Junior Security Engineer
Tharros
Location: Washington, DC 20001, US
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Industry: Advertising and Public Relations
Occupational Category: 25-2022.00 – Education, Training, and Library Occupations
Posted: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Valid Through: Saturday, 31 October 2026
Job Description
Tharros is hiring a Junior Security Engineer in Washington, DC. This is a full-time position.
Tharros supports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with cybersecurity services across its Intelligence Enterprise. In support of this mission, we have an immediate opportunity for a Junior Security Engineer. In this role you will support cybersecurity engineering across enterprise audit, cloud and Zero Trust architecture, security tooling, and DevSecOps. You will maintain security tools, automate STIG compliance, and help build the dashboards and Zero Trust roadmap the enterprise relies on. This position is on-site in a Government SCIF in Washington, DC. Duties include but not limited to: Maintain and update cybersecurity tools including ACAS/Nessus, SCAP, SonarQube, and GitLab.Update Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) quarterly and Nessus plug-in IDs monthly.Develop and troubleshoot scripts that automate STIG application and validation within the DevSecOps pipeline.Organize security tool data into near-real-time dashboards in the GRC or approved tool.Support implementation of ICS 500-27 enterprise audit requirements and build audit review dashboards with ISSOs.Support Zero Trust capability gap analysis, the Zero Trust roadmap, and Zero Trust dashboards.Maintain a tracking tool for network device end-of-life and end-of-service dates.
Education Requirements
high school
Skills
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Benefits
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