Security Engineer

About the role

Via Logic is hiring for multiple openings at different experience levels. Your work may focus 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, depending on the assignment.
• 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.
• Ability to work onsite at a government site in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Qualifications

Approximately 1–5 years of relevant experience in security engineering, network or systems engineering with a security focus, or a related technical field; depth of work considered alongside years of experience.

Skills

• Hands‑on experience configuring, administering, or improving at least one security technology or control.
• Familiarity with network security, firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint security, identity and access, system hardening, vulnerability remediation, application security, cloud security, or logging.
• Ability to diagnose a problem, work with technical partners on a fix, and verify the result.
• Experience in adjacent application, cloud, or network security specialties is welcome.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage and paid time off that give you room to take care of life outside work.
• Teammates who share knowledge, pitch in, and help each other grow.
• Opportunities to deepen your specialty and explore adjacent areas of cybersecurity as new assignments open up.
• Meaningful work protecting systems that support a federal mission.

Pay

$80,000–$130,000 annually, depending on experience and assignment.