Senior Security Engineer

ECS Federal LLC

DC

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Architectural Services, Auditing, Automation, Cloud Applications, Computer Security, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Corrective Action, DevOps, Embedded Systems, Establish Priorities, Hunting, Incident Response, Leadership, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Operational Improvement, Reliability Engineering, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Security Analysis, Security Design, Security Infrastructure, System Lifecycle, Systems Engineering
LOCATION
DC
POSTED
30+ days ago

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to work in our Portland, OR office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.

The Senior Security Engineer plays a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining advanced security controls to protect the organization's infrastructure, applications, and data. This role combines hands‑on engineering, incident leadership, and strategic security design, serving as a technical authority and mentor within the security organization.

The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise, strong judgment under pressure, and the ability to drive security outcomes across complex, distributed environments.

Key Responsibilities

Security Engineering & Architecture

  • Design, implement, and maintain security controls across network, endpoint, cloud, and application environments
  • Lead secure architecture reviews and contribute to system and platform designs
  • Evaluate and recommend security tools, technologies, and architectural improvements
  • Ensure security is embedded into system lifecycles and engineering workflows

Detection, Monitoring & Incident Response

  • Design and tune detection logic, alerts, and monitoring for threats and anomalous activity
  • Lead and support incident response activities, including triage, investigation, containment, and remediation
  • Perform root cause analysis and drive long‑term corrective actions
  • Support threat hunting and proactive security assessments

Vulnerability & Risk Management

  • Oversee vulnerability management efforts, including prioritization and remediation guidance
  • Conduct security assessments, configuration reviews, and system hardening
  • Support compliance, audit, and risk management initiatives

Automation & Engineering Excellence

  • Develop scripts, tooling, or automation to improve security operations and response
  • Partner with DevOps, SRE, and engineering teams to integrate security tooling into CI/CD pipelines
  • Improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency of security platforms

Leadership & Collaboration

  • Serve as a technical escalation point and subject matter expert
  • Mentor and guide junior security engineers
  • Collaborate cross‑functionally with IT, DevOps, Product, and SOC teams
  • Communicate risks, findings, and recommendations to technical and leadership audiences

About the Company

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ECS Federal LLC

ECS was founded in 2001 by experienced IT professionals with a commitment to quality processes, people and performance. Led by our Chairman, Roy Kapani, and an experienced executive leadership team, ECS provides our customers with solutions and services that support their critical needs and further mission objectives. This commitment has paved the way for expansive growth, year over year.

ECS gained market share in 2011 in the Department of Defense and Federal spaces through both organic and acquisition growth. In May, ECS completed its first strategic acquisition with the purchase of OAK Management, Inc., a leading provider of marine environmental services, ship systems engineering, maritime consulting and platform acquisition management. The OAK acquisition kicked off ECS’ intention to add tactical acquisitions as a part of its long term strategy to supplement and expand upon organic growth and to build enterprise value. ECS closed out 2011 with the acquisition of Paradigm Technologies, Inc. The Paradigm transaction added approximately 200 employees to ECS’ existing 900+ employees. Paradigm also added new Defense clients for ECS, including the Missile Defense Agency, the Navy’s Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems, the United States Marine Corps, and the U.S. Marshals Service.

In 2012, ECS completed the acquisition of iLuMinA Solutions, Inc. iLuMinA brings large-scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software implementation and infrastructure design and development to ECS’ expanding capabilities.

ECS will continue to invest in corporate infrastructure and quality processes as we grow and enhance our ability to offer professional excellence to both our customers and our employees.

COMPANY SIZE
50 to 99 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
2000
WEBSITE
http://www.ecs-federal.com/