Security Engineer

Tammina; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Tammina security engineering role supports a federal agency's Security Operations Center. Candidates should command Windows and UNIX/Linux admin skills, network management, and enterprise systems expertise, with experience in IDS/IPS, log management and vulnerability tools.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and US citizenship with ability to obtain Public Trust Level 6 clearance for CFPB, plus 10 years in technical system administration or cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• 10 years of technical system administration, operations and maintenance or general cyber security experience.
• Desirable certifications include CISSP, SSCP, CEH, CISM, GPEN, GWAPT, GSEC, OSCP, OSCE, OSWE.

Responsibilities

• O&M support for hardware, Linux OS and critical security tools.
• Tenable Security Center; vulnerability and compliance assessments, results analysis, process improvement.
• SourceFire management and web interface.
• Splunk ES.
• Document management; process, reporting, system design and dashboards.
• On-call support may be required.
• Maintain baselines and SOP/CSIRT wiki content.
• Assist with improvements to cloud-based environments.

Skills

Windows admin

Linux admin

Network management

Vulnerability assessment

IDS/IPS

Log management

On-call support

CSIRT reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Tenable Security Center

SourceFire

Splunk ES

Job description

Description

The security engineering position provides support to a Security Operation Center of a federal agency. Ideal candidate will have comprehensive knowledge of Windows and UNIX-based system administration, network management and enterprise systems management and the ability to and maintain Linux-based operating systems as well as IDS/IPS, log management solutions and enterprise vulnerability assessment systems.

Desired Experience

1. O&M support for hardware, Linux OS and critical security tools
2. Tenable Security Center; vulnerability and compliance assessments, results analysis, process improvement
3. SourceFIRE management and web interface
4. Splunk ES
5. Document management; process, procedural, system design and weekly/monthly reporting
6. On-call support may be required
7. Support the creation and maintenance of baselines where none exist.
8. Support creation and update of a dashboard, monthly vulnerability reports, patch status report, Security Systems Administration content within a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and/or CSIRT Wiki.
9. Assist with recommending improvements to cloud based environment.

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.

Must be US Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust Level 6 clearance for CFPB

10 years of technical system administration, operations and maintenance or general cyber security experience.

Desirable certifications include CISSP, SSCP, CEH, CISM, GPEN, GWAPT, GSEC, OSCP, OSCE, OSWE