AntiVirus Engineer

Washington, DC, US • Posted 2 days ago • Updated 2 days ago
Contract Independent
Contract W2
6 Months
Occasional Travel Required
On-site
$60 - $70/hr
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Skills

  • AntiVirus
  • endpoint
  • Incident Response
  • workstation

Summary

Job Title: AntiVirus Engineer

Location: Washington DC

Duration: 6 + Months Contract to full-time hire

Experience:

- Minimum 8 years of experience, including 7-10 years of related experience managing and leading support of enterprise anti-virus software solutions.

- Demonstrated experience using centralized anti-virus management platforms (e.g., enterprise policy orchestration tools).

- Experience deploying, configuring, and sustaining anti-virus controls for both workstation and server operating environments.

Technical Skills:

- Enterprise anti-virus administration for workstation and server endpoints

- Centralized policy/orchestration management consoles

- Signature/DAT and engine update lifecycle management

- Malware scanning operations, scheduling, and health validation

- Escalated incident troubleshooting and root-cause analysis

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Prior experience supporting a federal civilian agency IT contract with FISMA-driven security and audit requirements.

- Hands-on experience integrating endpoint protection operations with Microsoft Intune or comparable endpoint management platforms.

- Experience implementing endpoint controls aligned to zero-trust security objectives.

- Experience with ServiceNow-based ticketing, escalation workflows, and SLA performance reporting.

- Experience managing endpoint POA&M remediation and response to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) timelines.

- CompTIA Security+

- Trellix/McAfee ePO certification

- Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)

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  • Dice Id: RTX1614ae
  • Position Id: 9009524
  • Posted 2 days ago
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