Defensive Cyber Operations Engineer

About the role

The Defensive Cyber Operations Engineer will coordinate the development, intergeneration, and optimization of threat analytic tools within customized virtual environments to support Test and Evaluation (T&E) for U.S. Government systems. They will work directly with customers as a liaison between Defensive Cyber Operations tool developers and Cyber Range developers.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers to ensure successful range integration for T&E events.
• Ensure DCO Tool and Cyber Range development teams are aligned on priorities and capabilities for maximizing successful T&E events.
• Replicate and generate log traffic for a training environment based on various platforms to demonstrate tools' capabilities.
• Develop processes and tools for verification and validation of DCO tool capabilities.
• Identify Assessment Objectives for the development of Critical Assessment Conditions and Key Test Points based on operational Red Force/Blue Force to support DCO training scenarios.
• Perform Cyber Threat Hunting and Analysis, as well as Incident Response and Forensic Analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in ELK, Suricata, Yara, Zeek, and Wireshark.
• Advanced proficiency in log, flow data, and PCAP analysis.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of experience in conducting comprehensive cyber threat research.
• Experience in identifying Assessment Objectives for the development of Critical Assessment Conditions and Key Test Points based on operational Red Force/Blue Force to support DCO training scenarios.
• Advanced proficiency in ELK, Suricata, Yara, Zeek, and Wireshark.
• Advanced proficiency in log, flow data, and PCAP analysis.
• Ability to replicate and generate log traffic for a training environment based on various platforms to demonstrate tools’ capabilities.
• Ability to develop processes and tools for verification and validation of DCO tool capabilities.
• Familiarity with working in both Windows and Linux environments.
• U.S. Citizen with an active DoD TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science; Computer Engineering, Information Systems; or equivalent.
• Experience with U.S. Government Test & Evaluation (T&E).
• Experience in performing Operational Test (OT).

Skills

• Experience with U.S. Government Test & Evaluation (T&E).
• Experience in performing Operational Test (OT).

Benefits

Benefits offered can be found here.

Pay

Salary range for this role is ~$130,000 - $180,000; however, PeopleTec considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and critical skills.

Schedule

Travel: 10 %