Security Engineer (Active Top Secret Clearance) in Herndon, Virginia at UltraViolet Cyber
NewSalary: $90000 - $120000Job Function: Engineering
UltraViolet Cyber
Herndon, Virginia, 20170, United States
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Security Engineer (Active Top Secret Clearance)
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$90,000 - $120,000 a year
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UltraViolet Cyber is a leading platform-enabled unified security operations company providing a comprehensive suite of security operations solutions. Founded and operated by security practitioners with decades of experience, the UltraViolet Cyber security-as-code platform combines technology innovation and human expertise to make advanced real-time cybersecurity accessible for all organizations by eliminating risks of separate red and blue teams.
By creating continuously optimized identification, detection, and resilience from todays dynamic threat landscape, UltraViolet Cyber provides both managed and custom-tailored unified security operations solutions to the Fortune 500, Federal Government, and Commercial clients. UltraViolet Cyber is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with global offices across the U.S. and in India.
UltraViolet Cyber is seeking aSecurity Engineer who will provide Security Operations Center (SOC) engineering support and guidance to the teams and the client that improve the client’s cybersecurity posture, to include the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems by identifying, verifying, and understanding cyber events.
Perform all design/engineering, configuration, implementation, and administrative activities associated with event collection tier solutions. Normalize and correlate such logs, events, information, and data to derive a complete and comprehensive view of the TSA IT security environment and detect, identify, and confirm security events, breaches, and attacks.
Leverage automation software to efficiently manage and operate a large number of servers and devices for a Federal Security Operations Center. The Security Engineer will provide operations and maintenance (O&M) for hardware, and support the full engineering life cycle (concept to retirement) of the systems developed or maintained under this contract.
Must be legally allowed to work in the US, and the work must be done in the US.
This is a 1-2 days per week onsite role in Herndon, VA, supporting a large DHS agency. The selected hire must be a US Citizen with an active Top Secret clearance.
What You'll Do:File and Directory Management: Using essential tools to handle files, directories, and command-line environments.
System Operations: Managing running systems, booting into different run levels, controlling services, and handling virtual machines.
Storage Configuration: Setting up partitions, logical volumes, and configuring file systems with attributes like permissions and encryption.
User and Group Management: Creating and managing users, groups, and access control.
Security Management: Configuring firewalls, SELinux, and ensuring system security.
Software Management: Installing, updating, and maintaining software packages and core services.
- At least three years of experience in security focused IT engineering
- At least three years of experience in the operations, management, monitoring and maintenance of network security devices and technologies, including firewalls, routers, VPN, IDS sensors, proxies, wireless access points, PKI, domain controllers, security information event managers, etc.
- At least three years of practical experience in the application, management and implementation of security policies, controls and baselines to wide range of operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.), network equipment (e.g. routers, switches) and network security devices (e.g. firewalls, IDS sensors, proxy servers, VPN concentrators, etc.)
- Thorough understanding of Linux-based systems to execute O&M for Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers through both command line and automation software
- Additional skills/experience should include: Linux Admin, Ansible, Splunk Admin, VMware, IDS/IPS hardware support, and log collection
- Certification: One or more: Microsoft, Linux or Cisco
- Certification examples include:..... MCSE or CCNP
- Clearance Requirements: TOP SECRET (required upon hire)
- High school diploma needed
- 401(k), including an employer match of 100% of the first 3% contributed and 50% of the next 2% contributed
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (available on the 1st day of the month following your first day of employment)
- Group Term Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Life, Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and/or Critical Illness
- Participation in the Discretionary Time Off (DTO) Program
- 11 Paid Holidays Annually
UltraViolet Cyber maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect our company's differing products, services, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors.
We sincerely thank all applicants in advance for submitting their interest in this position. We know your time is valuable.
UltraViolet Cyber welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
If you want to make an impact, UltraViolet Cyber is the place for you!
$90,000 - $120,000 a year
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