Senior Security Engineer-US Citizen

Req ID:318793

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We are currently seeking a Senior Security Engineer-US Citizen to join our team in Merrifield, Virginia (US-VA), United States (US).

The Senior Security Engineer supports one or more of the following cybersecurity related functions, information security, incident response, cybersecurity, user activity monitoring, computer forensics, Security Planning Assessment &Authorization (SPAA), vulnerability assessment and management, network data capture, intrusion detection, log management, auditing, security incident and event management (SIEM), and penetration testing. Personnel assigned to this role will serve primarily on the Security Engineering Team. This role is responsible for coordinating with other internal teams, sections or divisions within the organization.

Duties for the Senior Security Engineer include the following:

• Engineers, architects, implements, deploys, maintains, and administers security products and tools.
• Conducts research, evaluates, and makes recommendations on emerging technology.
• Conduct cyber assessment activities including threat modeling, analysis and analysis of mitigation solutions.
• Coordinate and address supply chain management concerns.
• Coordinate with system architects and developers to provide oversight in the development of solutions and integration of security tools.
• Conduct security testing and evaluation during the development and release
• process for security tools and hardware (virtual or physical)
• Reviews, and interprets Federal guidelines and policies, and industry standard best practices.
• Provides subject matter expertise, support, leadership, and training.
• Provides support on all information security activities at the program level including policy development, compliance inspections, audits, reviews and communications security.
• Provides support and works on the development phases of information security systems development lifecycle.
• Evaluates, and supports the documentation, validation, and SPAA processes, necessary to meet the organization's IA requirements; and ensures compliance from internal and external perspectives.
• Conducts assessments of threats and vulnerabilities pertaining to security tools and architecture, determines deviations from acceptable configurations, enterprise or local policy, assesses the level of risk, and develops and/or recommends appropriate mitigation countermeasures in operational and non-operational situations.
• Documents incident correlation requirements, selects incident correlation engines and recommends configuration guidelines. Performs analysis to determine the optimum configuration of network and host sensors.
• Conducts the integration/testing, operations, and maintenance of systems security.
• This analysis includes traffic load analysis, performance impacts of monitoring, determination of potential attack characteristics based on mission and infrastructure, and determination of site-specific data collection requirements.
• Provides system operation support, administers hardware and software inventory, and oversees administration of a laboratory environment.
• Analyzes and recommends resolution of information security problems based on knowledge of the major information security products and services, an understanding of their limitations, and a working knowledge of the disciplines of information security.
• Conducts research and develops security policies relevant to client environment and analyzes outside security information for relevance to DEA.
• Installs, and upgrade computer hardware and operating systems (Windows, and
• UNIX) in an enterprise environment.
• Additionally, engineers are expected to be able to perform the duties of the cybersecurity analyst positions as requested by the COR/GPM.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 6years of Information System Security, security engineering and integration computer forensics, insider threat, or SPAA experience.
• Minimum 3years demonstrated experience performing architecting, engineering, integrating, developing and/or deploying information technology products (hardware and software) in an enterprise environment.
• Minimum 3years of experience with the software development lifecycle and integration of security tools.
• Bachelor degree from an accredited college or university in one or more of the following disciplines or equivalent (documented formal training): computer science, information systems analysis, science/technology, information management, computer engineering, or electrical/electronic engineering.
  • Education Equivalency:H.S. Diploma + 4 years additional experience Equals Associate's Degree; Associate's Degree + 4 years additional experience Equals Bachelor's Degree.
• Must be a US Citizen who possesses a current Secret Clearance.
• Must currently reside a commutable distance to the client site in Merrifield, VA.
• Minimum 6 years of experience using some/all of the following tools: SourceFire, ArcSight, Splunk, NetWitness, Guidance Software, Digital Guardian, Raytheon (SureView), NMAP, Metasploit, Request Tracker, Nagios, Intelliview, Nessus, and Foundstone

Preferred Qualifications:

• Top Secret security clearance.

• Master's degree in computer science, information systems analysis, science/technology, information management, computer engineering, or electrical/electronic engineering.
• Any combination of security engineering experience in the following areas. Qualys, Splunk (CORE, UBA, ES), Tenable SC, Digital Guardian or like UAM tools, VMware (ESXi, vSphere, etc.), Nagios, Science Logic, EDR platforms (Counter Tack, CrowdStrike, FireEye), Intelliview, Networking, Infrastructure and Architectural experience, Linux, Vectra, NAS/SAN (NetApp, EMC), Cisco Fire Power, and the ability to learn new tools and suites of products.

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