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Paradyme, a CATHEXIS Company, is a rapidly growing government technology leader based in Tysons Corner, VA. We focus on delivering digital transformations through DevSecOps and Agile processes, emphasizing a culture of service, collaboration, and excellence. We are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to support a critical Law Enforcement customer, supporting a 24x7x365 Watch Floor team. This position can be located in Huntsville, AL or Clarksburg, WV.

Top-Secret Clearance with the capability of obtaining SCI/CI-Poly (if needed) is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop, upgrade, and enhance the enterprise SIEM strategy and tools via Splunk, including designing data flow diagrams and alert feed architectures.
• Maintain SIEM architecture, including data sources, log management, and alerting mechanisms.
• Configure tools, alerts, and notifications to improve security, including implementing SOAR and EDR capabilities.
• Create content for rule implementation on network devices such as firewalls, routers, switches, IDS/IPS, etc.
• Monitor security events, analyze alerts, and identify potential incidents.
• Participate in response activities for enterprise outages, providing guidance to junior analysts, and staying current with SIEM technologies and cyber threats.
• Collaborate with incident response teams to investigate and remediate security incidents.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in an IT or cybersecurity-related discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years IT experience, with at least 5 years in cybersecurity.
• At least 3 years hands-on experience with Splunk.
• At least 2 years experience with Crowdstrike EDR or Palo Alto XDR.
• Experience developing and tuning SIEM and EDR use cases, rules, and alerts.
• Strong understanding of network protocols, logs, and security event correlation.
• Experience working with incident response teams.

Desired Skills

• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel.
• GIAC certifications are preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary work, sitting up to 8 hours per day.
• May require lifting up to 5 pounds.
• Fine motor skills with hands, wrists, and fingers.
• Communication in person, via video, and telephone.
• Work environment may involve frequent contact with staff and the public, with occasional stress.

EEO Statement

Paradyme, a CATHEXIS Company, is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. For accommodations, contact ...@paradyme.us.