Splunk SOAR Engineer, TS/SCI CI Poly (Reston, VA)

GuidePoint Security, LLC; Great Falls Crossing (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented individual to join their Security Operations Center. This role involves transforming manual processes into automated solutions, enhancing incident response capabilities, and collaborating with analysts to optimize security measures. The company values a holistic approach to cybersecurity, ensuring that its clients, including Fortune 500 firms and government agencies, are well-protected against threats. With a focus on innovation and mentorship, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a rapidly expanding organization that prioritizes employee well-being and professional development.

Benefits

Group Medical Insurance options

Group Dental Insurance

Flexible Time Off (FTO) program

Mobile phone allowance

Home internet allowance

Retirement plan eligibility

Pet Benefit Option

Qualifications

• 3+ years in SOC operations with a focus on incident response.
• Experience in building automations within SOAR platforms.
• Proficient in structured data (JSON) and REST/SOAP APIs.

Responsibilities

• Transform manual SOC processes into automated playbooks.
• Build incident response processes with automation capabilities.
• Work with analysts to streamline customer use cases.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

Automation in SOAR

Scripting (Python)

Analytical expertise

Network protocols (DNS, HTTPS)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SOAR platform

SIEM systems

Linux CLI

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions, and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation's top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources, and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

An active Top Secret/SCI with CI Poly clearance is required prior to consideration for this role. Work is 100% onsite in Reston, VA.

What You'll Get To Do:

1. Help the SOC transform manual processes into automated playbooks inside a SOAR platform
2. Build and/or augment incident response processes with automation capabilities
3. Work with analysts to understand existing incident response processes and propose automation use cases to augment those processes
4. Use automation to streamline and standardize customer use cases
5. Work with management to understand incident response and automation reporting needs, then propose and build relevant reports and dashboards

1. Engage with other aspects of the Technical Operations including ticketing, monitoring, and detection tools
2. Work closely with the Security Analyst to automate the collection of supporting information for alert analysis and defensive responses
3. Respond to high-priority requests for information and custom detections from key partners
4. Manage and update incident response procedures and workflows/playbooks
5. Become a subject matter expert in the customers' high-value assets and targets
6. Build novel monitoring and alerting playbooks to address potential targeted attacks
7. Perform other security operations necessary for continuous monitoring and platform triaging

You'll Bring These Qualifications:

1. Minimum 3 years experience in SOC operations supporting incident response and/or detection engineering
2. Minimum 1 year experience in building automations in a SOAR platform
3. Experience working with structured data (JSON) and REST/SOAP API's

• 1+ years of scripting, Python strongly desired
• DOD 8140.01 - DOD8570.01 M IAT Level II, CSSP Infrastructure
• Ability to demonstrate analytical expertise, attention to detail, critical thinking, logic, and solution orientation; quick learner
• Knowledge of network protocols and applications such as DNS & HTTPS
• Experience using Linux CLI

These Qualifications Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience managing or developing detection logic for enterprise SIEM systems
• Experience with exploitation techniques and use case development
• Experience with IOC datasets (e.g., YARA, OpenIOC, STIX)
• Experience deploying to and leveraging cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong knowledge of network monitoring, exploitation techniques, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework

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Why GuidePoint? GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value-added reseller focusing on Information Security. Since 2011, it has grown to over 1000 employees, established strategic partnerships, and serves more than 4,200 customers.

Our core values drive our success and workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and collaborative, offering mentorship and guidance.

This is a unique opportunity to grow your career with one of the nation's fastest-growing companies.

Some added perks:

• Primarily remote (U.S. based; some travel or on-site work may be required for Federal positions)
• Group Medical Insurance options: PPO plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of premiums for employees, 70% for family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of employee premiums and 75% for family)
• Group Dental Insurance: 100% paid for employees, 75% for family
• 12 holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
• Mobile phone and home internet allowances
• Retirement plan eligibility after 2 months
• Pet Benefit Option