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Cyber Security Engineer

Bethesda, MD Top Secret/SCI CI Polygraph Career Level not specified Salary not specified

Hoplite Solutions is seeking multiple Cyber Security Engineers. This role is responsible for protecting the customer's information systems and networks from potential cyber-attacks. The Cyber Security Engineer must display an excellent understanding of technology and utilization of Firewalls (Security Groups), VPNs, Data Loss Prevention (DPS), IDS/IPS, Web-Proxy, Security tools, and Security Audits. Candidates will work directly with Team leads, developers and operations personnel throughout a DevSecOps life cycle both on policy and technical implementation of technologies. Primary Responsibilities:

• Plan, implement, manage, monitor, and upgrade security measures and tools for the protections of information systems and networks and automate repeatable tasks in a consultative role
• Design, configure, implement, troubleshoot, and maintain all security platforms and their associated software, such as firewalls (Security Groups), intrusion detection/intrusion prevention, anti-virus/malware (HBSS), cryptography systems (Vormetric), SIEM (Splunk), and MDM
• Formulate systems and methodologies as well as respond to security related events and assist in remediation efforts of cyber security incidents (system and/or network breaches, malware attacks)
• Participate in the change management process
• Coordinate, and monitor log analysis for our managed services offerings, to ensure customer policy and security requirements are met

Required Skills Basic Qualifications:

• Expert with at least one of the following tools: Splunk, HBSS/McAfee, Rapid7
• Expert with implementing and managing \SIEM (e.g., Splunk), end-point security (IDS/IPS and HBSS)
• Expert knowledge of networking protocols, such as TCP/IP, LAN/WAN concepts
• Expert with automation (e.g., Ansible, CloudFormation)
• Strong attention to detail with analytical mind outstanding problem-solving skills
• Awareness of Cybersecurity trends and hacking techniques.
• **Active TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Candidate must have a BS degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience to operate within the scope contemplated by the level. Will consider work experience in lieu of a degree.

Desired Skills Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with additional security tools and processes such as IDS/IPS, VPN, Webinspect, Appdetective
• Experience with implementing and managing Network and Application Firewalls
• Experience with incident detection, incident response and forensics activities
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Power Shell)
• Experience with Cloud Computing Technologies/Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with Agile Software Development
• AWS Certification
• Experience maintaining virtual private networks, firewalls, web protocols
• Experience with SAFe Agile Framework
• Knowledge of potential attack vectors such as XSS, injection, hijacking and social engineering
• Experience with health monitoring tools (Nagios, SolarWinds)