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Elasticsearch Engineer

  • Fairfax (Linn)
  • IT development

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Job Description

Elasticsearch Engineer

Position Description
CGI Federal has an exciting opportunity for an Elasticsearch Engineer. You will enhance the cyber security posture of numerous government agencies through improved implementation and enhancement of network monitoring and control tools and processes. You will actively identify and mitigate a wide range of cyber risks and will also work closely with a variety of agency stakeholders, supporting their mission, priorities, organization and unique challenges.

Your future duties and responsibilities
- Day-to-day activities include working with customer teams and supporting current tasks and activities.
- Responsibilities include leading customer engineering teams.
- Work closely with customer delivery managers to prioritize daily tasks.
- Participate in technical meetings with customers’ technical specialists.
- Continuously improve customers’ security deployments and integrate new technologies and services.
- Work with a highly technical team focusing on integrating next generation cyber security technologies for a strategic federal customer.
- Activities include hands on administration, implementation and configuration of security tools to enhance the risk posture of customer networks.
- Apply technical expertise in implementing efficiencies and creating strategies to better detect and respond to cyber incidents by prioritizing mitigation actions.
- Ability to collaborate and lead a diverse group of security engineers in developing solutions for complex challenges.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
- Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearance requirements, US citizenship is required.
- Bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of experience administering Windows servers, Linux servers and/or virtual infrastructure to include installation, configuration and maintenance of enterprise networks. Candidates with a Master’s degree must have at least 4 years of experience.
- Experience working with Elasticsearch.
- Extensive experience in implementing security technologies to include: IBM BigFix, Tenable Security Center, Forescout CounterAct, Tripwire, Rapid7.
- Extensive experience in implementing and managing boundary defense technologies to include firewalls, IDS/IPS, DLP and other. Specific knowledge of Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Cisco and Fortinet firewall appliances.
- Proven ability to work closely with customer’s network and operations team to resolve issues or security concerns of tools/services.
- An extensive understanding and experience in implementing static/dynamic testing tools, web and database security assessment tools; for example: IBM Appscan, Fortify, Checkmarx, BurpSuite, Appdetective, Guardium.
- Experience with SIEM technologies and managing suite of tools to include Splunk Enterprise Security, QRadar, HP ArcSight and LogRhythm.

Desired:
- Security relevant certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, Security, CEH.
- Understanding of federal cybersecurity guidance such as NIST SP 800-37 - Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: a Security Life Cycle Approach and NIST 800-137 - Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) for Federal Information Systems and Organizations.
- Understanding of the DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program (CDM).

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