Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Po'okela; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

Medical, dental, disability, and life insurance coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

11 paid holidays

Job summary

A defense contracting company is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer in Arlington, VA. This on-site role involves supporting cybersecurity operations, managing firewalls, and incident responses. Qualified candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in computer science or significant experience in cybersecurity, alongside necessary certifications such as CASP or CISSP. The position offers competitive salaries, full benefits including a 401K, medical, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of experience in the cybersecurity field.
• Knowledge of systems security operations, incident response, and user behavior analytics.
• Active Top Secret-SCI clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Support operations of cybersecurity personnel and applications.
• Manage firewall and incident responses.
• Project tracking and presentations.

Skills

Experience with HBSS/EPO/Trellix/ESS or Tenable/ACAS/Nessus

Powershell & Bash experience

Networking experience

Firewall configuration

Authentication configuration

DNS/IP Configuration

Education

Bachelor of Science in computer science or related field

Certified IAT level III (CASP, CCNP, CISA, CISSP)

Job description

The Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies (FOCs) is looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to support our government customer located in Arlington, VA. This position is 100% on site.

Description of Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting the operations of cybersecurity personnel, applications, and appliances employed to defend the cyber terrain, to include but not limited to:
  • Firewall management
  • Host intrusion detection/prevention systems management
  • Security information and event management (SIEM, e.g. audit log review and analysis)
  • Vulnerability scanning
  • Incident response
  • Technical analysis & trouble shooting assistance
  • Support the agency with project tracking with the integrated master schedule
  • Project presentations to the agency change boards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Degree/Education/Certification

• Bachelor of Science in computer science or related field or six to ten (6-10) years of experience in the cybersecurity field.
• Required to be certified IAT level III (CASP, CCNP, CISA, CISSP)

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience with HBSS/EPO/Trellix/ESS or Tenable/ACAS/Nessus.
• In-depth knowledge of systems engineering, systems security operations, incident response methodologies, general user behavior analytics, and general personnel management.
• Powershell & Bash experience
• Networking experience
• Firewall configuration
• Authentication configuration
• DNS/IP Configuration
  

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Splunk Enterprise - experience with migrating systems to a new Splunk server, configuring forwarders for different systems/loTs, deploying Splunk applications, experience with configuring Splunk heavy fowrarder
• Varonis - experience with deploying & upgrading the application
• STIG
• Fortify
• Redhat/Linux - knowledge of how to Chown and Chmod, file permission, creating .key .pem files

Required Citizenship and Clearance

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Must have an active Top Secret-SCI clearance.

Employees enjoy competitive salaries. Eligible full-time employees enjoy a 401K plan with company match; medical, dental, disability, and life insurance coverage; tuition reimbursement; paid time off; and 11 paid holidays.

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