Cybersecurity Engineer

Keen Logic is seeking to hire a Senior Cyber Defense Analyst & Incident Responder to join our team with one of our government clients. All the duties listed support one or more of the following cybersecurity-related functions; information security, SPAA, incident response, cyber security, insider threat, computer forensics, vulnerability assessment and management, network data capture, intrusion detection, log management, auditing, security incident and event management (SIEM), and penetration testing.

Personnel assigned to this role will serve primarily on the Operations & Response (O&R) Team; however, this role may also support the Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Test (VAPT) and Engineering teams. This role is also responsible for coordinating with both the Cybersecurity Services Section and other sections or divisions within the organization.

This is a full-time position offering Fortune 500-level benefits, PTO, 401k, and Life Insurance, and monthly reimbursement for travel. This position is onsite in Sterling, VA.

• Active Secret or Top Secret clearance

• Master’s degree (or equivalent combination of education and work experience)

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of additional experience

• 10 years of documented work experience performing any combination of Information System Security, Security Assessment & Authorization, Cybersecurity, Computer Forensics, or Insider Threat, to include:

• Demonstrated experience performing vulnerability assessment, analysis, and mitigation; analyzing security system logs, security tools, and data; network monitoring, and intrusion detection using host-based and network-based intrusion detection systems (IDS) and log management applications; testing, installing, patching, and upgrading computer hardware and operating systems (Windows, and UNIX) in an enterprise environment; identifying, collecting, processing, documenting, reporting, cyber security/incident response events; architecting, engineering, developing and implementing cyber security/incident response policies and procedures;
  
  engineering, testing, installing, patching, and upgrading various information security hardware and software applications

• Experience performing requirements analysis, program development activities, architecting, engineering, integrating, developing and/or deploying information technology products (hardware and software) in an enterprise environment

• Experience using one or more of the following security tools:
  Source Fire, Arcsight, Splunk, Net Witness, Guidance Software, Digital Guardian, Sure View, Intelliview, Nessus, and Foundstone

• Penetration testing experience for networks, web applications, and enterprise systems. Experience with Federal cybersecurity standards, industry best practices and guidelines

• Performs network security monitoring and incident response for a large organization
• Coordinates with other government agencies to record and report incidents
• Maintains records of security monitoring and incident response activities, utilizing case management and ticketing technologies
• Monitors Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) to identify security issues for remediation
• Recognizes potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information
• Communicates alerts to agencies regarding intrusions and compromises to their network infrastructure, applications, and operating systems
• Assists with implementation of countermeasures or mitigating controls
• Supports efforts to consolidate and conduct comprehensive analysis of threat data obtained from classified, proprietary, and open-source resources to provide indication and warnings of impending attacks against unclassified and classified networks
• Supports Team Lead on developing recommendations for changes to Standard Operating Procedures and other similar documentation
• Monitors and reviews logs from existing security tools and creates new security tool signatures to ensure maximum performance and availability
• Performs all aspects of intrusion detection, log and audit management, network and database…