Sr Cyber Security Engineer Fairfax

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Every day CSRA makes a difference in how the government serves our country and our citizens. We are inspired by the important missions of our customers and we believe that by working together we can deliver exceptional solutions and services to enable the safety, security, health and well-being of our nation. CSRA was formed through the combination of the North American Public Sector business of CSC and SRA International. With over 90 years of experience supporting U.S. government agencies and programs, our DNA is grounded in important mission work. We deliver a broad range of innovative, next-generation IT solutions and professional services to help our customers modernize their legacy systems, protect their networks and assets, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of mission-critical functions for our warfighters and our citizens. Our 19,000 employees understand that success is a matter of perseverance, courage, adaptability and experience. We remain focused on our customers at all times, demonstrate ethical leadership, commit to excellence in program execution, aspire to achieve great things for our customers, and are inspired to deliver exceptional results to help our customers succeed. Our outstanding teams collaborate with our customers, business partners and with each other to deliver the best technologies and solutions aligned to critical mission requirements. http://www.csra.com

OverviewWe have an immediate opening for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer located in Fairfax, VA.
The Senior Cyber Security Engineer will be accountable for the following:

  • Supports the operations and maintenance of ArcSight ESM, ArcSight Logger, and ArcSight Connector appliances, and other security tools such as network IPS.
  • Performs administration, management, configuration, and testing activities related to ArcSight.
  • Maintains the application and appliances in accordance with DoD and Army security directives.
  • Ability to develop ArcSight ESM content, such as rules, filters, channels, and notifications.
  • Teach junior SOC analysts to create ArcSight ESM content and security tool maintenance.
  • Define, design and develop system requirements.  Define system support requirements to include monitoring, capacity, staffing and patching/updating.
  • Analyze and resolve program support deficiencies.
  • Conducts independent technical investigations in systems design.

The Senior Cyber Security Engineer responsibilities include:

  • Install, configure, and maintain ArcSight ESM per Army build guides and instructions. Participate in weekly ArcSight SEIM meetings with other Army organizations.
  • Manage and maintain the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system.
  • Coordinate with the US Army to ensure lessons learned and content from other ArcSight instances are incorporated into the ArcSight system.
  • Mentors junior Cyber Security Engineers, ensuring they have required knowledge and training and familiarity with specific Agency Security requirements and processes.
  • Participates in network and systems design to ensure implementation of appropriate systems security policies.

Qualifications

  • Security Clearance:  Candidate must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance.  Interim Secret clearance may be considered for qualified candidates.
  • Years Of Experience: 6 – 9 years
  • Education:  Bachelors’ degree required.  Candidates with additional work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.  Masters’ degree highly desirable.
  • Certifications:
    • Individual must obtain ITILv3 Foundations and Security+ certification within 45 days of start date.
    • Must have CNDSP Infrastructure Support or CNDSP Incident responder certification: SSCP, CEH, GCIH, CSIH, or GCFA.

This position requires an innovative self-starter. Candidate must be willing to ask for help when needed and push their comfort zone to learn new technologies and skills. The candidate must be able to take high-level direction, apply lessons learned and job knowledge to the task, and share that knowledge with other members of the team.

 

https://jobs.csra.com/job/fairfax/senior-cyber-security-engineer/3459/1125030  < -Job Description/Apply

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