VectraAI Integration Engineer, Senior
What You’ll Work On
- Deploy and sustain VectraAI sensors, collectors, and metadata pipelines in on‑premise networks.
- Integrate VectraAI with on‑premise SIEM, SOAR, or EDR, packet brokers, and analysis tools.
- Engineer physical and virtual sensor placement, including SPANs, taps, packet brokers, and east‑west segmentation visibility.
- Manage routing, VLANs, packet capture, and metadata transformation.
- Support STIG‑aligned configurations and secure baselines consistent with your on‑prem operating guidance.
- Build monitoring dashboards, sensor health checks, and performance tuning workflows.
- Coordinate with operations teams to ensure reliable on‑prem telemetry ingestion and threat detection fidelity.
You Have
- 5+ years of experience with on‑premise network engineering or cybersecurity platforms
- Experience deploying NDR platforms in physical or virtual data center environments
- Experience with packet analytics tools such as Zeek, Suricata, Arkime, or Endace
- Experience with hardened OS builds, secure enclaves, access controls, and network segmentation
- Experience with Linux engineering and system operations
- Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, HTTP/S, NetFlow/IPFIX, packet capture, and metadata pipelines
- Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
- HS diploma or GED and 7+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Associate’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master’s degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP or Associate, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP Certification within 30 days of start date
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification (CSSP-IS) Certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date
Nice If You Have
- Experience integrating NDR telemetry into SOC pipelines in secure on‑prem environments
- Experience in environments with strict access controls or Zero Trust requirements
- Experience with virtualization platforms, physical rack deployments, and packet brokers
- Experience with incident response and threat hunting based on raw network metadata
- Experience deploying VectraAI in physical or virtual data center environments
- GCIA, GNFA, or CISSP Certification
Clearance
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
Compensation
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