Cyber Security Engineer; Chesapeake

At Stratas Corp, our mission strives to put employees first while still being recognized as a leader in the Department of Defense Information Technology sector. We believe in a continuing pursuit of customer satisfaction and operational excellence while exceling in service innovation. We are looking for employees who value corporate culture, leadership, diversity, and commitment to quality, because we are #Team Stratas.

The Cybersecurity Engineer will support the Security Operations Center (SOC) in maintaining, monitoring, and improving the security posture of the customer's enterprise network environment. This position is responsible for supporting cybersecurity threat detection, incident response, security engineering, and continuous monitoring operations to prevent, identify, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents.

The Cybersecurity Engineer will provide technical expertise in the evaluation, integration, implementation, and optimization of SOC technologies, including Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS). The successful candidate will collaborate with cybersecurity and Network Operations Center (NOC) personnel, contribute to operational and cybersecurity strategies, and mentor junior analysts to strengthen incident investigation capabilities and overall SOC performance.

This position requires a strong technical foundation in enterprise cybersecurity operations, analytical problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a mission-focused environment.

• Support daily SOC operations, including continuous security monitoring, threat detection, incident analysis, and incident response activities.
• Identify, investigate, and analyze potential cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and suspicious network activity.
• Support security incident investigations to determine root cause, assess potential impact, and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Coordinate with the Cyber Incident and Event Management team during security incidents, escalations, and high-priority operational events.
• Support continuous improvement of incident response procedures, security monitoring capabilities, and operational workflows.

• Provide cybersecurity engineering expertise to support market research, technology assessments, product evaluations, prototyping, integration, development, deployment, operation, and maintenance of SOC technologies.
• Evaluate emerging cybersecurity tools, technologies, and methodologies to identify opportunities to improve threat detection, incident response, and operational efficiency.
• Develop, implement, and maintain custom SIEM rules, correlation logic, alerts, dashboards, and other detection content.
• Tune and optimize SIEM and IDS/IPS platforms to improve detection accuracy, reduce false positives, and enhance security monitoring effectiveness.
• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of security tools, processes, and technical capabilities in alignment with customer requirements.

• Analyze security events, alerts, and log data to identify potential indicators of compromise and malicious activity.
• Support the use and optimization of enterprise security monitoring technologies, including SIEM, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and related security platforms.
• Maintain current knowledge of cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, industry best practices, and incident response methodologies.
• Recommend improvements to detection capabilities, security configurations,…