Security Engineer - SIEM/IDS, SOC Operations

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

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.