Cybersecurity Engineer - Splunk SIEM & ES (DoD)

Electrosoft; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Electrosoft Services, LLC is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer specializing in SIEM/ELM to support a large-scale DoD cybersecurity environment. You will provide architecture, engineering, administration, content development, troubleshooting, integration, and sustainment for Splunk Core and ES.

Key responsibilities include developing SIEM use cases, dashboards, and reports, plus tuning and upgrading SIEM infrastructure. DOD security clearance and IAT/CND-IS certs are required.

Qualifications

• 7 years of relevant IT experience.
• DOD Secret Clearance.
• Certification meeting DOD 8570/8140 IAT level III and CND-IS.
• Computing Environment: Linux+, Splunk Administrator.

Responsibilities

• Research, plan, install, configure, troubleshoot, maintain, and back up components of the enterprise Splunk ELM/SIEM environment.
• Enhance ELM and SIEM architecture by incorporating new data feeds, products, and security capabilities.
• Integrate security event and data feeds into the Splunk environment.
• Develop and implement SIEM use cases to improve cybersecurity situational awareness.
• Develop customized dashboards, reports, data monitors, active channels, trends, correlation rules, and other SIEM content.
• Analyze threat information from logs, IDS, intelligence reporting, vendor sources, and other cybersecurity sources.
• Identify and elevate high-threat events to incident responders.
• Perform event analysis and tuning to improve detection capabilities and reduce false positives.
• Support the development and optimization of security rules and correlation capabilities.
• Perform upgrades, maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of SIEM infrastructure.
• Conduct network and capacity analysis to ensure the environment can support anticipated event volumes.
• Analyze endpoint availability and data-collection capabilities.
• Define and maintain appropriate user roles and access.
• Evaluate data-storage requirements and their impact on SIEM architecture.
• Support Security Test and Evaluation and Information Assurance assessments.
• Review DoD policies and assess their impact on SIEM and cybersecurity architecture.
• Develop and maintain technical standards, security architecture documentation, SOPs, and implementation documentation.
• Conduct research and market analysis of emerging cybersecurity and SIEM technologies.
• Provide technical training, briefings, and knowledge transfer to Government and contractor personnel.

Skills

DOD Secret Clearance

IT I eligibility

Splunk Administrator

Linux+

Splunk dashboards/reports

Splunk Core/ES integration

Tools

Splunk Core

Splunk Enterprise Security

Job description

Electrosoft Services, LLC is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer specializing in SIEM/ELM to support a large-scale DoD cybersecurity environment. You will provide architecture, engineering, administration, content development, troubleshooting, integration, and sustainment for Splunk Core and ES.

Key responsibilities include developing SIEM use cases, dashboards, and reports, plus tuning and upgrading SIEM infrastructure. DOD security clearance and IAT/CND-IS certs are required.