Network Security Tools Engineer with Security Clearance - Dulles, VA, United States - Ready Support Services LLC

Description

The Network Security Tools Engineer supports the development and implementation of cyber engineering strategies, tools and techniques to enhance a system's cyber-resiliency against existing and emerging cyber-threats
The successful candidate will be required to perform hands-on administration of both on-prem and cloud-based security devices controlling access to the network and monitor the flow of network traffic to prevent external intrusion

Responsibilities Include:

• Providing cybersecurity engineering support on systems, system elements, interfacing systems, components, security tools, devices and/or processes for developmental and operational cyber tools
• Working independently or as a team member to solve cybersecurity engineering problems
• Developing and analyzing available cyber protection tools that will improve security posture and provide recommendations that support the remediation and protection of systems
• Perform cyber criticality, mission impact, and risk analysis of recommended tools
• Translating analytical findings into security "use cases" that can be implemented within available surveillance capabilities
• Providing detailed and accurate technical reporting of analysis results in the form of PowerPoint presentations and/or Word documents, as well as oral briefings on complex technical subjects attuned to senior management, technical, or nontechnical audiences
• Operations and management of multiple cloud and onprem network security devices

Providing technical support to include troubleshooting performance issues with the application components

• Implementing new application versions when they are released
• Creating application documentation, drawings, and other deliverables for tool maintenance

Prepare technical designs with Visio diagrams and detailed descriptions

Required Skills:

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
• 6+ years of software development experience
• 2+ years of experience with Agile software development
• Possess indepth technical and theoretical knowledge of cyber defensive operations and technologies
• Experience in the installation and configuration of SecureSphere Imperva Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
• Advanced experience securing network traffic via AWS API Gateway and AWS Application Load Balancers, cloudsecurity technologies (e.g., VPC, Security Groups) and Access Control (IAM)
• Familiarity with intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), RSA Security Analytics (NetWitness), Symantec Bluecoat, Cisco FirePower (SourceFire), Splunk, PKI, chain of trust, and certificates

etc

Desired Skills:

• 5+ years of Cloud DevOps Administrative or Engineering experience
• 3+ years of related Network Security Identity Management tools engineering experience, including installing, configuring and troubleshooting experience with one or more of these tools:

o SecureSphere Imperva Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
o RSA Security Analytics (NetWitness)
o Symantec Bluecoat
o Cisco FirePower (SourceFire)
o Splunk

• DHS experience Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
[Eight (8) years of experience (for a total of fourteen (14) or more years) may be substituted for a degree

] Desired Certifications:

• One or more of the following certifications in good, current standing: CISA, GCIH, GCED, CISSP, CASP, or Security+
• AWS certifications such as Cloud DevOps Developer Assoc, SysOps Administrator Assoc, Advanced Networking Spec, Security Spec.