What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Security Engineer position at RightDirection Technology Solutions?
Description
RightDirection Technology Solutions, LLC (RDTS) is an information technology and professional services company based out of Baltimore, MD. RDTS is seeking an experienced Systems Security Engineer to help driver our vulnerability scanning solutions for a government agency in Washington, DC. Requiring both the technical ability to architect large scale solutions and the interpersonal skills to oversee effective inter/intra departmental collaborations to ensure effective operations. Help architect the scanning infrastructure, interface with government client, handle inquiries and escalations and help move the scanning program forward.
Requirements
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversight of Tenable, Quays, DB Protect and Websense scanning, within policy framework, put solutions in place to ensure that the solutions is operating as intended and any business questions or issues are addressed timely.
- Create custom dashboards and feed vulnerability screen data into a common dashboard. Identification and remediation of “gaps” in scan completeness.
- Produce custom reports as need, either through security scanner or Excel
- Rapidly extract data from the scan tooling to address current open issues.
- Serve as program lead for escalations and SME for addressing failed, incomplete or contested scan results.
- Translate technical results to business impact and required actions.
- Architect solutions to expand the scans to other areas / departments.
- Bring new solutions / improvements to management for review.
- Ensure that results are correctly tracked and reported.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IA or other cyber discipline.
- Five (5) to Ten (10) years relevant experience.
- Must possess fundamental understanding of Splunk applications.
- Experience with Tenable., Qualys, DB Protect, Websense or a similar security scanner.
- Must have strong understanding of DISA STIG and CIS Benchmark configurations.
- Must be a US citizen.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Specialized Requirements:
- Experience with scripting.
- Experience with host based and application layer scan technologies.
- Knowledge of Azure, AWS, Oracle OCI or similar cloud-based systems.
- Strong knowledge of security fundamentals and common vulnerabilities clearance.
- Experience with the full stack of information technologies and associated security models – including server/OS, database, hardware, network devices, user compute application/SDLC, etc.
- Experience working with cyber security and vulnerability management.
- Ability to work in a fast-pace work environment and open to quickly adjusting to meet Customer needs.
All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.