Senior Information Technology Security Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Information Technology Security Engineer role is listed in Bethesda, MD, with a hybrid remote arrangement. Compensation is $150,000–$220,000 per year. The role supports security and compliance across on-premises and cloud environments in federal and regulated settings. The engineer implements and maintains security controls, improves continuous monitoring, and assesses cloud deployments to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities. The role also analyzes assessment data and works with system administrators and security teams on practical remediation, including automation and AI/ML-enabled security capabilities.

What you'll do

• Enhance and automate security and compliance checks
• help integrate AI/ML capabilities into security tools and operations
• implement and maintain controls across on-premises and AWS, GCP, and Azure environments
• integrate and optimize SIEM and enterprise security tools
• conduct threat modeling and cloud security assessments
• analyze vulnerability and assessment data
• and collaborate on risk-informed remediation.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior information technology security engineer

hybrid remote

bethesda md

full-time

scout searches

cloud security

aws

gcp

azure

siem

splunk

tenable

fisma

$150k–$220k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Hybrid remote arrangement; security engineering across AWS, GCP, and Azure; work involving FISMA, NIH policy, federal requirements, and AI/ML security tooling.

About the employer

Scout Searches is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. Sector: 54.