Job Description

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Headquartered in Virginia, we have more than 53,000 employees in approximately 80 countries across all 7 continents. Amentum is seeking a **Senior Cybersecurity Engineer with focus on Networking** . This is a fully remote and hands-on role, responsible for ensuring Amentum assets are protected from cyber threats. This role provides technical expertise in multiple areas of cybersecurity to include Cloud Security and Endpoint Security. **US Citizenship is required to apply. This is a US remote-telework role (you must live within the US to work this role).** **Responsibilities:** + Review, design, implement and support all aspects of network security, in close collaboration with IT and Projects. + Maintain boundary protection setup, e.g. firewall rules, DNS/URL filtering solutions. + Manage our global VPN setup. + Ensure availability of cyber-related network services, e.g. work closely with network engineering to design failsafe solutions. + Participate in 2nd-level Security Operations Center (SOC) activities, e.g. respond to critical security incidents escalated by a MSSP. + Design and improve security controls protecting our users, information systems, enterprise applications and data. + Analyze, troubleshoot and investigate security-related IT system anomalies based on platform reporting, network traffic, log files and automated security alerts. + Optimize processes/tooling and automate recurring tasks. + Provide security oversight and coordination for changes to the IT landscape. + Provide off-hours support on an infrequent, but as needed basis. + Maintain and update relevant system and process documentation. **Knowledges, Skills, and Abilities:** + Effective time management and communication skills. + Self-starter with desire for professional excellence, able to work with minimal supervision. + Excellent communication skills, able to prioritize and adapt to dynamic changes in the environment. **Minimum Requirements:** + **Solid experience in Network Protection, including encryption of communication (e.g. TLS/IPsec)** + **Must be a U.S. Citizen** + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field plus five (5) years of relevant experience; three (3) years with a Master's + Current Security+ or similar industry certification + Solid Microsoft Azure experience, including M365 + **US Remote-Telework role (you must live within the US to work remote).** + Solid understanding of system and network security technologies and related concepts, e.g. boundary protection, network segmentation, firewalls, endpoint security, threat hunting, data protection + **Ability to travel up to 10%** **Additional desired qualifications and experience:** + Experience with Palo Alto products + Experience with F5 load balancers + Experience with CISCO ACI + Experience with Intrusion Detection Systems + Vulnerability Management + Experience with NIST based controls or similar standard + Azure GCC-H exposure Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans ( and Labor Laws Posters ( .

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