Cybersecurity Analyst Senior

Wichita Tribal Enterprise•Reston, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Wichita Tribal Enterprises, LLC, a Quivera Enterprises company, is seeking an experienced Senior Cybersecurity Administrator. This role requires a highly professional security specialist capable of managing multiple projects while aligning technical capabilities with business needs. The position focuses on assessing and hardening systems as well as administering key security technologies, including NIDS/NIPS, HIDS/HIPS, NAC platforms, and SIEM solutions. Responsibilities include developing and tuning security content, automating processes through scripting, integrating new systems with engineering teams, and optimizing performance across IDS and SIEM environments. The role also involves deploying, maintaining, upgrading, and troubleshooting a wide range of cyber defense systems across servers, network components, workstations, and related infrastructure. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

US Citizenship required
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Tier 2, Public Trust background investigation.

Nice To Haves

Experience with DOI
Knowledge of FIPS and NIST compliance and regulations.

Responsibilities

Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and balance conflicting demands.
Strong sense of professionalism, integrity, and ethics
Ability to combine technical skills with an understanding of business needs to successfully protect assets.
Proven ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing to technical and non-technical audiences
Experience assessing and hardening security configurations for operating systems, applications, and services.
Experience in understanding and handling STIG controls
Experience in performing STIG audits as scheduled by Government agency
Administration of Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (NIDS & NIPS)
Administration of Network Access Control (NAC) Systems such as ForeScout CounterAct
Administration of Host Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (HIDS & HIPS)
Administration of/and deployment of Security Information Event Management System (SIEM), such as Splunk
IDS, IPS, SIEM content management, policy tuning and signature development
Ad-hoc scripting supporting process automation and data analysis.
New system integration and coordination with engineering
Resource utilization analysis and performance tuning of IDS & SIEM servers & applications
Experience with virtualization technologies
Experience in the deployment, operation, maintenance, upgrading and troubleshooting/repair of cyber defense systems to include but not limited to network components, servers, analyst workstations, CND associated hardware and software.