Job Type: Full-Time

Clearance: Minimum Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI. Must be able to obtain DHS suitability prior to starting employment

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.

Job Summary

Castalia Systems is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities. This candidate will conduct the management, administration, troubleshooting, and testing of all Splunk components, software, hardware, licensing, and all other aspects of the information system. Additionally, they will perform Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the system. A critical aspect of the position will be ensuring the logging of mission and organizational data against unauthorized disclosure, accidental or intentional loss of data, or unauthorized modification.

This Castalia position supports a U.S. Government customer on a large mission-critical, development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Applies current analytical and logical thinking to the design, architecture, development, evaluation, testing, and integration of computer systems, appliances, and networks involving the architecture and implementation of the Splunk product.
• Applies attention to detail for out-of-the-box thinking with a problem-solving mindset, be able to work under pressure, and be able to deliver on tight delivery schedules are recommended soft skills.
• Displaying superb understanding and be knowledgeable with a multitude of technologies to include; firewalls, web application firewalls, VPNs, DNS, Data Loss Prevention, IDS/IPS, and proxies, to name a few.
• Develops security systems for any manual or automated systems environments.
• Ensuring the logging of mission and organizational data against unauthorized disclosure, accidental or intentional loss of data, or unauthorized modification.
• Supporting Projects and Project management personnel throughout the full software development lifecycle
• Managing technology roadmaps with each product and propose briefs and reports to elaborate on recommended actions based on best practices
• Working with a variety of different tools and appliances, security problems, and troubleshooting various complex issues.
• Performing full product testing to the length of the product capabilities as required by the customer and the program
• Developing capabilities according to customer requirements and NIST, DHS, and Government guidelines and regulations

Required Qualifications:

• BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, OR Computer Systems Engineering. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education.
• 8+ years of directly relevant experience
• Experience and/or familiarity with the following network protection devices: Firewalls, intrusion detection, and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), log analysis, malware analysis, network traffic flow, and packet analysis
• Experience managing and administering Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud, and Splunk in the Cloud environments.

Desired Qualifications:

• TS/SCI is preferred.
• Any of the following certifications - Splunk Administrator, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Architect, Splunk Consultation, Splunk Cloud, etc.
• Strong troubleshooting and networking skills
• In-depth knowledge of Windows, and Linux operating systems
• Understanding of Cloud technologies, methodologies, and processes such as AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following: RSA Security Analytics (NetWitness), Symantec Bluecoat, CyberArk, ForeScout CounterAct, McAfee ePO, FireEye, Cisco FirePower (SourceFire), RedSeal, SecureSphere Imperva, Tenable Nessus, Splunk, Cloud technologies, Splunk Cloud, DevSecOps processes
• Understanding of Project Management processes to include SAFe and Agile, SDLC, DevSecOps.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Typical office environment.

Travel

• Not required.

Company Description

Castalia Systems is a proven business partner providing mission-critical solutions to the Federal Government. We provide cutting-edge solutions from Securing and Managing Data to Systems Engineering and Development. Castalia Systems is a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Design and Application.

With our vast knowledge of our customers' needs and relevant technology, our team will bring successful solutions to every mission. We are one-upping our competitors by providing premium IT solutions and platforms with cutting-edge technology so it’s so evident when you compare us with anyone.

Disclaimer

Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.