Overview
Senior Security Engineer Jobs in Washington, District of Columbia, USA at Micro-Data Systems
Title: Senior Security Engineer
Company: Micro-Data Systems
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Type: Contract
Category: IT/Tech, Security
Job Title : SOC Security Analyst (secret clearance required)
Job Location
:
Falls Church, VA
Pay Rate : $50 / hr – $53 / hr with a $105,000 – $110,000 Conversion
Duration : 6 month contract then direct hire / permanent guaranteed, at 6 months exactly. Long term candidates only. Tenured preferred.
Position Summary :
To be successful in this position you need to be
collaborative
and willing to work within a team. While you will need to be a self-starter completing tasks on your own, working together is critical in this role. You will be interfacing with the client and senior staff. Therefore, you should be articulate in your communications because your opinion matters. You will need to explain technical intricacies in a way that is easily understood.
Duties
/ Responsibilities :
• Perform forensic analysis of digital information and gather and handle evidence. Identify network computer intrusion evidence and perpetrators.
• Use data collected from a variety of cyber defense tools (e.g., IDS alerts, firewalls, network traffic logs) to analyze events that occur within their environments for the purposes of mitigating threats.
• Interpret, analyze, and report all events and anomalies in accordance with computer network directives, including initiating, responding, and reporting discovered events.
• Evaluate, test, recommend, coordinate, monitor, and maintain cybersecurity policies, procedures, and systems, including access management for hardware, firmware, and software.
• Ensure that cybersecurity plans, controls, processes, standards, policies, and procedures are aligned with cybersecurity standards.
• Identify security risks and exposures, determine the causes of security violations, and suggest procedures to halt future incidents and improve security.
• Develop techniques and procedures for conducting cybersecurity risk assessments and compliance audits, the evaluation and testing of hardware, firmware, and software for possible impact on system security, and the investigation and resolution of security incidents such as intrusion, frauds, attacks, or leaks.
• Correlate data feeds and logs to analyze with known threats and incidents, build, implement, and refine event correlation rules, logic, content, and analysis techniques.
• Responsible for performing correlation activities and trend analysis to discover attack patterns and assess the risks and potential exposure of assets.
• Provide guidance to junior-level staff, as necessary. May serve as team or task lead.
• Ensure cybersecurity inspections, tests, assessments, and reviews are synchronized and coordinated with all stakeholders.
• Assist in the implementation, management, and administration of the organization’s structure and workflow within eMASS.
• Conduct reviews of cybersecurity information papers and plans with CYBERCOM, ARCYBER, Air National Guard Cyber, National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• Assist in the enforcement of the DoD Cyberspace Workforce Framework (DCWF) and cybersecurity certification program.
• Assist ARNG with the implementation of a documented and streamlined process for r…
