Emloyer: ValidaTek
Location: Washington DC
Clearance Level: Secret
ValidaTek, Inc. is an award-winning mature SBA 8(a) Certified Small Business that provides high-security mission-critical IT services to the Federal Government. Our commitment to excellence in service delivery has resulted in dramatic growth and an expanding client base that includes several U.S. Federal Departments. The corporate infrastructure is robust and based on industry best practices as evidenced by our DCAA Approved accounting system, Top Secret (TS) facility clearance, ISO 9001:2008, ISO 20000-1:2011, and ISO 27001:2013 certifications, and CMMI Level 3 for Services (CMMI-SVC Level 3) and CMMI Level 3 for Development (CMMI-DEV Level 3) appraisals. We pride ourselves in being the best and only attracting and retaining the best talent to fuel our rapid growth. We promote a strong employee-focused corporate culture that provides a diverse, prosperous and rewarding place to work. We provide our employees with competitive benefits, educational assistance, and career growth opportunities. Every employee is valued for their contributions and we all take pride in helping our customers achieve their goals, which in turn contributes to the overall success of the company.
Position Description:
The Security Operations Subject Matter Expert will be responsible for monitoring, analyzing security logs from multiple sources, including but not limited to NetIQ, antivirus, system logs and others, then escalating any relevant security issues to the appropriate areas.
Responsibilities: Monitor security events from multiple sources, analyze the results and escalate, when necessary, to the appropriate group for remediation. The events will originate from, but are not limited to IDS, IPS, antivirus, firewalls and system security logs.
Develop custom content for the NetIQ Sentinel platform. This would include creating, publishing, and communicating the availability of dashboards that will be monitored by the Security Operations Center.
Identify potential security exposures that may currently exist or may pose a potential future threat to networks or systems. Assist in the development of remediation plans.
Monitor security blogs, articles, reports, as well as other security intelligence sources to keep up-to-date on the latest security threats and trends. Report significant threats to internal team members and customers.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements/Qualifications:
Requires direct recent/current security operations engineering experience supporting the Department of State.
Education and CertificationsBS/BA in related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Relevant technical certifications preferred
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