SIEM Engineer/Splunk Certified Admin, CyberCore Technologies, Annapolis, MD
CyberCore Technologies -
Annapolis, MD,
US
SIEM Engineer/Splunk Certified Admin
Date Posted: 2024-05-20
Job description
**TS/SCI Clearance w/Polygraph Required**
Job Summary / Primary Responsibilities
The selected candidate will be responsible for configuring the collection, parsing, correlation, and visualization of events for a critical operational system. She/he will demonstrate strong skills in system administration, log management, event correlation, and threat detection and will support building and maintaining a system that analyzes collected data and derives facts, inferences, and projections to determine if the systems being monitored are operating normally. The individual will work on a team responsible for configuring the systems which support analysts and end-users. The successful candidate will support the collection and extraction of data used to refine existing and new reports, analytics, and dashboards, and will be involved with the drafting and creation of reports and dashboards based on end-user requirements. She/he will also support the integration of resources across teams to better define the audit data being collected to eliminate false positives and false negatives from the data.
Basic/Required Qualifications
At least 8 years of related experience.
At least 2 years of experience with one or more of the following: StealthWatch, TripWire, Zenoss, ArcSight, Splunk.
Experience in design, implementation, and support of Splunk core components, including: indexers, forwarders, search heads, and cluster managers.
Experience with configuration and administration of Splunk ingestion and forwarding for new and existing applications and data.
Experience with troubleshooting Splunk dataflow issues between the various Splunk core components.
Experience configuring and deploying data collection for a variety of operating systems and networking platforms.
Experience creating Dashboards and Analytics within SIEM tools.
Experience working with monitoring systems supporting auditing, incident response, and system health.
Understanding of networking components and devices, ports, protocols, and basic networking troubleshooting steps.
The ability to troubleshoot issues with log feeds, search time, and field extractions.
The ability to troubleshoot problems related to data solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Assurance, or a related discipline.
Network Security Operations Center (SOC) experience.
Experience and talent in data visualization.
Experience creating workflows for Incident Response within a SIEM Tool.
Security+ Certification.
GIAC Certified Incident Handler Certification.
GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence Certification.
Cybersecurity certifications.
Formal SIEM training.
Experience working on an Agile team/program.
Equal Employment and Diversity
CyberCore has, on many occasions, expressed support and commitment to the principles of diversity and equal employment opportunity. It is CyberCore's policy to recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals, as well as administer all personnel actions, without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, pregnancy, age, religion, disability status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal or state law. CyberCore will not tolerate unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is prohibited. CyberCore is committed to ensuring that CyberCore's workforce and volunteers reflect America's diverse population. CyberCore knows that such diversity will enrich the company with the talent, energy, perspective and inspiration we need to achieve our mission.
Job Summary / Primary Responsibilities
The selected candidate will be responsible for configuring the collection, parsing, correlation, and visualization of events for a critical operational system. She/he will demonstrate strong skills in system administration, log management, event correlation, and threat detection and will support building and maintaining a system that analyzes collected data and derives facts, inferences, and projections to determine if the systems being monitored are operating normally. The individual will work on a team responsible for configuring the systems which support analysts and end-users. The successful candidate will support the collection and extraction of data used to refine existing and new reports, analytics, and dashboards, and will be involved with the drafting and creation of reports and dashboards based on end-user requirements. She/he will also support the integration of resources across teams to better define the audit data being collected to eliminate false positives and false negatives from the data.
Basic/Required Qualifications
At least 8 years of related experience.
At least 2 years of experience with one or more of the following: StealthWatch, TripWire, Zenoss, ArcSight, Splunk.
Experience in design, implementation, and support of Splunk core components, including: indexers, forwarders, search heads, and cluster managers.
Experience with configuration and administration of Splunk ingestion and forwarding for new and existing applications and data.
Experience with troubleshooting Splunk dataflow issues between the various Splunk core components.
Experience configuring and deploying data collection for a variety of operating systems and networking platforms.
Experience creating Dashboards and Analytics within SIEM tools.
Experience working with monitoring systems supporting auditing, incident response, and system health.
Understanding of networking components and devices, ports, protocols, and basic networking troubleshooting steps.
The ability to troubleshoot issues with log feeds, search time, and field extractions.
The ability to troubleshoot problems related to data solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Assurance, or a related discipline.
Network Security Operations Center (SOC) experience.
Experience and talent in data visualization.
Experience creating workflows for Incident Response within a SIEM Tool.
Security+ Certification.
GIAC Certified Incident Handler Certification.
GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence Certification.
Cybersecurity certifications.
Formal SIEM training.
Experience working on an Agile team/program.
Equal Employment and Diversity
CyberCore has, on many occasions, expressed support and commitment to the principles of diversity and equal employment opportunity. It is CyberCore's policy to recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals, as well as administer all personnel actions, without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, pregnancy, age, religion, disability status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal or state law. CyberCore will not tolerate unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is prohibited. CyberCore is committed to ensuring that CyberCore's workforce and volunteers reflect America's diverse population. CyberCore knows that such diversity will enrich the company with the talent, energy, perspective and inspiration we need to achieve our mission.