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Job Summary:
Agile Defense is dedicated to providing innovative solutions to support national missions through advanced technologies. The role of Security Engineer involves maintaining and configuring security systems, performing engineering and system administration tasks, and ensuring the security and functionality of various technologies within the Focused Operations environment.
Responsibilities:
• Implement automation and orchestration capabilities within the FO environment.
• Design and develop documentation for on-premises and cloud-based solutions provided.
• Documentation includes standard operating procedures (SOPs), technical documentation, diagrams, etc.
• Provide support for TSA PKI functions, including system administrative support for creating and setting up certificates on systems.
• Must provide analysis related to the design, development, security and integration of hardware/software interfaces and all system level requirements to provide an integrated IT solution.
• Perform health and wellness monitoring of the FO FISMA Systems.
• Perform administration, maintenance, and updates of forensic applications to ensure they remain functional.
• Ensure that updates to applications and systems shall be carefully planned and scheduled so as to not affect any on-going or active investigations.
• Review the health and well-being of all security technologies including firewall, router, VPN, IDS sensors, proxies, wireless, PKI, and switch changes within FO FISMA Systems. The results of which shall be captured and reported in the monthly Focused Operations Network Health and Wellness Reports deliverable on a monthly basis.
• Travel to locations where EAS devices are located for system administration and/or repair if needed.
• Ensure that all changes required follow the proper Request for Change (RFC) process, have been approved through the appropriate Change Control Board (CCB) and are properly tested before deployment to the production FO FISMA Systems.
• Recommend and implement technologies/changes that will enhance the operations and/or security of the FO FISMA Systems.
• Document all recommendations and changes and provide it to the FO Branch Manager, or his designee.
• Ensure that all TSA change control processes are followed, and all changes are approved prior to implementation.
• Coordinate with other TSA offices to have FO technologies implemented within the TSA Systems.
• Create and deliver Security and Vulnerability Status reports by all systems managed on a monthly basis.
• Administer, review and provide recommendations for the following devices, both hardware and software (Windows, Macintosh and UNIX/Linux based), including laptops, desktops, PDAs, printers, mobile computing devices, mobile electronic media, Active Directory Servers, member servers, other workgroup servers outside of the main Active Directory realm, other technology devices such as forensic write blocking, and imaging for the FO FISMA Systems.
• Assist in the management of all Operating Systems, tools and applications utilized by IAD Security Engineers, as needed.
• Develop integrated system test requirement, strategies, devices and systems.
• Conduct overall system level testing and security testing.
• Design and integrate information security suites, tools, capabilities into delivered solutions to ensure federal and commercial security best practices.
• Update tickets in JIRA
• Check ePO server to verify there no issues and make sure antivirus definitions are updated
• Keep WSUS server up-to-date to include approving/declining patches and database maintenance
• Ensure all equipment is functioning as necessary
• Ensure backups are completed and successful
• Attend all meetings scheduled and provide necessary feedback to the team
• Review logs for anomalies
• Remediating/Mitigation of all security issues
• Updating/Creating documentation as needed
• Ensuring that all OLC Training is completed
• Provide input to ISVMs and other requests from the ISSO
• Assist other teams with requirements or issues they may be having
Qualifications:
Required:
• Clearance: Secret
• Experience with Cyber Threat Detection Tools
• Experience with Case Tracking Tool - CASPR (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience with Enterprise Tactical Operations Tool
• Experience with eDiscovery and Forensics Tools - EnCase, FTK, Nuix
• Experience with Hunting and Threat Emulation Tools - Analysts VM's
• Experience with Focused Operations Networks - Palo Alto FW's, Dell Switches
• Experience with Threat Detection Tools - McAfee ePO, DTEX
• Experience with Other FO Development Projects (As Assigned)
• Ability to implement automation and orchestration capabilities within the FO environment
• Ability to design and develop documentation for on-premises and cloud-based solutions
• Ability to provide support for TSA PKI functions, including system administrative support for creating and setting up certificates on systems
• Ability to provide analysis related to the design, development, security and integration of hardware/software interfaces and all system level requirements
• Ability to perform health and wellness monitoring of the FO FISMA Systems
• Ability to perform administration, maintenance, and updates of forensic applications
• Ability to ensure that updates to applications and systems are carefully planned and scheduled
• Ability to review the health and well-being of all security technologies
• Ability to travel to locations where EAS devices are located for system administration and/or repair
• Ability to ensure that all changes required follow the proper Request for Change (RFC) process
• Ability to recommend and implement technologies/changes that will enhance the operations and/or security of the FO FISMA Systems
• Ability to document all recommendations and changes
• Ability to ensure that all TSA change control processes are followed
• Ability to coordinate with other TSA offices to have FO technologies implemented within the TSA Systems
• Ability to create and deliver Security and Vulnerability Status reports
• Ability to administer, review and provide recommendations for various devices and systems
• Ability to assist in the management of all Operating Systems, tools and applications utilized by IAD Security Engineers
• Ability to develop integrated system test requirement, strategies, devices and systems
• Ability to conduct overall system level testing and security testing
• Ability to design and integrate information security suites, tools, capabilities into delivered solutions
• Daily responsibilities including updating tickets in JIRA, checking ePO server, keeping WSUS server up-to-date, ensuring equipment is functioning, ensuring backups are completed, attending meetings, reviewing logs for anomalies, remediating/mitigating security issues, updating/creating documentation, ensuring OLC Training is completed, providing input to ISVMs and assisting other teams
Company:
Agile Defense is an information technology company located in Reston. It is a sub-organization of Agile-BOT. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in Reston, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.