Cyber Security Engineer () with Security Clearance

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Job description

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language, operations, and technology services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow. We are actively hiring a Cyber Security Engineer to join our Mission Technology Division working in Reston, VA. This role is responsible for protecting 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. Candidate should have a Master's degree with 15 or more years of prior relevant experience to operate within the scope contemplated by the level. 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) Candidates must possess a current TS/SCI security clearance w/Polygraph.

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