Cyber Security Engineer

Reston, Virginia

Hoplite Solutions LLC
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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)
Date Posted: 15 April 2025
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