Full Scope Poly Cybersecurity Engineer

Location:Fort Meade, MD

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type:Monday through Friday

Potential for Telework:No

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Top Secret with Full Scope Polygraph

Employee Type: W2 or 1099

Citizenship: US Citizen

Nexthreat is currently seeking a Cyber Security Engineer who possesses an analytical mind and a comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity methodologies. The ideal candidate should have exceptional attention to detail, excellent problem-solving skills, be able to work efficiently under pressure, and meet tight deadlines.

To succeed in this role, the Cyber Security Engineer must demonstrate a thorough understanding of technology infrastructures, including Firewalls, VPN, Data Loss Prevention, IDS/IPS, Web-Proxy, and Security Audits. The perfect candidate will be comfortable working with various technologies, solving security issues, and troubleshooting network problems.

Responsibilities:

- Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organization's data, systems, and networks

- Troubleshooting security and network problems

- Responding to all system and/or network security breaches Ensuring that the organization's data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the appropriate security controls

- Participating in the change management process

- Testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities

- Daily administrative tasks, reporting, and communication with the relevant departments in the organization

Requirements:

- A degree in computer science, IT, systems engineering, or related qualification

- 2 years of work experience with incident detection, incident response, and forensics

- Experience with Firewalls (functionality and maintenance), Office 365 Security, VSX, and Endpoint Security

- Proficiency in Python, C++, Java, Ruby, Node, Go, and/or Power Shell

- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment

- Strong attention to detail with an analytical mind and outstanding problem-solving skills

- Great awareness of cybersecurity trends and hacking techniques

NexThreat provides extensive fringe benefits include the following: