Cyber Security Engineer-Jr/Mid

Title: Security Engineer-Jr/Mid

Job Type: Long-term contract

Work Type: Remote

Technical Skills:

Role Description: 

Junior to mid-level Cyber Security Engineer responsible for maintaining and building security tools, primarily Tier 3 troubleshooting and engineering for various products to be determined.

·         3+ years of work experience in Cybersecurity and IT.

·         Linux experience or knowledge a must have CentOS/RHEL preferred.

·         Experience administering/troubleshooting/building Linux servers required.

·         Able to manage daily operations and administration of servers and software in an enterprise while following change management guidance and policy.

·         Familiarity or experience with cloud environments (AWS/Azure) preferred but not required.

·         Familiarity with Splunk (SIEM) and Swimlane (SOAR) desired but not required.

·         Strong background in IT in general, security engineering specifically.

·         Demonstrated understanding of Cybersecurity practices.

·         Ability and willingness to learn new products and tools.

·         Ability and willingness to work and communicate in a team setting, take direction from multiple sources and work on multiple projects simultaneously.

·         Work with other teams and team members in order to coordinate projects, security tool maintenance, buildout, and troubleshooting as needed.

·         Familiarity with project maintenance, to include documentation, coordination, and handoff of project artifacts to key personnel.

·         Eagerness to work on new tasks, learn a new environment, and absorb knowledge as needed.

·         Experience with developing/integrating cybersecurity designs for systems and networks.

·         Experience with documenting and addressing organizational information security, cybersecurity architecture, and systems security engineering requirements.

·         Experience with developing system security context, a preliminary system security CONOPS, and define baseline system security requirements in accordance with applicable cybersecurity requirements.

·         Experience with documenting the protection needs (i.e. security controls) for information system(s) and network(s).

·         Ability to perform security reviews, identify gaps in security architecture, and develop a security risk management plan.

·         Ability to develop a system security context, a preliminary system security CONOPS, and define baseline system security requirements in accordance with applicable cybersecurity requirements.

·         Experience with vulnerability scanning tools to include those supporting operation system, web application, database assessments.

·         Skill in translating operational requirements into protection needs (i.e. Security controls).

·         Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) work experience.

·         Hands on experience with Windows/Linux operations to include configuration, maintenance, and management.

·         Zscaler experience

Cybersecurity Certifications: At least one of the following: CISSP, CCSP, CCNA, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, GIAC, SSCP, Security+ (or equivalent as approved by the Government)

Education Level:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer/Engineering Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field preferred OR 3-5 years of work experience in Cybersecurity engineering.