Cybersecurity Engineer

Candidates must be able to pass a background investigation to obtain a U.S. Federal Government clearance.

POSITION SUMMARY

MorphWorks is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer who provides all the necessary technical expertise in cybersecurity enterprise solutions in a Federal Agency’s overarching enterprise. The position performs a critical role in understanding DHS strategic and programmatic needs, proposing effective enterprise IT solutions, and consistently providing high-level customer service.

Requirements

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Perform data validation, analysis, warehousing, and data mining
• Design, deploy, operate, and maintain CDM tools and new capabilities in enterprise on-premise and Cloud environments including: ForeScout, McAfee ePO, Splunk, Tenable.sc, Vormetric, SailPoint, CyberArk, Elastic, IBM MaaS360, Workspace One UEM, Microsoft Endpoint, or equivalent security tools and products as required
• Develop installation, configuration, and deployment methods including scripting, use of APIs, orchestration, automation, and database services to support the integration and configuration of CDM applications and security technologies
• Work with architects, integration engineers, and developers to design solutions and improve data quality, security, and compliance or extend current capabilities and offerings to customers.
• Work closely with management support teams and operations teams to establish and document requirements to complete implementation and configuration tasks
• Assess system designs to validate them against expected technical parameters
• Create solutions to improve data quality, security, and compliance or extend current capabilities and offerings to customers
• Identify, analyze, define, and coordinate user, customer, and stakeholder needs and translates them into enterprise hardware and software requirements
• Identify and manage solution dependencies with other systems and elements of the enterprise IT infrastructure
• Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies
• Perform functional, requirements, and product analysis, assist to establish interface definitions, and translate customer needs into hardware and software requirements
• Accomplish extract, transform, and load operations to retrieve enrichment content from existing hardware, software, and system boundary inventories
• Develop and maintain detailed installation documentation and SOPs as required
• Ability to troubleshoot broad-ranging issues (operating systems, network, firewall, COTS products, access, and authentication)
• Provide tool operations and maintenance support, Tier 3 customer support, and act as the subject matter expert
• Provide Tier 3 support to customers and act as the subject matter expert
• Provide mentoring and support to other engineers

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• 3-5 years of experience in Information Technology
• 1-2 years of hands-on experience with the design and implementation of cybersecurity tools
• Strong analytical skills to enable effective troubleshooting
• Experience leading technical discussions with internal and external customers
• Service Now subject matter expert: experience with configuring SNOW and implementing best practice configurations to optimize the utilization of this tool
• Strong background in governance, FISMA reporting, NIST framework

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Experience with 3rd party tool integration using APIs and Database connections
• Ability to troubleshoot wide-ranging issues that cross team boundaries (OS, hardware, network, storage, firewall, COTS layers, customer access/authentication)
• In-depth experience with integrated security system architecture using general IT security concepts, network security and monitoring practices/methodologies
• Experience presenting material to senior management level and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications
• Applicable Vendor Certified Administration certification is a plus
• Security+ and/or equivalent related IT Certification
• Effective communications skills, both oral and written
• Experience leading technical discussions with internal and external customers
• Experience in one or more scripting or programming language: Python, Java, UNIX shell, PowerShell
• Experience and use of the key technologies relevant to API and application configuration or integration including SSL, DHCP, Active Directory, LDAP, JDBC, ODBC
• Understanding and use of Microsoft SQL database, database definition, procedures, and advanced SQL
• Understanding of networking technologies including LAN/WAN, wireless, and VPN.
• Understanding of security design, network security architecture, network topology, and understanding of TCP/IP protocols; OSI model
• Experience with DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) a plus
• Experience with AWS Cloud, Azure Cloud, or Cloud implementations and environments
• Extensive experience analyzing information technology and system risk in complex environments and articulating results (verbal/reports) to all levels of management
• Ability to research and address information security issues as required as an authority on the subject

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a U.S. citizen and pass a background investigation
• Able to obtain and maintain a DHS Suitability/Entry on Duty (EOD)

ABOUT US

MorphWorks is a strategic consulting firm focused on Risk and Technology solutions. Headquartered in Northern Virginia, MorphWorks is recognized as a best practice company, specializing in IT Modernization and infrastructure efficiency. Our team operates with a culture of execution and brings that approach to each of our client engagements, focusing on delivering high-quality work to all project components.