Security Engineer

Job overview

The Security Engineer is a full-time onsite role in Arlington, VA, with up to 10% travel; compensation is not specified. The engineer reports to the Director of IT & Security and helps build Air’s security organization and foundational security programs. The role combines security architecture and hands-on operations to establish incident response, vulnerability management, and secure IT practices. It helps Air translate security goals into scalable processes and capabilities that support its government-agency and industrial-supplier platform.

What you'll do

• Monitor and triage security alerts
• lead incident response from investigation through recovery
• build and exercise response playbooks
• scan, prioritize, and track vulnerabilities through remediation
• harden endpoints, identity systems, cloud, and SaaS platforms
• establish processes and tooling aligned with CMMC, NIST 800-171, and CUI obligations
• automate repetitive security work with Python or equivalent
• document runbooks and support security awareness.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

security engineer

security operations

incident response

vulnerability management

crowdstrike

google workspace

python

cmmc

nist 800-171

arlington va

onsite

up to 10% travel

u.s. citizenship required

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

U.S. citizenship is required, as is eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance. CrowdStrike experience is required.

About the employer

Air is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.