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Edgewater Federal Solutions

Splunk Detection Engineer

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Bethesda, Maryland, us, 20811


Splunk Detection Engineer

Job Locations

US-MD-Bethesda

ID

2024-3410

Category

Information Technology

Type

Full Time

Overview

Edgewater Federal Solutions is currently seeking a

Splunk Detection Engineer

to provide support to an Edgewater Federal government contract. Responsibilities

Identify and respond to complex computer security incidents, communicate findings, and modify defenses and response measures as appropriate

Developmethods, techniques,andstandardsand communicate findings to multiple audiences Workon complex cyber issues, providing guidance as appropriate to other cyber security personnel Contribute to the integration of malware analysis, forensic investigation, and threat research into incident response and long-term understanding of threats Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a technical field and 10 years' experience. (Additional education and/or experience may reduce these requirements) In lieu of a degree, relevant experience is applicable. U.S. Citizenship is required per contract to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security clearance. Strong Splunk Experience Develop and maintain quality queries, dashboards, custom views, saved searches and alerts for internal technical operations team business application owners Lead and/or support efforts to prepare for, monitor, detect, analyze/confirm, contain, remediate, and recover from security incidents Conduct deep analysis and hunting operations Provide Analyst training and workshops on using Splunk Develop and implement automation and efficiencies with Splunk Athoroughunderstanding of the cyber security environment, including network and host system security issues and concepts, compliance, and certification. Thoroughunderstanding of common network and host-based attacks, attack methods,network defense architectures,and security tools. Extensive experience withoneor more of the following:malware analysis andreverse engineering;enterprise hostand memoryforensics;network forensicsandpacket analysis;incident responseand incident coordination;penetration testing. Experience leading projects or mentoring junior analysts. Stronganalytical, documentation,andcommunication skillsand the ability tocollaboratewell in adynamicteamenvironment. Desired Qualifications: Enterprise forensics tools Memory analysistechniques Dynamic analysis of software samples via debuggers such asOllyDbgor IDA debugger Network signature creation ArcSight,Splunk, or similar tools Automated analysisand scriptingwith Python,Perl or similar languages Tool integrationand event correlation withdiffering API's About Us: Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2024. It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.