Security Engineer (Email Security Mgmt) at TEKsystems
Tysons, VA
$75–$85/hrfrom the description
Jul 24, 2026
Tysons, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract security engineering role centered on data protection, email security, and cloud security controls. Day-to-day work involves managing DLP policies across multiple platforms, administering enterprise email environments (including secure email gateways), and operating security controls within AWS and Google Cloud. The role suits an experienced security engineer comfortable working across data classification, identity and access management, and incident response with minimal oversight.
Senior level · 6+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $152,225 (middle half $125,286–$177,673). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The role title is 'Security Engineer' with no level modifier; the posting's own 'Experience Level' field says 'Intermediate Level', but the 6+ years requirement and scope (project leadership, enterprise-wide controls, multi-channel DLP, cloud security architecture) support a Senior classification.
The SOC is a judgment call: the role blends hands-on security engineering (building/tuning controls, DLP policies, email routing) with security analysis (monitoring, incident response, compliance). 15-1212 was chosen because the primary day-to-day work is security-focused operations and analysis; 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the strong engineering/implementation emphasis.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as 'preferred' and explicitly allows equivalent technical experience, so the degree requirement is set to None.
GCP is mentioned in the 'Additional Skills & Qualifications' narrative section ('GCP, GWS, AWS, google platforms') as context rather than a hard gate, so it is marked preferred.
Proofpoint and regex are called out in the additional narrative as 'not required' and are marked preferred accordingly.
AWS services (IAM, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub) are listed under the hard-requirements qualifications block and are marked required, even though the additional narrative notes 'not as much emphasis on AWS stack' — the formal qualifications section governs.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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