Cyber Security Project Engineer Senior

The Swift Group is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Project Engineer to join our team. This candidate will provide vulnerability analysis and reporting on accredited information systems. This position is located in Tysons, VA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with information system POCs for plan updates and mitigation strategies to ensure overall health of IT systems, networks and applications.
• Perform some manual data aggregation and normalization tasks until automated solutions are developed.
• Recommend new capabilities and efforts to improve the effectiveness of the continuous monitoring program.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with creating Splunk dashboards
• Provide analysis and review of Splunk audit logs to include OS, database, and application logs
• Experience in evaluating query results and reporting results to the customer in report format
• Strong writing skills to create documentation such as SOPs, internal process documents and input into cyber policies
• Ability to coordinate with external projects and customers to ensure audit log ingest
• Understanding of creating ITSI Glass Tables
• Performs all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction
• Ability to assess, plan, and enact security measures to help protect an organization from security breaches and attacks on its computer networks and systems.
• Analyzes all relevant cyber security event data and other sources for attack indicators and potential security breaches
• Applies knowledge of Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVAs)
• Detects, triages, investigates, responds and reports on all of the monitored networks
• Demonstrates experience with RMF, CNSSI 1253, NIST SP 800-53, and NISPOM
• Demonstrates experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Compliance Checker (SCC)
• Demonstrated experience with compliance and vulnerability scanning tools (XACTA, RedSeal, Nessus, Splunk, McAfee ePO, and/or other vulnerability scanners)
• Experience with cloud technologies to include Amazon and Azure
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Bachelors degree
• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Desired Qualifications:

• Board certified in relevant security programs (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, NCSF, CAP)
• Professional certifications in cloud technologies - Amazon and Microsoft Azure
• Understanding of FISMA

The Swift Groups is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.