Cyber Vulnerability Engineer

Job Description

East Tennessee company is seeking a Cyber Vulnerability Engineer to join their growing team. This position will require candidates to come onsite and work in a hybrid role. Candidates must be able to obtain a federal security clearance so US citizenship will be required.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provide technical advice and identify cyber security areas in need of improvement, including operational as well as research capabilities

Manage, enhance, and maintain Vulnerability scanning infrastructure and program

Collaborate with Cyber Operations, Cyber Governance, Networking, Enterprise Operations, Cyber Security Research, and other groups across the Laboratory to ensure appropriate configuration and implementation of security tools

Standardize, document, maintain, and automate the network and cyber processes for monitoring, analyzing, and responding to events

Prepare assessments, develop dashboards, document results, and provide status reports and recommendations to the Cyber Security Group Leaders, CISO, and IT management

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or combination of experience and education will be considered for exceptionally technically proficient candidates

Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Cyber Security, specifically cyber engineering and system administration

Experience managing and implementing Vulnerability Scanning tools Such as Nessus, Burp Suite, Nexpose, Nmap

Experience with Hadoop, Accumulo, Elastic Stack, Spark, and/or related technologies

Experience planning, designing, and implementing cyber security improvements and associated metrics to assess impact

Extensive knowledge of information technology and cyber security topics, including network flow, log analysis, cyber security visualization, and programming

Ability to perform log-centric analysis (application logs, operating system events, authentication data, etc.)

Possess strong analytical skills - able to efficiently evaluate data sources and communicate analyses effectively

Able to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization

Ability to work in a fast-paced, enterprise environment

Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, able to coach and mentor other team members

Must provide outstanding customer support and possess the ability to work well with peer security professionals, researchers, system administrators, desktop support specialists, and help desk specialists

A highly motivated individual who strives for excellence and will drive success regardless of obstacles

Preferred Qualifications:

Comprehensive understanding of cyber threat actors and their corresponding methods/tactics

Advanced understanding of Linux, Unix, Mac and Windows operating systems

Experience with business strategy, improving processes, and making recommendations in business processes and policies for operational metrics and results

Effective at communicating clearly to technical and business audiences

Experience working in large scale (> 5000) employee research environments

Full-time

Hybrid remote