Government Information Security Engineer

Posted:
10/1/2025, 7:22:10 AM

Location(s):
Fairfax, Virginia, United States ⋅ California, United States ⋅ Folsom, California, United States ⋅ Hillsboro, Oregon, United States ⋅ Virginia, United States ⋅ Arizona, United States ⋅ Phoenix, Arizona, United States ⋅ Oregon, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
IT & Security

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Job Details:

Job Description: 

Intel's Government Information Technology and Security organization enables Intel to win United States Government business by providing secure products, solutions, and services which meet U.S. regulatory requirements. The GITS team is part of Intel's Information Security organization and supports the unique IT information Security and Compliance requirements for Intel Federal LLC, a subsidiary of Intel that delivers products and/or services to the US Government (USG). As part of the GITS team, you will help us grow our secure solution suite to meet U.S. Government requirements for data safeguarding.

The Government IT and Security organization is seeking a Government Information Security System Administrator to support Intel's United States Government contracts. This role is responsible for ensuring IT systems are securely deployed, properly managed, and operated in full compliance with established policies and standards.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Identifies, develops, plans, implements, and supports enterprise security systems using Agile methodologies and DevOps principles to enable Intel's global security posture.

  • Creates solutions in partnership with enterprise architecture to design security measures (from infrastructure to software) that safeguard sensitive data, protect confidentiality and availability, and enable compliance with security policies and regulatory requirements for the enterprise.

  • Partners with system engineers, network engineers, database administrators, and information security personnel in support, integration, development, and lifecycle management.

  • Develops and validates functional requirements and identifies gaps or risks to meet business and security outcomes.

  • Reviews health measures for various functional performance components of platform, applications, controls, and appliances and supports key security systems, responds to security events, and troubleshoots and proactively discovers security issues across the enterprise.

  • Validates security controls are working as designed (validation and/or efficacy) to ensure effective security measures.

  • Develops new and/or updates existing controls that limit the risk exposure for the company and optimizes security system performance.

  • Research new security and information technology trends in enterprise applications, networks, and systems to understand and drive strategic plans, forward engineering, upgrades, and changes while influencing vendors to drive bug resolution, product feature enhancement, and key security improvements.

  • Works to identify, design, test, document, and implement internal process improvements such as automating manual processes, optimization of data delivery, elimination of technical debt, and support/administration of key security control systems.

  • Supports lifecycle management of systems, software, and infrastructure and works to drive the path to production for CI/CD automation and configuration management.

Qualifications:

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Experience listed below would be obtained through a combination of your degree, research and or relevant previous job and or internship experiences. 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • US Citizenship required.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or related Information Technology field.
  • 1+ years of experience in Information Security.
  • 1+ years experience with Azure or AWS Hosted Cloud environment.
  • 1+ years experience with storage, backup, and recovery solution management.
  • 1+ years experience with VMware or HyperV virtualization infrastructure deployment and support.
  • 1+ years experience with datacenter hardware asset management operations such as server/hardware handling, installation, configuration, patching, decommissioning and general security support.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Track record of excellent customer Service and Support skills.
  • Independently troubleshoots for successful problem resolution.
  • Experience using Identity Access Management solutions such as Entra ID.
  • Experience using Privilege Access Management (PAM) or similar tools.
  • Windows and Linux OS and application operations support, administration, security configuration and monitoring.
  • Firewall configuration and management experience a plus.
  • Experience with script writing for automation and integration (e.g. PowerShell, .Net, Python, etc.)
  • Security certifications are an advantage (CISSP, CISM, CEH, CCNA, etc.)
  • Experience with NIST Special Publication 800-171 and/or 800-53 regulations.
  • MS Azure Government Cloud and Amazon Web Services GovCloud solutions deployment experience desired.
  • Experience working with applications such as SCOM, BigFix, Azure Security Center and Antivirus configuration.
  • Experience with log monitoring, SIEM type solutions and workflows.
  • Experience with Agile Scrum and/or Kanban project management methodologies.
  • Scaled Scrum, SAFe, or other scaled Agile framework approaches to manage operations, engineering and development workloads.

          

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location: 

US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Additional Locations:

US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, California, Folsom, US, Virginia, Fairfax

Business group:

The Sales and Marketing Group (SMG) leverages the product portfolio to drive Intel's revenue growth and market expansion, blending strategic initiatives with dynamic sales efforts to capture and retain customers. SMG is responsible for empowering the sales force with tools and insights needed to close deals and build lasting customer relationships. Sales analytics and market research ensure strategies are both targeted and impactful. In SMG, disciplined execution, creativity, and ambition are celebrated, providing ample opportunities for career advancement and skill development.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Benefits:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation.  Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

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Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US:

 

 

$75,860.00-125,860.00 USD

 

 

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

 

 

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

Intel

Website: https://www.intel.com/

Headquarter Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1968

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity

Industries: Artificial Intelligence (AI) ⋅ Information Technology ⋅ Product Design ⋅ Semiconductor ⋅ Software