Cyber Data Analysis Engineer

Valiant Solutions is seeking a Cyber Data Analysis Engineer to join our rapidly growing and innovative team!

The Cyber Data Analysis Engineer will join a program providing Network and Cybersecurity services supporting an Intelligence Community customer. The team will support transport and cybersecurity information technology (IT) services across multiple networks and security domains at multiple locations worldwide, including new facilities and building construction to support the IC mission.

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Location: 100% onsite in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA

Required Clearance: Active TS/SCI with ability to pass and maintain a Government Polygraph (post-hire requirement).

Required Education and

Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• IAT II certification and obtain CSSP Infrastructure Support certification within 120 days of hire.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of Systems Engineer or similar experience.
• Possesses a strong work ethic, is self-directed, and is a detail-oriented professional.
• Willing to learn and adapt to new, cutting-edge technologies.
• Possesses excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised.
• Demonstrated ability to use problem-solving techniques such as root cause analysis to resolve issues.
• Advanced Linux proficiency.
• Knowledge of network communication principles, common infrastructure components (IPAM, DNS, DHCP), load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design.
• Experience with hypervisors such as VMware ESXi, Citrix Xen Server, Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques.

Desired

Skills:

• Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Google, Rackspace.
• Experience with private clouds such as VMware, Open Stack.
• Strong background in Unix or Windows servers.
• Experience with SIEM technologies such as Elastic, Splunk, and/or Arc Sight.
• Familiarity with Cribl data aggregation/normalization technology.
• Scripting experience with Python, Bash, and/or Power Shell.

Responsibilities:

• Resolves escalated issues and performs root cause analysis for complex issues.
• Communicates with program SMEs and customers with less technical backgrounds.
• Demonstrates close attention to detail, examining every aspect of the system.
• Able to multitask, working with several customers at different stages of the onboarding process.
• Applies Configuration Management disciplines to maintain hardware/software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation.
• Coordinates and conducts event collection, log management, event management, compliance activities, and identity monitoring activities for the customer’s system.
• Works with other Service Providers to support areas of common interest.
• Provides all preventative and corrective maintenance to ensure consistent, reliable, and secure service availability.
• Maintains system availability and reliability with a threshold of 99.99%.
• Detects and tickets degradations (volume/velocity) of all SIEM data flows within 60 minutes of the start of the degradation.
• Performs day-to-day maintenance and specific scheduled maintenance activities that result from manufacturer-recommended service intervals, alerts, bulletins, available patches, and updates according to agency-approved change management processes.
• Executes emergency maintenance actions with sufficient urgency to preclude unacceptable outage durations, approved by the Government prior to execution, and coordinated through and approved by CSOC and ESC government management.
• Performs all development, engineering, testing, integration, and implementation actions…