Senior Cybersecurity Incident Response Engineer

Senior-level incident response role focused on enterprise SIEM operations, event investigation, and DoD-aligned compliance activities.

Responsibilities

• Design and build SIEM dashboards to surface security events and support near real-time anomaly and threat detection
• Monitor SIEM dashboards, investigate relevant security events, and escalate when needed
• Define reporting requirements that support audits and security controls
• Provide PKI support, including management of SSL/TLS certificates
• Track DoD web application security standards and newly disclosed vulnerabilities
• Review and assess cyber tasking orders, determine applicability, and coordinate required changes
• Collaborate with cybersecurity service providers on audit logging and incident response
• Participate in software assurance reviews and review system designs for security compliance

Requirements

• Active Security Clearance Required
• 10+ years in cybersecurity and incident response or related areas
• Extensive experience managing SIEM systems, including ensuring the right data is ingested into the SIEM
• Proven skill building and managing SIEM dashboards that display security events
• Strong ability to monitor and investigate security events and anomalies
• Experience defining reporting requirements for audits and security controls
• Knowledge of PKI and SSL/TLS certificate management
• Familiarity with DoD web application security standards and best practices
• Ability to review and respond to cyber tasking orders
• Experience working with cybersecurity service providers on audit logs and incident response
• Experience with software assurance reviews for validating application audit logs
• Ability to review information system design plans for security compliance
• Cybersecurity certification (e.g., CISSP, ISSEP, Security+, CEH)

Technologies

• SIEM
• SSL/TLS
• PKI

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with DoD enterprise monitoring tools and practices
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and coordination skills
• Incident response experience
• Knowledge of engineering change proposals and configuration management
• Understanding of continuity of operations (COOP) and communication plans
• Ability to work well on a team and with many stakeholders

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience (preferred)

Certifications

• CISSP, ISSEP, Security+, CEH, or equivalent

Location: Radford, VA (onsite)

Salary: USD 90,000 - 110,000 per year