Title: Cloud Information Security Engineer
Location: 1 day per week on-site in Herndon, VA
Duration: 12 month contract
Compensation: $65/hr to $75/hr.
Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.
- 5+ years of experience in a Cyber Security engineer position specifically focused in Cloud
- Experience with Terraform or Ansible for automating infrastructure as code
- Experience with Tenable Nessus
- Experience with Web Inspect
- 2+ years doing DevOps or DevSecOps
- 3+ years with Splunk or SIEM tools
- Experience with Intrusion Detection and Incident Response
- Strong security framework knowledge and background in server administration
On a daily basis this person will be responsible for:
- Configures, maintains, administers and deploys a wide range of cyber security technologies such as Intrusion Prevention Systems, Intrusion Detection Systems, vulnerability scanners, network mapping tools and the related servers, databases and circuits.
- Providing technical leadership and guidance to both internal and external teams:
- The architecture, design, deployment, management, configuration and use of Cyber Security Technology in response.
This person should have the knowledge of the following:
- Windows and Linux operating systems and common applications
- Network architecture and tools
- NetFlow and other analytic methods for detecting malicious network activity
- Hardware and software troubleshooting
- Automation via infrastructure as code (IaC): e.g.: Terraform, Ansible, etc.
- Programming/scripting experience e.g.: Python, PowerShell, Bash, Golang, C, JS, SQL, etc.
- Log management and parsing strategies
- CI/CD pipeline experience e.g.: Gitlab, Github Actions, etc.
- SIEM tools experience e.g.: Splunk, DataDog, Grafana, NewRelic, AppDynamics, etc.
- General relational and NoSQL database/datastore experience
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining security solutions for complex environments
- Understanding of network protocols, operating systems, and cloud platforms
- Familiarity with security compliance frameworks and regulations