Cybersecurity Engineer (Splunk)

The role

The Cybersecurity Engineer will perform routine project tasks for information assurance problems and provide security engineering support for information systems. This role involves conducting security assessments, analyzing information security requirements, and analyzing threat information from various sources.

What you will do

• Perform a variety of routine project tasks applied to specialized information assurance problems
• Execute integration of electronic processes or methodologies to resolve total system problems or technology problems as they relate to IA requirements
• Conduct security assessments and security consulting services
• Analyze information security requirements
• Apply analytical and systematic approaches in the resolution of problems of work flow, organization, and planning
• Provides security engineering support for planning, design, development, testing, demonstration, integration of information systems
• Analyze threat information gathered from logs, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), intelligence reports, vendor sites, and a variety of other sources

Required qualifications

• 7 years relevant IT experience
• DoD 8140 - Primary DCWF Work Role 521 Proficiency Level: Intermediate certification
• Secondary DCWF Work Role 451 : Proficiency Level: Intermediate Certification
• Splunk Administrator
• Linux+
• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Experience creating custom dashboards and reports in Splunk using threat data
• Experience in the integration and sustainment of Splunk Core and Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
• GMON
• GRID
• CEH
• CISSP-ISSAP

Nice to have

• CERT or SOC Experience
• Knowledge of or hands-on experience with Incident Response and Incident Handling processes
• Experience with SIEM tools for monitoring, analysis, and threat detection
• Familiarity with automation capabilities and ability to identify new opportunities for process automation
• Understanding of user behavior analysis and activity monitoring solutions
• Working knowledge of Linux environments
• Experience using Cribl for data routing, observability pipelines, or log management
• DOD IA experience

Benefits

• healthcare (medical, dental, vision and disability)
• 401k program where you are 100% vested from day one with an employer match after 90 days
• Educational Assistance program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Gym Reimbursement Program
• Paid Time off

Before you apply

• Candidates must possess active Top Secret clearance

About the company

Horizon Industries Limited (Horizon) is a dynamic IT and Management Consulting firm based in the Washington, DC area. Founded in 1996, the company provides full-cycle IT Consultant and Management support in both the private and public sectors.