Sr. AntiVirus Engineer - Washington D.C - Public Trust Clearance

AntiVirus Engineer needed for a contract opportunity with SOC's client to work onsite in Washington D.C.

Our Client is seeking a highly skilled AntiVirus Engineer - Senior to provide expertise to a federal client in support of their mission critical systems in defense of our Homeland. We are seeking an experienced AntiVirus Engineer - Senior to join our team. As an AntiVirus Engineer - Senior, you will be responsible for leading enterprise anti-virus operations that protect SEC workstations and servers across the agency environment. Your role will involve centralized policy administration, secure deployment and configuration, signature/DAT and engine currency, and scheduled scanning to maintain consistent endpoint protection.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and lead day-to-day deployment and configuration of enterprise anti-virus software across required SEC workstations and servers.
• Administer centrally managed anti-virus policies, exceptions, and protection settings through enterprise management servers/consoles.
• Manage anti-virus signature/DAT and engine updates to maintain current protection coverage across the endpoint fleet.
• Execute and validate scheduled anti-virus scans, update tasks, and protection health checks.
• Operate and optimize centralized anti-virus management platforms to enforce standardized controls.
• Coordinate anti-virus configurations with endpoint management processes, baseline images, and software deployment standards.
• Support pre-production testing and controlled rollout of anti-virus policy or agent changes to reduce operational risk.
• Troubleshoot complex anti-virus and malware-related issues requiring senior-level escalation support.
• Perform incident triage, technical analysis, and root-cause identification for endpoint protection failures or infections.
• Coordinate with SEC support teams and stakeholders to restore services quickly and prevent repeat incidents.
• Monitor anti-virus operational metrics and provide regular reporting on coverage, update compliance, scan status, and incident trends.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering)
• Minimum 8 years of experience, including 7-10 years managing and leading enterprise anti-virus software solutions
• Demonstrated experience using centralized anti-virus management platforms and policy orchestration tools
• Experience deploying, configuring, and sustaining anti-virus controls for workstation and server environments
• Experience with malware scanning operations, scheduling, and health validation
• Ability to obtain and maintain SEC Public Trust clearance
• US citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience supporting a federal civilian agency IT contract with FISMA-driven security and audit requirements
• Hands-on experience integrating endpoint protection with Microsoft Intune or comparable endpoint management platforms
• 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)

Employment Prerequisites The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis. SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations, which may have been provided by job boards. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

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Estimated Min Rate: $38.17
Estimated Max Rate: $54.53