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Job Number: R0244817 VectraAI On Premise Integration Engineer, Senior The Opportunity: We are seeking an VectraAI Integration Engineer to deploy, tune, and sustain VectraAI Detect sensors and Recall pipelines in physical data centers, air-gapped networks, and enterprise on-premise environments. This role focuses on network metadata, packet-level telemetry, routing, sensor placement, and integration with on-premise SOC tooling. What You'll Work On: * Deploy and sustain VectraAI sensors, collectors, and metadata pipelines in on-premise networks.
* Integrate VectraAI with on-premise SIEM, SOAR, or EDR, packet brokers, and analysis tools.
* Engineer physical and virtual sensor placement, including SPANs, taps, packet brokers, and east-west segmentation visibility.
* Manage routing, VLANs, packet capture, and metadata transformation.
* Support STIG-aligned configurations and secure baselines consistent with your on-prem operating guidance.
* Build monitoring dashboards, sensor health checks, and performance tuning workflows.
* Coordinate with operations teams to ensure reliable on-prem telemetry ingestion and threat detection fidelity. Join us. The world can't wait. You Have: * 7+ years of experience with on-premise network engineering or cybersecurity platforms
* Experience deploying NDR platforms in physical or virtual data center environments
* Experience with packet analytics tools such as Zeek, Suricata, Arkime, or Endace
* Experience with hardened OS builds, secure enclaves, access controls, and network segmentation
* Experience with Linux engineering and system operations
* Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, HTTP or HTTPS, NetFlow or IPFIX, packet capture, and metadata pipelines
* Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
* Associate's degree and 10+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master's degree and 6+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities
* Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP or Associate, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP Certification within 30 days of start date
* Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification (CSSP-IS) Certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date Nice If You Have: * Experience integrating NDR telemetry into SOC pipelines in secure on-prem environments
* Experience in environments with strict access controls or Zero Trust requirements
* Experience with virtualization platforms, physical rack deployments, and packet brokers
* Experience with incident response and threat hunting based on raw network metadata
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