VDOT Cybersecurity Engineer 3

nLeague; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

nLeague in Richmond, VA is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to design and implement advanced cyber defense solutions for the agency, ensuring infrastructure remains secure and deployed to spec.

The role focuses on Splunk SIEM, log analysis, and threat hunting to monitor, detect, and respond to security events, collaborating with IT and network teams.

This onsite, 12+ month contract requires strong analytical skills and practical experience with incident response and MITRE ATT&CK aligned detection.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and technical proficiency with security systems.
• Expertise in log analysis, threat hunting, and writing Splunk queries.
• Ability to work across IT and security teams.

Responsibilities

• Threat Detection & Monitoring: Continuously monitor network traffic, endpoint logs, and cloud security events for anomalous behavior and potential security incidents.
• Splunk Management: Create, maintain, and tune Splunk correlation searches, alerts, and dashboards to minimize false positives and improve detection capabilities.
• Incident Response: Investigate potential security incidents, follow forensic evidence, and collaborate with IT and network teams to remediate threats.
• Use Case Development: Develop and refine detection and response playbooks based on threat intelligence and frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
• Log Integration: Work with infrastructure teams to onboard new data sources, ensuring log integrity, parsing, and normalization across the SIEM platform.
• Compliance & Reporting: Support audit readiness by collecting SIEM control evidence and generating compliance reports aligned with internal policies and standards

Skills

Analytical thinking

Threat detection

Log analysis

Collaboration

Technical proficiency

Incident response

Security troubleshooting

Tools

Splunk SIEM

Splunk queries

Job description

Onsite Job

The Cybersecurity Engineer develops and implements advanced cyber defense solutions for the agency, safeguards the infrastructure, and assures that the system is built to specification and is deployed successfully.

Job ID: (807541)

Cybersecurity Engineer

Location: Richmond, VA

Duration: 12+ Months

Client: VDOT

Onsite Job

The Cybersecurity Engineer develops and implements advanced cyber defense solutions for the agency, safeguards the infrastructure, and assures that the system is built to specification and is deployed successfully.

We are seeking a highly analytical and technically proficient Cybersecurity Engineer supporting Splunk SIEM. You will play a critical role in defending our organization against cyber threats by leveraging Splunk Enterprise Security to monitor, detect, analyze, and respond to security events. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in log analysis, threat hunting, and writing Splunk queries to identify and contain malicious activity.

Key Responsibilities

• Threat Detection & Monitoring: Continuously monitor network traffic, endpoint logs, and cloud security events for anomalous behavior and potential security incidents.
• Splunk Management: Create, maintain, and tune Splunk correlation searches, alerts, and dashboards to minimize false positives and improve detection capabilities.
• Incident Response: Investigate potential security incidents, follow forensic evidence, and collaborate with IT and network teams to remediate threats.
• Use Case Development: Develop and refine detection and response playbooks based on threat intelligence and frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
• Log Integration: Work with infrastructure teams to onboard new data sources, ensuring log integrity, parsing, and normalization across the SIEM platform.
• Compliance & Reporting: Support audit readiness by collecting SIEM control evidence and generating compliance reports aligned with internal policies and standards