Hoplite Solutions is 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. This role is a hybrid role with a combination of some onsite and remote.
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
Required Qualifications: - Active TS/SCI with polygraph
- Must have a Master's degree with 15 or more years of prior relevant experience
- 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)