Senior Cyber Engineer

Description

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is seeking a Security Systems Administrator to join our team supporting a major state & local government customer. The Security Systems Administrator is responsible for the deployment, management, and maintenance of security systems and infrastructure. This role involves monitoring security measures, responding to security incidents, and ensuring compliance with security policies and standards. The Security Administrator plays a key role in protecting the organization’s information assets and maintaining a secure computing environment. This position reports to the Technical Director.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THIS POSITION INCLUDE:

• Deploy, configure, and maintain security systems including firewalls, EDR/XDR, NDR, IDS/IPS, and SIEM systems.
• Implements application and data migration techniques and tools for efficient solutions to meet business needs, including present and future capacity and security requirements.
• Addresses a wide range of security issues including architectures, SIEM, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access.
• Researches, evaluates, and recommends new security tools, techniques, and technologies, integrating them into the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy.
• Applies expert engineering knowledge of enterprise IT and security solutions to design, develop, and/or implement solutions consistent with enterprise architecture security policies.
• Supports full-spectrum cyberspace operations.
• Writes detailed technical reports on assessments, mitigations, and remediations performed.
• Translates and authors technical documentation in layman's terms to ensure understanding of the work performed and its outcomes.
• Encapsulates very specialized and advanced cybersecurity work.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS Degree and five (5) years or more experience related to security systems and tools; Masters and three (3) years related experience. Experience in lieu of education may be considered. 7+ years of experience is highly preferred.
• 3 years technical within the past 5 years of experience performing hands on engineering of SIEM or EDR/NDR systems.
• Candidates must be able to pass a CJIS Criminal Justice background investigation and maintain CJIS clearance throughout employment term.
• Citizenship Required.

• Experience in supporting a large, complex IT environment.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with leading SIEM products, specifically Microsoft Sentinel or equivalent platforms (e.g., Splunk, QRadar).
• Additionally, extensive practical experience with industry-renowned Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions such as CrowdStrike or SentinelOne is required.
• In-depth, hands-on experience with industry-leading tools including ManageEngine for IT management, ServiceNow for IT service management, Palo Alto Firewalls and Fortinet for advanced network security, and Vectra AI for advanced threat detection and response is highly desirable.
• Strong preference for candidates with robust experience in cloud architecture. This includes the ability to design, create, and validate comprehensive architecture solutions across various cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, for both commercial and government environments.
• Real world experience and working knowledge of FEDRAMP, NIST 800-53 controls, System Security Plan (SSP), and CIS hardening baselines.
• The ideal candidate will have extensive infrastructure experience including solution design; experience translating business requirements and objectives into IT strategy; and experience with one or more frameworks for best practice service delivery including ITIL v4 and TOGAF.

• Experience in supporting State or Local Government IT environments.
• 5 years technical and/or management experience supported industry and/or Government Sector cloud initiatives at an enterprise level.
• ITIL v4 certification preferred (Foundation or above).
• SIEM Product certification preferred.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.