Remote System Security Engineer — SIEM & Threat Response

Black Canyon Consulting; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Canyon Consulting is seeking a System Security Engineer to support NCBI at NIH. The role is based at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD and supports remote work options.

You will manage firewalls, assess vulnerabilities, analyze logs, and participate in incident response across a broad enterprise IT environment. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Fortinet, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Tenable.SC, Splunk, and Cisco/Arista ACLs, plus strong communication and analytical skills to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of equivalent experience required.
• Hands-on firewall management and vulnerability management experience.
• Experience with enterprise IT security architecture and tools.

Responsibilities

• Firewall management and IP management.
• Vulnerability/system compliance management.
• Log analysis for incident remediation and threat hunting.
• Support information assurance, vulnerability assessment, and incident response.
• Participate in formal incident response coordinating major intrusions or exploits.
• SIEM pattern analysis based on threat intelligence feeds.

Skills

Firewall management

Vulnerability management

Network security

Log analysis

Incident response

Threat analysis

Time management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4 yrs of equivalent experience

Tools

Fortinet

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Arista/Cisco ACLs

Tenable.SC

BigFix

Splunk

Job description

Black Canyon Consulting is seeking a System Security Engineer to support NCBI at NIH. The role is based at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD and supports remote work options.

You will manage firewalls, assess vulnerabilities, analyze logs, and participate in incident response across a broad enterprise IT environment. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Fortinet, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Tenable.SC, Splunk, and Cisco/Arista ACLs, plus strong communication and analytical skills to