Cybersecurity Engineer - Middle

Benefits

• 20 Days PTO + 40 Hours of Paid Sick & Safe Time
• Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance
• 401(k) with Tiered Match & 100% Vesting
• Parental Leave for Birthing and Non-Birthing Parents
• Professional Development Reimbursement Program

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Conduct technical security assessments, audits, penetration testing, and forensic IT functions of client/server systems (native and virtual), databases, networks, and vehicle/appliance technology systems. In-depth experience configuring and managing one or more SIEM tools. Identify current security infrastructure and define future programs, design and implementation of security related to IT systems.

Must have a minimum of three (3) years of proven information systems security engineering experience. At minimum, an in-depth knowledge and management of one or more Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) tools is required. Additionally, the Security Engineer - Middle shall possess hands‑on experience in penetration testing and router/firewall management.

This role requires one day onsite in Arlington, VA.

• 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.
• 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.

• Define, review, and enforce information security policy, standards and guidelines for business operations and technology implementations.
• Proactively speculate and identify IT security risks from technical and functional perspectives.
• Conduct technical security assessments as part of the enterprise vulnerability and patch management program.
• Conduct as needed technical security assessments, audits, penetration testing, and forensic IT functions of USMS client/server systems (native and virtual), databases, networks, and vehicle/appliance technology systems.
• Coordinate and conduct event collection, log management, event management, compliance automation, and identity monitoring activities for the USMS enterprise.
• Analyze data collected by the event monitoring system(s), identifying results that dictate immediate corrective action, trends that drive prompt action and areas that require continued monitoring and/or further analysis.
• Maintain awareness of current security trends and threats, respond to reported incidents to conclusion, and provide awareness to system users.
• Coordinate IT security matters such as incident response, intrusion detection management, and customer security advisories.

• 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.
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