Job 19 Software Engineer Senior Ii

Supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment, including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats. The Network Security Tools Engineer supports the development and implementation of cyber engineering strategies, tools and techniques to enhance a systems cyber-resiliency against existing and emerging cyber-threats. The successful candidate will be required to perform hands-on administration of both on-prem and cloud-based security devices controlling access to the network and monitor the flow of network traffic to prevent external intrusion.
Responsibilities Include:
-Providing cybersecurity engineering support on systems, system elements, interfacing systems, components, security tools, devices and/or processes for developmental and operational cyber tools
-Working independently or as a team member to solve cybersecurity engineering problems
-Developing and analyzing available cyber protection tools that will improve security posture and provide recommendations that support the remediation and protection of systems
-Perform cyber criticality, mission impact, and risk analysis of recommended tools
-Translating analytical findings into security use cases that can be implemented within available surveillance capabilities
-Providing detailed and accurate technical reporting of analysis results in the form of PowerPoint presentations and/or Word documents, as well as oral briefings on complex technical subjects attuned to senior management, technical, or non-technical audiences
-Operations and management of multiple cloud and on-prem network security devices. Providing technical support to include troubleshooting performance issues with the application components
-Implementing new application versions when they are released
-Creating application documentation, drawings, and other deliverables for tool maintenance. Prepare technical designs with Visio diagrams and detailed descriptions.
Required Skills:
-Must be a US Citizen
-Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
-6+ years of software development experience
-2+ years of experience with Agile software development
-Possess in-depth technical and theoretical knowledge of cyber defensive operations and technologies
-Experience in the installation and configuration of SecureSphere Imperva Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
-Advanced experience securing network traffic via AWS API Gateway and AWS Application Load Balancers, cloud-security technologies (e.g., VPC, Security Groups) and Access Control (IAM)
-Familiarity with intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), RSA Security Analytics (NetWitness), Symantec Bluecoat, Cisco FirePower (SourceFire), Splunk, PKI, chain of trust, and certificates. etc.
Desired Skills:
-5+ years of Cloud DevOps Administrative or Engineering experience
-3+ years of related Network Security Identity Management tools engineering experience, including installing, configuring and troubleshooting experience with one or more of these tools:
oSecureSphere Imperva Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
oRSA Security Analytics (NetWitness)
oSymantec Bluecoat
oCisco FirePower (SourceFire)
oSplunk
-DHS experience
Required Education:
Bachelors degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
[Eight (8) years of experience (for a total of fourteen (14) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]
Desired Certifications:
- One or more of the following certifications in good, current standing: CISA, GCIH, GCED, CISSP, CASP, or Security+
- AWS certifications such as Cloud DevOps Developer Assoc, SysOps Administrator Assoc, Advanced Networking Spec, Security Spec."