Security Engineer- Breach & Attack Simulation (TS/SCI CI Poly)

GuidePoint Security • Chantilly, VA

108d • Remote

About The Position

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation's top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk. Candidates MUST have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a CI Poly within 10 years for consideration. This position is 100% onsite. Security Engineers fuel solutions to ensure enterprise security deployments make the deepest impact possible across an organization. They solve organizations' most challenging problems, including the ones they didn't know existed. They are self-motivated, have an insatiable thirst to learn new technologies and thrive in a fast paced environment. Lastly, they feel comfortable mastering new technologies and come from a variety of business, analytic and technology backgrounds.

Requirements

• 3+ years of security systems engineering and troubleshooting experience
• Must have an understanding of cyber-based threat techniques and procedures to compare industry related events, exposures, and incidents with open source and gathered intelligence research to determine threat capability and intent, and the potential impact of the threat on customer network architecture and operations
• Understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework and/or other cyber security threat based frameworks used to track adversaries and associated TTPs
• Proficiency developing log ingestion and aggregation strategies
• Familiarity with key security events on common IT platforms
• Proficiency in client and server operating systems including Windows, Mac, and Linux
• General networking, host, and security based troubleshooting (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)
• Ability to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects
• Must possess an active DoD 8570-compliant cyber certification at IAT Level II or better (CompTIA Security+, CEH, etc.)
• An active TS/SCI clearance with an active polygraph

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with configuration and administration of enterprise SIEM tools
• SIEM and/or network/host based detection engineering experience
• Working Knowledge of Operating System Auditing (both Syslog and Window Event Log) preferred
• Experience working with Mandiant Security Validation, or other breach and attack simulation (BAS) solutions
• Red/Purple teaming experience
• Scripting and development skills (BASH, Perl, Python or Java) with strong knowledge of regular expressions
• Experience developing SOC runbooks/workflows, policy, and best practice documentation
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience

Responsibilities

• Complete internal training program for Automated Security Validation (ASV) [previously known as Mandiant Security Validation (MSV)]
• Drive complex security focused deployments of ASV while working side by side with the customers to solve their unique problems across a variety of use cases
• Work with our customers to understand their security posture and requirements
• Support our security deployments by unlocking the potential of ASV to assist our customers in achieving their Cyber Security strategy
• Collaborate across the entire organization to bring access to product and technical teams to get the right solution delivered and drive innovation gathered from customer input
• Leverage previous experiences, share best practices and create innovative solutions to push user adoption and maximize the value of ASV
• Enable customers to solve the next wave of questions on their own

Benefits

• Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans)
• Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
• 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
• Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
• Pet Benefit Option

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree