Forescout Cyber Security Engineer

DAn Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DAn Solutions seeks a senior cybersecurity professional in the Reston, VA / Washington, DC area. The candidate must hold an active TS/SCI with CI Poly and be available for on-site work with no remote option.

Responsibilities include building security infrastructure, performing risk assessments, and communicating complex security topics to executives and technical teams across large enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems administration on Windows or Linux.
• Experience architecting IP networks and documenting topologies.
• Knowledge of data center, WAN, and LAN in virtualization.
• Degree paths or equivalent experience as stated (years may substitute for degree).
• DoD 8570 IAT Level III certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCNP Security, CEH).
• CSSP-IS certifications and related credentials (e.g., CEH, CySA+).

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships quickly with teams and communicate security complexities to audiences including senior management.
• Manage infrastructure and cybersecurity controls, including detection and vulnerability capabilities and event correlation.
• Contribute to risk and vulnerability assessments across network, system, and app areas using analytics to identify threats.

Skills

Windows administration

Linux administration

IP network design

Network topology documentation

Security certifications (CISSP/CCNP/CE

DoD 8570 IAT Level III

DoD CSSP-IS

Customer communication

Education

Associate's degree + 10+ years

Bachelor's degree + 8+ years

Master's degree + 6+ years

Tools

Forescout CounterACT

Splunk

Job description

REQUIRES AN ACTIVE / EXISTING TS/SCI WITH CI POLY - NO REMOTE WORK

Location: Reston, VA OR Washington, DC

Position Description:

What You’ll Work On:

• Develop relationships quickly and easily with other teams, communicating the complexities of security with a wide variety of audiences, including senior management.
• Manage infrastructure and cybersecurity controls, including enhanced detection and vulnerability capabilities and improved event correlation in large enterprises.
• Contribute to risk and vulnerability assessments in network, system, and application areas, and leverage big data analytics and traditional security event types to identify advanced threats or indicators of compromise.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience performing systems administration for Windows or Linux, including performing basic troubleshooting and installation or configuration, monitoring system performance or availability, and performing security upgrades
• Experience architecting and designing IP networks, including developing and documenting network topologies
• Knowledge of multi-domain architectures, including data center, WAN, and LAN in virtualized architectures
• Associate's degree and 10+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master's degree and 6+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities. Years of experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX (formerly CASP+), CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH, CCSP certification.
• DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification (CSSP-IS), including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with deployment or daily maintenance of Forescout CounterACT appliances
• Knowledge of federal information security policies, standards, procedures, directives, frameworks, federal security authorizations, assessment, and risk management processes for enterprise systems
• Ability to install and deploy Forescout in a customer environment
• Ability to integrate Cybersecurity data using enterprise or custom tools data aggregation and analysis tools, including Splunk
• Ability to provide support in a Tier II IT operations and maintenance role, including ticket work information updates, issue responses, and remediation
• Ability to be a self-starter, work without considerable direction, and work with a team
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills, including coordinating efforts and establishing customer relations