Cyber Security Engineer – SME –

Location: Reston

Clearance: TS/SCI w/FSP

Salary- 250k

The above salary range represents the range expected for the position; however, final salary offers are based on a number of factors such as the position’s responsibilities; the candidate’s experience, education, and skills; location; travel required; and current market conditions.

This program requires US Citizenship

We are seeking a Cyber Security Engineer (SME). This role is responsible for protecting the customer’s information systems and networks from potential cyber-attacks. The Cyber Security Engineer must display an excellent understanding of technology and utilization of Firewalls (Security Groups), VPNs, Data Loss Prevention (DPS), IDS/IPS, Web-Proxy, Security tools, and Security Audits. Candidates will work directly with Team leads, developers and operations personnel throughout a DevSecOps life cycle both on policy and technical implementation of technologies.

Primary Responsibilities:

Plan, implement, manage, monitor, and upgrade security measures and tools for the protections of information systems and networks and automate repeatable tasks in a consultative role

Design, configure, implement, troubleshoot, and maintain all security platforms and their associated software, such as firewalls (Security Groups), intrusion detection/intrusion prevention, anti-virus/malware (HBSS), cryptography systems (Vormetric), SIEM (Splunk), and MDM

Formulate systems and methodologies as well as respond to security related events and assist in remediation efforts of cyber security incidents (system and/or network breaches, malware attacks)

Participate in the change management process

Coordinate, and monitor log analysis for our managed services offerings, to ensure customer policy and security requirements are met

Basic Qualifications:

Expert with at least one of the following tools: Splunk, HBSS/McAfee, Rapid7

Expert with implementing and managing \SIEM (e.g., Splunk), end-point security (IDS/IPS and HBSS)

Expert knowledge of networking protocols, such as TCP/IP, LAN/WAN concepts

Expert with automation (e.g., Ansible, CloudFormation)

Strong attention to detail with analytical mind outstanding problem-solving skills

Awareness of Cybersecurity trends and hacking techniques.

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience with additional security tools and processes such as IDS/IPS, VPN, Webinspect, Appdetective

Experience with implementing and managing Network and Application Firewalls\

Experience with incident detection, incident response and forensics activities

Experience with scripting languages (Python, Power Shell)

Experience with Cloud Computing Technologies/Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Experience with Agile Software Development

AWS Certification

Experience maintaining virtual private networks, firewalls, web protocols

Experience with SAFe Agile Framework

Knowledge of potential attack vectors such as XSS, injection, hijacking and social engineering

Experience with health monitoring tools (Nagios, SolarWinds)

ABBTECH is an EOE/Minorities/Women/Disabled Individuals/Veterans