Security Operations Engineer Salary in Washington, DC

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How much does a Security Operations Engineer make in Washington, DC? The average Security Operations Engineer salary in Washington, DC is $84,679 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $78,740 and $93,138. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Senior Security Operations Center Engineer

SHEIN Technology LLC - San Diego , CA

This operations engineer will ensure all production security controls and technologies operate in compliance with all established polices and SLAs, across all aspects of the security operating ...

LinkedIn - 35 days ago

DevOps Engineer

CuraPatient Inc. - Irvine , CA

In our small team, you will work alongside our Senior DevOps Engineer and our Engineering team to ensure the reliability, usability, and security of our cloud infrastructures. You'll also be ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 8 days ago

Principal DevOps Engineer (PanOS Cloud Components)

Palo Alto Networks - Santa Clara , CA

As a Principal DevOps Engineer for the PanOS Cloud Components team, you will be part of a team ... Work with developers, researchers, data scientists, and security experts * Design, build and ...

LinkedIn - 7 days ago

DevOps Engineer - Senior (for Cyber team)

Cogility - Irvine , CA

Implement security best practices in Kubernetes environments to meet compliance requirements ... s Engineer * Bachelor's degree, technical certification or equivalent work experience * Minimum of ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 15 days ago

DevOps Engineer - Remote - US based

Portfolio BI - Portland , OR

... s engineer to manage the transition between project planning and software deployment. In this role ... Broad cloud networking and security knowledge and experience * A security-focused mindset

LinkedIn - 5 days ago

DevOps Engineer

101domain.com - Vista , CA

... s Engineer's role is primarily focused on systems engineering and administration duties to provide ... Ensure compliance with security best practices and industry standards. * Participate in on-call ...

LinkedIn - 12 days ago

What does a Security Operations Engineer do?

Common responsibilities of a Security Operations Engineer

Monitors various Internet and open source information feeds for emerging vulnerabilities and threat actors, determining their applicability to the operating environment and issuing technical advisories appropriately.

November 02, 2022

Actively protects the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of customer, employee, and business information.

December 26, 2022

Develop and maintain security policy and procedures, perform incident response and business continuity testing, work with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and assist with security audits as needed.

January 07, 2023

Demonstrates in-depth analytical skills, including the ability to consolidate broad data sets from multiple sources, both internal and external, to identify patterns and/or risk factors.

January 20, 2023

Hands on experience with firewall administration, Palo Alto/Panorama preferred, including firewall ACL's, DNS block lists and IPSec/SSL VPN (Palo Global Connect preferred).

February 21, 2023

Assists in the review, development, testing and implementation of security plans, products and control techniques.

March 25, 2023

Understanding of networking fundamentals, including Internet protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, IPSEC, SNMP), the OSI stack model, L2, L3 and L7 protocol specifics and raw packet analysis.

March 25, 2023

Manages multiple linked databases to include security, data safety and integrity, disaster recovery, and development of bulk data import/export procedures.

March 27, 2023

Creates, scripts, and maintains mission critical correlation searches and alerts leveraging diverse log sources and types including and not limited to AWS, CASB, Firewall, HIPS, IPS, DLP, Proxy, DNS.

May 05, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Security Operations Engineer in Washington, DC

Average Base Salary

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78740

93138

84679

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

80592

96135

86980

What is the average salary for Security Operations Engineer in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Security Operations Engineer in Washington, DC. The base salary for Security Operations Engineer ranges from $78,740 to $93,138 with the average base salary of $84,679. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $80,592 to $96,135 with the average total cash compensation of $86,980.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$84,679	$78,740 - $93,138
Bonus	$2,301	$1,852 - $2,997
Total Pay	$86,980	$80,592 - $96,135

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Security Operations Engineer Salary Near Washington, DC

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Arlington, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,754 - $93,154	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Alexandria, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,754 - $93,154	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Annandale, VA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,754 - $93,154	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Bowie, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,588 - $92,958	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Bethesda, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,754 - $93,154	COMPARE TO Washington, DC
CITY, STATE Silver Spring, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,754 - $93,154	COMPARE TO Washington, DC

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About Washington, District of Columbia

Washington, D.C. is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast. Due to the District of Columbia retrocession, the city has a total area of 68.34 square miles (177.0 km2), of which 61.05 square miles (158.1 km2) is land and 7.29 square miles (18.9 km2) (10.67%) is water. The District is bordered by Montgomery County, Maryland to the northwest; Prince George's County, Maryland to the east; Arlington County, Virginia to the south; and Alexandria, Virginia to the west. The south bank of the Potomac River forms the District's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries: the An...

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