Halfaker and Associates, LLC, an award winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Software Engineering and IT Infrastructure to improve the health, security and well-being of all Americans. Our commitment to excellence and our vision to “Continue to Serve” has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies in the health, defense, security and intelligence sectors. Headquartered in Arlington, VA, we have employees nationwide and were recently named a 2018 TOP WORK PLACE by the Washington Post. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with Halfaker.
Halfaker has an opening for a SENIOR CYBER ENGINEER to join our talented, dynamic team. The key responsibilities for this position include:
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team
- Management experience, in the disciplines of regulatory guidance, risk management, program management, CS industry best practices, IT continuity of operations, cyber security, information management, and project coordination
- Demonstrated knowledge and expertise to perform analysis and recommend solutions in the area of CS Technologies
- Experience utilizing forensic software and forensic tools to perform computer forensic services such as digital evidence preservation, analysis, data recovery in support of designated cybersecurity investigations, and documentation
- Conduct forensic evidence collection remotely and on site
- Maintain chain of custody for all digital evidence in accordance with NIST standards
- Ability to install, administer and operate software and network components
- Incorporate input from and provide analysis and recommendations to internal and external clients concerning forensic analysis and corrective actions
- Perform forensics analysis and provide recommendations on cyber intrusions, malware incidents and cybersecurity related investigations
- Perform forensic process and procedure improvement support based on requirements
- Provide targeted attack detection and analysis, including the development of custom signatures and log queries and analytics for the identification of targeted attacks
- Collect malware artifacts safely for analysis and incident investigations
- Perform in-depth (dynamic, static) file analysis to determine the nature of unknown or potentially malicious files found during investigations
- Examine suspicious emails for malicious content and recommend remediation action
- Perform URL/ domain analysis to identify and report any malicious indicators associated with the resource and evaluate the associated risk(s), if any, of permitting host access to the specific and/ or requested internet hosted resource and identify malicious files and IOCs to aid investigations and signature creation, and recommend appropriate remediation strategy
- Support the maintenance of malware analysis platforms and toolsets
Required Skills
- Experience leading, providing guidance, and oversight
- Experience managing work and resources
- Experience with Encase, FTK, FireEye, Axiom, BigFix
- Experience as a cyber forensic examiner and malware analysis
Required Experience
- Bachelor's Degree
- Must have a minimum of 5 years significant experience utilizing tools such as Splunk, McAfee ePO, and SIEM.
- Must be able to successfully undergo a Veterans Affairs High Security Investigation (VA BI)
Halfaker and Associates, LLC, is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.