Cybersecurity Engineer
HybridArlington, Virginia, United States or Arlington, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Define and enforce information security policies, standards, and guidelines for business operations and technology implementations. Conduct technical security assessments, audits, penetration testing, and forensic IT functions across client/server systems, databases, networks, and vehicle/appliance technology. Manage SIEM tools by collecting, aggregating, and correlating logs from diverse sources to monitor events and identify trends requiring immediate action. Coordinate incident response efforts, manage intrusion detection systems, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while researching new attack vectors. This role requires one day onsite in Arlington, VA.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of three (3) years of proven information systems security engineering experience
- In-depth knowledge and management of one or more Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) tools
- Hands-on experience in penetration testing and router/firewall management
- BS/BA in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Physical Science, or other technology-related discipline
- In-depth, hands-on configuration and management of one or more SIEM tools
- Log collection, aggregation, normalization, and correlation from diverse sources (e.g., servers, network devices, and applications)
- Event monitoring, analysis, and reporting
- Experience with conducting penetration testing and technical security assessments
- Vulnerability and patch management
- Automated and manual security testing techniques
- Router and firewall management, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting
- Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
- Operating system security, including experience with Windows and Linux environments
- Securing virtualized client/server systems
- Database security
- Coordinating and managing security incident response efforts
- Forensic IT functions to investigate security breaches and determine root cause
- Log analysis for security incidents
- Defining, reviewing, and enforcing information security policies, standards, and guidelines
- Ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements
- Knowledge of current security trends and threats
- Researching new attack vectors
- Thinking like a hacker to anticipate vulnerabilities
- Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automating security tasks and managing systems
- Experience with security automation frameworks
- One day onsite in Arlington, VA
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