CND- Network Security Engineer (Secret)

Minimum Qualifications:

• CND Level 1 - CSSP Analyst (CEH, CCNA Security, ETC)
  
• Education: BS Degree and +4 years of prior relevant experience. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
  

Clearance: Secret

Essential Requirements: US Citizenship is required

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will regularly sit, walk, stand and climb stairs and steps. May require walking long distance from parking to work station. Occasionally, movement that requires twisting at the neck and/or trunk more than the average person, squatting/ stooping/kneeling, reaching above the head, and forward motion will be required. The employee will continuously be required to repeat the same hand, arm, or finger motion many times. Manual and finger dexterity are essential to this position. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, depth perception and telling differences among colors. The employee must be able to communicate through speech with clients and public. Hearing requirements include conversation in both quiet and noisy environments. Lifting may require floor to waist, waist to shoulder, or shoulder to overhead movement of up to 20 pounds. This position demands tolerance for various levels of mental stress.

Job Duties:

• Ensuring that the systems security meets all DoD/JCSE requirements and design, facilitating system assessments, documentation and providing hands-on security engineering support.
  
• Utilize provided tools to perform intrusion detection on JCSE supported systems:
  
• Perform Sys Admin functions on various cybersecurity systems;
  
• Ensure appropriate logging, reporting and response to all detected and reported incidents occurs according to RMF and DoD guidelines and regulations.
  
• Provide system administrator (ex. Linux, Windows, Firewalls, Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems, End Point Security) support installing, operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, administrating, and cybersecurity hardening of operating systems on both the classified and unclassified systems.
  
• Implement / utilize formal network security monitoring policies and procedures that include the appropriate use of DoD-approved IDPS tools
  
• Perform Detection (Monitoring and Analysis) activities on the JCSE using Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System sensors (IDS/IPS)
  
• Follow documented procedures for characterizing anomalous events detected by sensors and other network monitoring systems to monitor, respond, document and escalate incidents.
  
• Review and analyze logs in a timely manner to detect intruders.
  
• Coordinates with the Government to use findings to inform, expand, or focus monitoring efforts.
  
• Search for distributed, long-term, coordinated, low-visibility network-based attacks to identify possible unauthorized activity utilizing exploratory problem-solving or self-learning techniques. Suspicious/significant activity will be shared among the CND/IA community.
  
• Report potential incidents and correlated information from these incidents/events that occur on sensors using documented procedures in accordance with DoD guidance.
  
• Reviews all reported incidents, verifies that all pertinent information is recorded and confirmed, and ensures closure occurs only after all remediation and reporting activities have occurred in accordance with RMF and Federal/DoD regulations.