Cyber Security Incident and Event Management​/Elastic Specialist

Cyber Security Incident and Event Management/Elastic Specialist

US CITIZEN ONLY. SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED. MUST HAVE IT-II CERT (IE SECURITY+)

SIEM/Elastic Specialist will:

• Be responsible for designing & setting up the ingestion of various customer data flows to include pre-processing data into a usable format, ensuring proper parsing and indexing
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and responsible for designing & integrating Elastic with a wide variety of data sources and developing associated knowledge objects such as queries, dashboards, reports, alerts for monitoring and analytics
• Perform data transformation using Elastic query language
• Track the health of the Elastic environment and optimize its performance. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to security, performance, data indexing, and searches
• Perform watch-officer monitoring duties, including:
  • Monitoring, detecting, investigating, and responding to cybersecurity threats and events using Elastic /SIEM Platform
  • Reviewing correlated alerts and logs for compromise scenarios
  • Performing triage of security alerts to prioritize response
  • Identifying false positives
  • Investigating security incidents and determining root cause
  • Collecting and preserving logs for analysis
  • Escalating confirmed incidents to leadership or SOC teams
  • Coordinating with IT or Dev Ops for containment and remediation
  • Creating after‑action reports (AAR) post‑incident
• In addition, the role may include assistance with monitoring Vulnerability Management tools, such as ACAS and ePO.

• Have at least three years of working knowledge and hands‑on experience with Elastic/Splunk query languages, monitoring SIEM dashboards and real‑time alerts, fine‑tuning SIEM rules to reduce noise, and NIST 800‑53 & Dev Sec Ops  frameworks