Req ID: RQ185267

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: NACI (T1)

Job Family: Cyber Security

Skills:

Cybersecurity,Regular Expression,Splunk Administration,Splunk Enterprise Security,System Administration

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to join our team supporting our Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) program. As a security engineer supporting the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS) contract, you will work with a team of analysts and engineers to scrutinize network and system events for potential indicators of threats or compromise. This effort includes implementing and maintaining security safeguards designed to minimize the CMS security risk and protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive data, including privacy information.

This is a senior position on the Continuous Monitoring and Vulnerability Response (CMVR) team and part of a larger security team responsible for establishing and maintaining a high security posture for a critical federal information system. Our team’s security responsibility includes, but not limited to, developing IT security strategy and architecture, establishing security operations and monitoring, implementing risk and vulnerability management processes, remediating weaknesses, conducting audits and assessments, maintaining all manner of IT security documentation, managing access, and enforcing Federal and organizational policies.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Provide support to and participate in CMVR continuous monitoring activities including monitoring the environment to ensure systems, tools, and applications are reporting to security tools as expected.

• Administer and maintain the Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security (ES), and Splunk User Behavior Analytics (UBA) applications, installed apps, and system connectivity to ensure ongoing security operations are uninterrupted.

• Propose, develop, and deploy enhancements to the Splunk platform to improve observability and security oversight.

• Develop and maintain Splunk dashboards, reports, and searches to support security personnel.

• Detail and report on potential risks associated with known security issues within the environment, owning tracking of issues through successful closure.

• Educate junior staff on vulnerability response, risk management, penetration testing, and other relevant security endeavors.

• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to security tasking.

• Coordinate and collaborate with technical subject matter experts (SMEs) to ensure technical and operational security controls are operating as expected.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years’ experience (degree preferably in Cyber Security or Information Technology), or equivalent combination of education and experience. Relevant system or application administration experience may be counted in lieu of cyber or information security experience.

• Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin, or other relevant Splunk certifications.

• Experience in administering Splunk Enterprise as well as either Splunk ES or Splunk UBA.

• Experience working in a UNIX or Linux command-line environment with expert knowledge and experience in shell scripting.

• Expert knowledge of general computing technologies (e.g., Windows Server, Linux, databases, TCP/IP network stack, etc.).

• Experience with analysis of security or information technology issues.

• Experience managing and optimizing Splunk architecture components like search heads, indexers, heavy forwarders, universal forwarders, and clusters

• To understand and configure Splunk indexing processes, including hot/warm/cold buckets and data models.

• Ability to develop regular expressions (regex) for data parsing and field extractions using props.conf and transforms.conf.

• Knowledge to design and implement large-scale data ingestion pipelines via APIs, Syslog, and universal forwarders.

• Ability to troubleshoot and tune Splunk deployments for performance and stability, leveraging deep Linux systems knowledge.

• Experience building advanced data models and pivot interfaces for complex data analysis.

• Ability to develop and optimize SIEM content and processes, including managing correlation rules, filters, alerts, and report generation.

• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) and automating tasks in a SIEM ecosystem.

• Strong understanding of networking and operating system administration fundamentals.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAD:

• Relevant system administration certifications (e.g., MCSA, MCSE, etc.).

• Knowledge of CMS security guidelines and technology requirements.

• Strong analytical, communication, written, and verbal skills with the ability and comfort level to conduct presentations for existing customer audiences.

LOCATION:

Remote

CLEARANCE:

Ability to obtain a Public Trust: candidate must have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years and pass a public trust background investigation.

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

• 401K with company match

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $110,500 - $149,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.