Cybersecurity Engineer

Posting Title Cybersecurity Engineer . Location Remote . Position Type Regular . Hours Per Week 40 . Working at NLR Join the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration. From our mission to our collaborative culture, NLR stands out in the research community for its commitment to an affordable and secure energy future.

Spanning foundational science to applied systems engineering and analysis, we focus on solving complex challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost-effective energy solutions. Our work helps strengthen U.S. industries, support job creation, and promote national economic growth. At NLR, you'll find a mission-driven environment supported by state-of-the-art facilities, multidisciplinary research teams, and strong collaborations with industry, academia, and other national laboratories.

We offer robust professional development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package designed to support your career and well-being.

• Manages, troubleshoots, and tunes cybersecurity tools and sensors, such as log aggregation (SIEM), automation/orchestration (SOAR), analysis, enrichment, alerting, and forensic data retention systems.
• Selects, tests, deploys, and tunes new on-premises and cloud-based technical environments that support infrastructure visibility, analysis, automation, and secure data retention.
• Guides policy decisions and/or manages security policies and related configurations for distributed security tools such as firewalls, endpoint detection and response suites, vulnerability detection tools, and cloud-based monitoring, protection, and incident response tools.
• Develops content that enables cybersecurity personnel to take maximum advantage of existing tool capabilities, including workflows, integrations, and automated tasks.
• Leads, designs, and performs infrastructure, application, and network tests and exercises to determine the efficacy of security defense strategies and tools.
• Leads Information Technology Services project teams to integrate distributed network and endpoint security products with cybersecurity enrichment and analysis platforms and system management tools.
• Creates and maintains architectural documentation and operational procedures that describe the scope, purpose, configuration, use, and maintenance of the cybersecurity operations tools and environments.
• Leads projects (as assigned or independently) that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of NLR’s cybersecurity program, including but not limited to workflow improvements, automation expansion, management tool enhancements, program or NLR strategic initiatives, and user awareness training.

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree and 9 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience.
• Or, relevant Master's Degree and 7 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience.
• Or, relevant PhD and 4 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience.
• Applies extensive IS expertise in specific field and has full knowledge of related disciplines.
• Evaluates new hardware, software, systems tools and applications and makes procurement recommendations.
• Excellent leadership and project management skills.
• Skilled in analytical techniques, practices and problem solving.
• Extensive programming and architecture abilities with various computer software programs and information systems.
• * Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
• Additional Required Qualifications Training specific experience or training/certifications with Splunk administration is required.