What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Engineer position at SAIC?
Job ID: 2612046
Location: Washington, DC, US
Date Posted: 2026-04-30
Category: Cyber
Subcategory: Cybersecurity Spec
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC seeks a Security Engineer to support the Department of Transportation’s Cybersecurity mission by joining a dedicated team of cybersecurity professionals who collaborate, cooperate, and facilitate maintaining and enhancing the security posture of DOT information systems and infrastructure. These information systems and infrastructure support the DOT mission of managing and maintaining United States critical infrastructure (i.e. highways, bridges, roads, etc.).
Role is Onsite in Washington DC/ 5 days a week
In this role you will:
Requirements:
Location: Washington, DC, US
Date Posted: 2026-04-30
Category: Cyber
Subcategory: Cybersecurity Spec
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC seeks a Security Engineer to support the Department of Transportation’s Cybersecurity mission by joining a dedicated team of cybersecurity professionals who collaborate, cooperate, and facilitate maintaining and enhancing the security posture of DOT information systems and infrastructure. These information systems and infrastructure support the DOT mission of managing and maintaining United States critical infrastructure (i.e. highways, bridges, roads, etc.).
Role is Onsite in Washington DC/ 5 days a week
In this role you will:
- Engage with Federal Leadership and counterparts to implement endpoint protection profile changes to address external threats, and enforce security requirements
- Coordinate with application administrators and infrastructure administrators and engineers to troubleshoot issues associated with endpoint protection software
- Support integration of endpoint security data with security log aggregation solutions, to include security information event management tools
- Participate in declared cybersecurity incident handling activities when requested
- Keep current regarding latest threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices related to endpoint security
- Work Cyber related security operations ITSM (ServiceNow) assigned tickets to completion
- Participate in relevant Cybersecurity and Security Operations (SecOps) meetings
- Collaborate on and provide feedback to cybersecurity solutions that enhance DOT security posture
Requirements:
- Six Years in Cybersecurity or related Information Technology fields. Education may be considered in lieu of experience.
- Experience working with Endpoint Detection and Response solutions
- Network , Security , SSCP, GISF, ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals, or similar technical certification
- Solid understanding of Federal Cybersecurity requirements (i.e. FISMA, NIST 800 series, etc)
- Great communications skills with the capacity to describe endpoint security concepts to unacquainted individuals
- Ability to collaboration and coordinate with cross-functional teams
- Bachelors and three (3) years or more of direct related experience will be reviewed
- Experience with Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware/End point detection and response tools is a must.
- Experience with Palo Alto Cortex XDR / XSIAM Platforms is highly preferred
- Candidate must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder who has resided in the U.S. for at least 3 years and the ability to obtain a public trust
- Familiarity and foundational understanding of application and technology stacks, cloud-based systems, operating systems, databases, networking, firewalls, Data Loss Prevention, Endpoint Security Software, Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) and host-based IDS and IPS and general cyber security best practices and industry standards
Salary : $80,001 - $120,000