Forescout Cybersecurity Engineer

Forescout Cybersecurity Engineer

The Opportunity:

As a Forescout Cybersecurity Engineer on our team, you will work with an expert team focused on implementing and operating next-generation security solutions for government and commercial clients. You’ll perform hands-on evaluation, implementation, and operation of leading security cyber defense tools and technologies. You will apply in-depth defense strategies to large and complex networks to rapidly identify vulnerabilities and threats, prioritize response actions, and develop effective countermeasures. You’ll also apply thought leadership in a highly collaborative and innovative work environment to solve complex security challenges. You will lead a team in engineering solutions to complex challenges for customers using your knowledge of network engineering, Active Directory, and system administration.

In this role, you'll closely impact mission success, protecting data and networks from malicious payloads and actors. With mentoring, challenging hands-on problem-solving, and opportunities to learn new tools and skills, we focus on growing as a team to make the best solutions for our customers.

Work with us as we secure and protect our nation's most sensitive capabilities.

What You’ll Work On: 

• Develop relationships quickly and easily with other teams, communicating the complexities of security with a wide variety of audiences, including senior management.

• Manage infrastructure and cybersecurity controls, including enhanced detection and vulnerability capabilities and improved event correlation in large enterprises. 

• Lead risk and vulnerability assessments in network, system, and application areas, and leverage big data analytics and traditional security event types to identify advanced threats or indicators of compromise.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:   

• 1+ years of experience performing Windows or Linux system administration, including performing basic troubleshooting and installation or configuration, monitoring system performance or availability, and performing security upgrades

• Experience in architecting and designing IP networks, including developing and documenting network topologies

• Experience with network engineering, including physical or logical such as installation and activation of ports, configuration of switches, LANS, VLANS, and network FW or appliances, or network administration services such as Active Directory, Guests LANS, and domain management

• Knowledge of multi-domain architectures, including data center, WAN, and LAN in virtualized architectures

• Top Secret clearance

• HS diploma or GED

• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification, such as CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date

Nice If You Have:   

• Experience with deployment or daily maintenance of Forescout CounterACT appliances

• Knowledge of federal information security policies, standards, procedures, directives, and frameworks, federal security authorizations, assessments, and risk management processes for enterprise systems

• Ability to install and deploy Forescout in a customer environment

• Ability to integrate cybersecurity data using enterprise or custom tools data aggregation and analysis tools, including Splunk

• Ability to provide support in a Tier II IT operations and maintenance role, including ticket work information updates, issue responses, and remediation

• Ability to be a self-starter, work without considerable direction, and work with a team

• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills, including for coordinating efforts and establishing customer relations

Clearance: 

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individua