SIEM / Cybersecurity Engineer

Command Post Technologies, Inc.•Arlington, VA

19h

About The Position

Command Post Technologies, Inc. (CPT) is seeking experienced Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Cybersecurity Engineers for anticipated opportunities supporting the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Virginia. The selected candidate will support the engineering, configuration, integration, and sustainment of enterprise cybersecurity monitoring and defensive technologies. The position focuses on maintaining visibility across complex network environments, improving threat detection capabilities, and ensuring cybersecurity systems support operational and security requirements. Candidates should have hands-on experience with SIEM technologies, security event collection and correlation, network security infrastructure, and integration of defensive cybersecurity tools. This requisition supports anticipated task-order opportunities under an awarded contract vehicle. Employment is contingent upon task-order award, funding, and position availability. Specific onsite requirements, operational schedules, and travel will be established by individual task orders.

Requirements

Final DoD Secret security clearance, with the ability to meet additional task-order security requirements.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity engineering, SIEM administration, network security, or related technical disciplines.
Hands-on experience administering, configuring, or engineering SIEM and enterprise security monitoring solutions.
Experience collecting, parsing, analyzing, and correlating log data from multiple security and infrastructure sources.
Working knowledge of network protocols, security architecture, firewalls, IDS/IPS technologies, and endpoint security platforms.
Experience troubleshooting and integrating cybersecurity technologies in enterprise environments.
Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems and common enterprise infrastructure.
Ability to document technical configurations, communicate findings, and support operational cybersecurity teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic Security, or comparable SIEM platforms.
Experience developing detection logic, correlation rules, dashboards, and automated alerting workflows.
Familiarity with Splunk Processing Language (SPL), Kusto Query Language (KQL), Python, or PowerShell.
Experience with ACAS, ESS/HBSS, STIG compliance, and DoD defensive cybersecurity tools.
CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CISSP, GCIA, or relevant vendor certification.
Experience supporting classified networks, DoD cybersecurity operations, or CSSP environments.
Familiarity with security automation, log retention requirements, and continuous monitoring processes.
Prior experience supporting DARPA or another DoD research and development organization.

Responsibilities

Engineer, configure, integrate, and maintain SIEM and security monitoring capabilities across enterprise information systems.
Support centralized collection, normalization, correlation, storage, and analysis of security logs and events.
Develop and tune detection rules, alerts, dashboards, and reporting capabilities to identify suspicious activity and improve operational visibility.
Integrate security data from firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, servers, endpoints, directory services, and other network infrastructure.
Troubleshoot security monitoring tools, resolve data collection and integration issues, and improve detection effectiveness.
Support deployment, configuration, and sustainment of network security technologies, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, and endpoint protection systems.
Coordinate with CND analysts, incident responders, network engineers, and system administrators to support cybersecurity operations.
Assist with vulnerability management, security assessments, configuration validation, and remediation activities.
Support security incident investigations by providing event data, correlation results, and technical analysis.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, system configurations, operational procedures, and security monitoring reports.
Ensure implemented security solutions align with applicable DoD cybersecurity requirements and approved system security baselines.