Security Engineer (Active Top Secret Clearance)

UltraViolet Cyber is a leading platform-enabled unified security operations company providing a comprehensive suite of security operations solutions. Founded and operated by security practitioners with decades of experience, the UltraViolet Cyber security-as-code platform combines technology innovation and human expertise to make advanced real-time cybersecurity accessible for all organizations by eliminating risks of separate red and blue teams.

About the role

The Security Engineer will provide Security Operations Center (SOC) engineering support and guidance to teams and clients to improve cybersecurity posture, including the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems by identifying, verifying, and understanding cyber events. Responsibilities include performing design, engineering, configuration, implementation, and administrative activities associated with event collection tier solutions, normalizing and correlating logs and events, and leveraging automation software to manage servers and devices for a Federal Security Operations Center. The role involves operations and maintenance (O&M) for hardware and support for the full engineering life cycle (concept to retirement) of systems. This is a 1-2 days per week onsite role in Herndon, VA, supporting a large DHS agency.

Must be a US Citizen with an active Top Secret clearance and legally allowed to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• File and Directory Management: Using essential tools to handle files, directories, and command-line environments.
• System Operations: Managing running systems, booting into different run levels, controlling services, and handling virtual machines.
• Storage Configuration: Setting up partitions, logical volumes, and configuring file systems with attributes like permissions and encryption.
• User and Group Management: Creating and managing users, groups, and access control.
• Security Management: Configuring firewalls, SELinux, and ensuring system security.
• Software Management: Installing, updating, and maintaining software packages and core services.
• Provide operations and maintenance (O&M) for hardware and support the full engineering life cycle of systems.
• Normalize and correlate logs, events, and data to detect, identify, and confirm security events, breaches, and attacks.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience in security-focused IT engineering.
• At least three years of experience in the operations, management, monitoring, and maintenance of network security devices and technologies, including firewalls, routers, VPN, IDS sensors, proxies, wireless access points, PKI, domain controllers, and security information event managers.
• At least three years of practical experience in the application, management, and implementation of security policies, controls, and baselines for a wide range of operating systems (e.g., Windows, OS X, Linux), network equipment (e.g., routers, switches), and network security devices (e.g., firewalls, IDS sensors, proxy servers, VPN concentrators).
• Thorough understanding of Linux-based systems to execute O&M for Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers through both command line and automation software.
• Additional skills/experience: Linux Admin, Ansible, Splunk Admin, VMware, IDS/IPS hardware support, and log collection.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Certification: One or more Microsoft, Linux, or Cisco certifications (e.g., MCSE or CCNP).
• Active Top Secret clearance (required upon hire).

Benefits

• 401(k), including an employer match of 100% of the first 3% contributed and 50% of the next 2% contributed.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (available on the 1st of the month following your first day of employment).
• Group Term Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability.
• Voluntary Life, Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and/or Critical Illness insurance options.
• Discretionary Time Off (DTO) Program.
• 11 Paid Holidays Annually.

Schedule

1-2 days per week onsite in Herndon, VA.