Security Engineer

Verotis is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to support Security Operations, Strategy, Planning, Architecture, Vulnerability Assessments and Remediation, and Coordination with various Government Security Entities. This includes the documentation of security strategy, planning, architecture, implementation and operation of a wide range of security technologies in a mission critical environment.

• Security Operations, Engineering, and Architecture
• Source fire NIDS
• McAfee ePO (HBSS)
• Nessus/Security Center
• Splunk
• Firewalls (Cisco ASA)
• Red Hat/CentOS/Ubuntu/
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• Windows Desktop and Server Operating Systems
• Virtualization Technologies (VMWare, etc)

The candidate will be responsible for updating system software, reviewing and applying content (AV, NIDS) updates, developing custom signatures and content, administration of firewalls, IDS, and other security system rule sets and policies. The candidate will need to have a strong knowledge of the underlying technologies that contribute to the system infrastructure and how they interact across Network, Operating Systems, Applications and Servers, and Security Hardware and Software.

• Develop system security design documentation
• Develop network security systems and security operation center knowledge base articles, how-to documents, standard operating procedures, and policies
• Develop incident investigation and incident handling knowledge base articles, how-to documents, and standard operating procedures
• Design, implement, maintain, administer, and operate network security systems
• Review all IT system development plans to ensure designs meet governmental regulatory standards and provide an appropriate level of protection for the client systems and data that interacts with those systems
• Conduct analysis of system requirements and components and perform system audits to ensure intended system functionality, operation, and performance requirements are met
• Develop programs, scripts, or code segments as necessary to facilitate operation, administration, maintenance, or analysis of data and systems
• Perform evaluation and review of GOTS/COTS software and systems to ensure they meet government regulatory requirements
• Evaluate, install, configure, test, and update network security systems and hardware
• Be a trained and skilled individual with in-depth knowledge of the Security Tasks listed in the SOW. Provide training and knowledge transfer on these technologies to other operational resources team

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• Minimum of 8 years of general work experience and 6 years of relevant experience in functional responsibility
• Bachelor’s Degree, or an equivalent combination of formal education, experience
• Understanding of and experience working in a classified environment
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Concise writing skills, excellent MS Word skills, and other MS Office Applications
• CISSP, GCFW, GSEC, Splunk, or other certifications preferred (not required)
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of TCP/IP networking
• Experience with network security tools such as Tenable Nessus/Security Center, Source Fire IDS, Cisco ASA, Splunk, etc.
• Experience with virtualization technologies (VMWare) a plus
• Experience with Windows Server 2008/2012, Windows 7/8/10, McAfee ePO (HBSS), Source Fire IDS, Syslog (rsyslog, syslog-ng, etc), Linux variants (Red Hat/CentOS/Ubuntu), Event log collection, scripting (Python, Perl, Bash, Power Shell), VMWare