Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Responsibilities & Qualifications

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the design and implementation of security automation workflows using tools like Python, Ansible, and SOAR platforms to enhance efficiency and response capabilities across all network enclaves.
• Design, engineer, and secure cloud architectures within AWS IL-5 environments, implementing robust security controls and ensuring compliance with stringent DoD standards.
• Serve as SPLUNK SME Splunk Architect to enhance the Splunk platform by developing advanced security content, creating custom dashboards, and onboarding new data sources to improve threat visibility.
• Serve as a senior engineer for security analytics across multiple platforms, including Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk. This involves developing and implementing advanced correlation rules, workload analytics, and threat intelligence models to detect and respond to anomalous activity.
• Serve as a senior technical resource and mentor for other team members, providing guidance on best practices for operating securely across classified and unclassified networks.
• Analyze and integrate new data sources and security tools into the existing ecosystem to enhance threat detection and response.
• Create and maintain clear, comprehensive technical documentation, including architectural diagrams and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) tailored for multi-enclave operations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of relevant experience in a hands-on cybersecurity role within a DoD environment.
• Extensive, hands-on engineering experience and operating within multi-cloud IL-5 secure cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience working across multiple network classification levels (NIPR, SIPR, and/or JWICS).
• Advanced, hands-on experience with security analytics platforms, including both Splunk (Enterprise/ES) and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Strong, demonstrable proficiency in scripting and automation for security tasks using languages like Python, PowerShell, or Ansible.
• Active Top-Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Active IAT Level II and CSSP Infrastructure certification.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Certifications related to Microsoft Azure Security (e.g., Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft Sentinel Ninja).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• High-level Splunk or Cloud Architecture certifications.

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Security Engineer to be a key technical leader on our CSSP Team. This role is for a seasoned professional with deep, hands-on experience operating across multiple DoD network enclaves (NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS). The ideal candidate will drive the design and implementation of sophisticated security solutions, both on-prem and future secure cloud environments, leveraging expertise in a range of security platforms, including Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel. This is a hands-on role for a senior expert who can engineer and automate a complex, multi-faceted security posture.

 

TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

 

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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