Job Description

Job Type:                Contract

Contract length : 11 Months

Job Summary:

IT Systems Engineers are responsible for monitoring, installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting and maintenance of technology solutions. IT Systems Engineers provide technical support, troubleshoot problem and perform scripting/programming to ensure stable and efficient operation of technology solutions.

Essential functions:

• Performs installation, monitoring, testing, configuration, migration, maintenance and troubleshooting of assigned technology
• Manages system/application environment and ongoing operations
• Ensures that the technologies are updated with current, stable, and compliant architecture and applications that meet enterprise standards
• Researches, designs, implements and tests technology solutions
• Proactively monitors and reports performance and utilization of assigned technologies
• Troubleshoots software and/or hardware issues/failures
• Resolves alerts and performs remediation activities
• Manages problem or escalated tickets and tasks and out of cycle requests from systems/software owners
• Collects and presents data for reporting and planning
• Assists with developing tactical strategies, processes and procedures related to systems/application administration
• Determines migration and upgrade impacts and diagnose/resolve complex technology/application errors
• Collaborates with IT and business area partners on work groups and initiatives
• Determines best course of action for meeting business needs
• May provide input into infrastructure architecture designs
• Writes programming/scripting
• May participate in Disaster Recovery planning and exercises
• Ensures execution and alignment to architectural standards and blueprints.
• May contribute input to infrastructure architecture
• Performs on-call activities as needed for the environment and technologies

Requirements:

• Perform scanning with Nessus and ACAS.
• Implement, integrate, configure, administer, harden, and maintain devices, applications, servers, and sensors.
• Review, develop, and customize general security configuration baselines, including DoD, STIGs, and CIS Benchmarks.
• Develop and implement programs to ensure that systems networks and data users are aware of understanding and adhere to systems security policies and procedures.
• Assist with analyzing trends and emerging technologies for potential program modernization.
• Troubleshooting and analysis for connectivity or communication issues between systems components within the Agency environment, and up to the network perimeter for summary data reporting.
• Create/Edit Regex and Tenable Audit Files from DISA STIGS or CIS Baselines.

Required Experience:

• At least eight (8) years of experience with information Cybersecurity engineering or security operations.
• Three years or more experience with creating security baselines and DoD STIG and CIS.
• Experience with the design and implementation of enterprise-wide security controls to secure systems, applications, networks or infrastructure services.
• Knowledge of federal compliance standards, including NIST 800-53, FIPS, or FedRAMP.
• Knowledge of Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking concepts and Domain Name Servers (DNS) and using packet analysis tools, including Wireshark or tcpdump.
• BA or BS degree required

Required Education:

• Related Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field or relevant work experience

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with conducting security assessments on security devices, including network firewalls, web proxies, data loss prevention systems, and intrusion prevention systems.
• Experience with conducting security assessments on Windows Server and Active Directory, Linux or UNIX-based systems, or network devices, such as Cisco or Juniper, conducting dynamic web application security testing.
• Experience with conducting database security assessments.
• Experience with conducting security assessments on Cloud.
• Experience with conducting security assessments on Windows Desktops and OS X.

Required Experience:

• At least five (5) years of experience with information Cybersecurity engineering or security, 3-5 as a systems engineer

How to Apply

Job Types: Temporary.

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