Security Engineer

About the role

Full-time, W-2 position onsite at a government site in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Via Logic is hiring for multiple openings at different experience levels, with work focusing on network defenses, security platforms, system hardening, access controls, or integrating security tools across an environment.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and improve security controls across systems, applications, or networks.
• Help implement and troubleshoot tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection, endpoint protection, access controls, or security monitoring platforms.
• Work with system owners to address vulnerabilities, strengthen configurations, and verify that improvements are working as intended.
• Support incident investigation and remediation when the systems or controls you manage are involved.
• Integrate security tools and processes with the teams that operate the environment, keeping reliability and mission needs in view.
• Document configurations, changes, procedures, and recommendations so teammates can build on your work.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to complete the CBP suitability process and receive a favorable determination (background investigation and credit history review).
• Meet any additional clearance requirement for the specific opening; some assignments may require Secret or Top Secret clearance, and specialized assignments may require SCI eligibility.
• Approximately 1–5 years of relevant experience in security engineering, network or systems engineering with a security focus, or a related technical field.
• Hands‑on experience configuring,