Seeking a highly qualified and motivated Systems Engineer to design, install, configure and maintain systems for a federal Security Operations Center. You will be a lead engineer in identifying future technologies to increase the SOC’s ability to identify threats across a very large enterprise, including research in security principles, host- and network-based security technologies, machine learning algorithms, and attack and mitigation methods. Candidates must be self-starters and have an equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline with four years of Systems engineering experience. This position supports up to 80% remote work. US citizen preferred.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
BA or BS degree in CS, IT, or S.T.E.M
Four (4) years of systems engineering experience.
Ability to multitask and solve complex technical problems
Extensive experience with Linux server administration in production (physical and virtualized) environments
Windows 2012/2016 Active Directory experience including Group Policy
Strong ability to code in various scripting languages including shell, Perl, PowerShell, & Javascript
Solid foundation in TCP/IP networking, subnetting, routing concepts, and distributed computing
ADDITIONAL DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
5+ years in IT infrastructure, networking, architecture, administration, or security
Proficient with network tools such as iptables, tcpdump, ngrep
Experience with Splunk and Splunk Enterprise Security
Experience in creating and supporting highly available enterprise production environments
Thorough understanding of algorithms, data structures in Python
Experience supporting Tenable Security Center
Experience with Intrusion Protection Systems such as Sourcefire
Experience supporting McAfee e-Policy Orchestrator
Experience with security tools such as Bro, Snort, Kali,
Experience with firewalls and other security appliances including Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper
Experience with Web Application Firewalls including Imperva and F5