Cyber Security Engineer - job 1 of 2

ECS is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to work in our Washington, DC office.

Job Description:

• Integrate with the Cyber and Operations teams to act as security SME and assist with connecting to new and existing security related tooling
• Proactively research technical issues and develop, recommend, and implement solutions
• Review and assist teams with architectural decisions as they pertain to security best practices.
• Support Splunk engineering requirements
• Support the creation and sustainment of CDM and Splunk dashboards
• Develop processes to harden Azure images and on-prem instances
• Support Linux OS with patching, system maintenance for CISO systems.
• Participate as part of the Incident Response escalation processes
• Perform research and development on new Cloud offerings from a variety of Cloud Platforms

Required Skills:

• US Citizenship
• Ability to obtain Public Trust Clearance
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related field
• 1+ years of experience with Splunk and SIEM tools
• 1+ years of experience of administering IaaS and Linux based environments.
• 2+ years of Security Engineering
• Proven experience building and reviewing architectures with a focus on security best practices.

Desired Skills:

• Work independently, be a self-starter, and able to operate in a proactive way
• Communicate effectively (both oral and written) with executives and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills; logical thinker and intellectual curiosity
• Experience working in the government sector (local, state, or federal)
• Experience with 0365 and 0365 security capabilities.
• 2+ years of experience of working in Azure and O365 environments
• Experience with implementing observability and altering into new and existing clusters
• Experience implementing security controls in new and existing architectures coupled with the ability to communicate successfully with the greater security organization is required

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $110,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• building and reviewing security architectures: 2 years (Preferred)
• Azure and O365 security: 2 years (Preferred)
• Splunk/SIEM: 2 years (Preferred)
• IaaS and Linux based environments: 2 years (Preferred)
• security engineering: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person