Baseline Security Engineer

Job Description

SUMMARY

Agile Defense is hiring a Baseline Security Engineer to support one of our clients. We are seeking a motivated security professional with experience in cybersecurity operations, compliance, and risk management. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, helping to protect critical systems and support mission-focused objectives.If you are passionate about information security and are looking for your next challenge, we encourage you to apply.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Baseline Security Engineer will support the implementation and maintenance of cybersecurity controls, conduct security and compliance assessments, identify and mitigate risks, and ensure systems meet established security requirements.

The role involves collaborating with technical teams to address vulnerabilities, supporting audits and security reviews, maintaining documentation, and helping protect client systems from evolving cyber threats.

Education and Background

• Bachelors Degree and 5+ years of experience providing support to Information Technology (IT) operations.

Required Skills

5+ years of experience providing support to Information Technology (IT) operations
Experience creating security baselines using CIS and STIG benchmarks
Experience reviewing, developing, or customizing general security configuration baselines
Knowledge of NIST 800 Special Publication series guidance for risk management and security control implementation, including 800-30,800-37, 800-53, 800-60, 800-63, 800-115, or 800-137
Knowledge of the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) and Common Vulnerability Enumeration (CVE)
Ability to create security baselines from scratch using vendor documentation
Ability to modify CIS and STIG benchmarks to meet organizational requirements
Ability to translate low-level security baseline requirements into high-level FISMA and NIST requirements and client-specific security
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements

Preferred Skills

Experience with networking, including Cisco, Juniper, or Palo Alto, operating systems, including Windows Server, Red Hat, or Linux, cloud services, including AWS, Azure, Salesforce, Okta, O365, or ServiceNow, or mobile technologies, including iOS or Xen Mobile
Experience designing, building, and implementing automation tools, including Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools, including CloudFormation or Terraform
Experience with container platforms, including OpenShift
Experience with chaos engineering and blue or green deployments
Experience with serverless, including Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, and SAM
Experience with application performance analysis and monitoring, including ELK
Experience with JSON or YMAL programming
AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer, CCNA, MSCE, RHCSA, EBSA, or ECSS Certification

• Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
• Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
• Honest - Be Trustworthy. Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
• Humble - Be Grounded. Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
• Hungry - Be Eager. Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
• Hustle - Be Driven. Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.