SIEM Engineer - Mid

ECS; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 108,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

ECS is seeking a Mid-level SIEM Engineer to support a U.S. Government civilian agency from our Washington, DC office. This full-time role focuses on security engineering, SIEM administration, and developing secure system designs and dashboards for real-time monitoring by ISSOs.

The candidate should have 5+ years of security engineering experience, a Bachelor’s degree or higher, and an active Public Trust or eligibility. CRS/CRIBL experience is desirable and familiarity with eGRC is beneficial.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field.
• 5+ years security engineering experience and SIEM administration
• Certifications in security and risk management, asset security, security engineering, communications and network security, IAM, security assessment and testing, security operations, software development security, system security, network infrastructure
• Active Public Trust clearance or eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Responsibilities

• Design hardware, operating systems, and software to address cybersecurity requirements.
• Design and develop cybersecurity products and interfaces.
• Develop and direct system testing and validation procedures and documentation.
• Create dashboards using SIEM and eGRC for real-time monitoring of agency information systems.
• Develop security design documentation for component specifications.
• Implement security designs for new or existing systems.
• Incorporate vulnerability solutions into system designs.
• Create and track metrics using the dashboard in the SIEM/eGRC solution.
• Design and test secure interfaces between information and physical systems.

Skills

Communication skills

Security engineering

SIEM administration

Python scripting

REST API awareness

Networking concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field

Tools

CRIBL

SIEM platforms

eGRC

Job description

Job Description

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Job Description

ECS is seeking a Mid-level SIEM Engineer to work in our Washginton, DC office. ECS Federal is a leading information security and information technology company in Washington DC. We are looking to hire a Mid Security Engineer to support a full range of cyber security services on a long-term contract. The position is full-time/permanent and will support a US Government civilian agency. The position is available immediately upon finding a qualified candidate with the appropriate background clearance.

Position Responsibilities

• Design hardware, operating systems, and software applications to adequately address cybersecurity requirements.
• Design and develop cybersecurity or cybersecurity-enabled products.
• Develop and direct system testing and validation procedures and documentation.
• Develop dashboarding capabilities, utilizing the enterprise SIEM and Enterprise Governance Risk and Compliance (eGRC) solution, for the ISSO's to perform real time monitoring of Agency information systems
• Develop detailed security design documentation for component and interface specifications to support system design and development.
• Implement security designs for new or existing system(s).
• Incorporate cybersecurity vulnerability solutions into system designs (e.g., Cybersecurity Vulnerability Alerts).
• Create and track metrics using the dashboard in the SIEM/eGRC solution
• Design, implement, test, and evaluate secure interfaces between information systems, physical systems, and/or embedded technologies.
• Design, develop, integrate, and update system security measures that provide confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation.
• Perform security reviews and identify security gaps in architecture.
• Trace system requirements to design components and perform gap analysis.
• Verify stability, interoperability, portability, and/or scalability of system architecture.

Salary Range: $108,000- $125,000

Benefits

General Description of Benefits

Required Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of secure configuration management techniques. (e.g., Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), cybersecurity best practices on cisecurity.org).
• Knowledge of CRIBL.
• Knowledge of software development models (e.g., Waterfall Model, Spiral Model).
• Knowledge of software engineering.
• Knowledge of structured analysis principles and methods.
• Experience designing architectures and frameworks.
• Knowledge of system design tools, methods, and techniques, including automated systems analysis and design tools.
• Knowledge of the systems engineering process.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain Risk Management Practices (NIST SP 800-161)
• Knowledge of critical infrastructure systems with information communication technology that were designed without system security considerations.
• Knowledge of network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth).
• Knowledge of network systems management principles, models, methods (e.g., end-to-end systems performance monitoring), and tools.
• Experience with Windows, Linux, UNIX, any other major operating systems
• Experience with programming in Python, C, Java, Perl, Shell and/or bash shell scripting.
• Familiarity with REST API best practices and usage
• Familiarity with security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, AV, etc.) and other SIEM products

Certifications/Licenses

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• 5+ years' experience security engineering experience and SIEM (security incident and event monitoring) administration, deployment, and/or architectural design
• Certifications addressing security and risk management, asset security, security engineering, communications and network security, identity and access management, security assessment and testing, security operations, software development security, system security, network infrastructure
• Active Public Trust clearance or eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Desired Skills

• In-depth knowledge of Information Theory (e.g., source coding, channel coding, algorithm complexity theory, and data compression).
• Ability to apply system design tools, methods, and techniques, including automated systems analysis and design tools.
• SIEM deployment, administration, and architecture design
• SOAR experience in deployment and architecture design preferred
• Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services.
• Ability to apply network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth).
• Experience designing the integration of hardware and software solutions.
• Skill in discerning the protection needs (i.e., security controls) of information systems and networks.
• Skill in evaluating the adequacy of security designs and conducting reviews of technical systems.

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