Senior Cyber Systems Administrator

DMI•Remote,

5d•$102,437 - $128,046•Remote

About The Position

DMI, LLC is seeking a Senior Cyber Systems Administrator to join their team. This role involves configuration management, platform hardening, coordinating with system owners, gap assessment, architecture design, implementation, administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis of security tools. The position also includes developing secure configuration standards, monitoring system updates, analyzing operational requirements, implementing data backup and archiving strategies, and defining processes for SOC tools. Experience with enterprise EDR systems is also required.

Requirements

At least ten (10) years of hands-on experience in LAN/Network Administration.
At least five (5) years of Technical Lead experience on system management /deployment projects with a focus on Linux based OS.
At least five (5) years of progressive experience in enterprise and security architecture, design, implementation, and support.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related scientific or technical discipline.
Self-starter, able to gather requirements, plan, execute system deployment efforts.
Able to perform gap analysis and initiate and execute architectural and design improvements.
System architecture, engineering, or administration experience.
Customer-oriented with excellent issue follow-through and resolution abilities.
Excellent written and oral communication, and presentation skills.
Ability to effectively work both autonomously as well as on a team.
Outstanding interpersonal skills, strong work ethic, and self-motivated.
Utilize tools and analytical skills to plan and execute technical changes.
Must be a U.S. Citizen

Nice To Haves

Industry recognized security certification, IAT Level II/III (preferred).
Experience with the following tools: Sentinel/Splunk/ES/Phantom, Palo Alto Panorama, Tanium, Thycotic Secret Server, Shodan, RiskSense, Security IQ, ServiceNow, Tenable SC/ TenableIO, Plixer Scrutinizer.
Experience architecting and multi-tier system/applications i.e Sentinel/SplunkES and Phantom.
Experience analyzing and implement security architecture best practices.
Experience with Windows, Linux, Database, and Web Apps system administration.
Scripting in Pearl/Python/Bash/PowerShell etc.
Experience in project task technical analysis, planning, and estimation.
Experience with technology capabilities market research, technical analysis/review, and recommendation.

Responsibilities

Configuration management and control of maintenance architectural/design/functional changes to Sentinel/Splunk Enterprise, ES and SOAR.
Provide knowledge and execution of platform hardening using standards such as STIGs or CIS Benchmarks.
Coordinate with various system owner support groups to gather and analyze requirements, propose implementation and integrations solutions, and plan and coordinate/execute system deployment tasks/projects to successful closure.
Gap assessment and analysis of security solutions and recommendation of improvement initiatives.
Architecture and design with future growth in mind to ensure a balance between scalability, performance, stability, reliability, and agility.
Implementation, administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and break-fix support of security tools.
Defense in-depth gap analysis and improvement recommendations of the security architecture and posture of the SOC infrastructure and environment.
Development and implementation of secure configurations standards of SOC tools.
Configuration management and control of maintenance architectural/design/functional changes to Sentinel/Splunk ES and Phantom.
Monitoring system updates and planning, reviewing, and executing patch/upgrade deployments.
Analyze system operational requirements and define, design, develop, and maintain/improve health and performance monitoring dashboards, alerts, and reports etc.
Operations monitoring of SOC tool to ensure proactive issue identification and resolution.
Analyze business requirements, research and recommend what tools should be used to complete the Cybersecurity vision (i.e. PAM, Forensic, DevSecOps, Defense-in-Depth, Zero-Trust).
Plan, define, and implement an effective and efficient data backup strategy.
Plan, define, and implement an effective and efficient data archiving strategy.
Defining, developing, implementing, and improving processes and procedures for to support and maintain SOC tools.
Experience engineering and administration of enterprise EDR systems.