Strong engineering background

Application architecture experience

Federal Government contracting work experience

One or more of the following certifications is preferred:

OSCP/OSCE/OWSE

CISSP

GPEN

GXPN

Security +

CEH

Professional Skills:

Good leadership and team-working skills.

Highly effective analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interface effectively at all levels of the business.

Organized, detailed oriented and able to prioritize and multi-task.

Ability to self-organize, prioritize and conduct work on multiple projects under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Prior experience working remotely full-time

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Working at ICF

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However, we understand that some candidates may require accommodation that involves the use of AI. Ifsuch anaccommodation is needed, candidates are instructed to contact us in advance at candidateaccommodation@icf.com. Weare dedicated to providingthe necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$98,614.00 - $167,644.00

Nationwide Remote Office (US99)