Job Requirements
Fort Meade, MD
Top Secret/SCI Full Scope Polygraph
Career Level not specified
$190,000 - $247,000
Job Description
Job Description
SALARY RANGE $190,000 - $247,000/year.
DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Application Engineer IV role, you will develop capabilities that support the Secure the Enterprise initiative by transitioning from manual system security evaluation and authorization processes to a more automated and streamlined model that emphasizes continuous monitoring, efficient approvals, and comprehensive network data collection throughout the project lifecycle. You will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and executing Pig and/or PySpark analytics, while reviewing data ingest tickets and collaborating on merge requests with other developers on the team. In this role, you will ensure the delivery of reliable and accurate data to end users, support successful day-to-day operations, and investigate data flows to confirm information is being ingested and processed correctly within the system.
Required Skills
SKILLS
• Monitor the health and status of security tool suites through IT system management
• Maintain, upgrade, refresh, and update systems to ensure full operational capacity
• Conduct database administration to identify and repair system/tool degradation within NISIRT
• Analyze newly identified vulnerabilities and deficiencies; perform gap analysis
• Research and evaluate commercial solutions to address security gaps at the direction of the Government
• Present analysis of alternatives to the Government in a Technical Analysis package
• Coordinate with ancillary organizations to procure, deliver, dispose of, and track required hardware/software
• Prepare Configuration Plans and software enhancement plans; engineer solutions with GUI/web interfaces
• Define, design, and integrate data retrieval interfaces for various scanning tools
• Design, validate, and implement access controls across systems and services
• Enhance, modify, and test COTS/GOTS hardware/software for compatibility with Enterprise IT/IC GovCloud architecture
• Prepare Engineering Change Proposals for system configuration changes
• Coordinate testing, integration, implementation, and deployment activities with external interface owners
• Deploy security solutions across the IT Enterprise Network, including hardware and software installation
• Conduct training on new tool capabilities and functions for authorized users of the security tool suite
QUALIFICATIONS Ph.D. plus Four (4) years of experience, a Master's degree plus Six (6) years of experience, a Bachelor's degree plus Eight (8) years of experience, or an Associate's degree plus Ten (10) years of professional experience is acceptable. Twelve (12) years of relevant experience is acceptable if the candidate does not possess a degree.
Additional Requirements:
Desired Skills
SALARY RANGE $190,000 - $247,000/year.
DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Application Engineer IV role, you will develop capabilities that support the Secure the Enterprise initiative by transitioning from manual system security evaluation and authorization processes to a more automated and streamlined model that emphasizes continuous monitoring, efficient approvals, and comprehensive network data collection throughout the project lifecycle. You will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and executing Pig and/or PySpark analytics, while reviewing data ingest tickets and collaborating on merge requests with other developers on the team. In this role, you will ensure the delivery of reliable and accurate data to end users, support successful day-to-day operations, and investigate data flows to confirm information is being ingested and processed correctly within the system.
Required Skills
SKILLS
• Monitor the health and status of security tool suites through IT system management
• Maintain, upgrade, refresh, and update systems to ensure full operational capacity
• Conduct database administration to identify and repair system/tool degradation within NISIRT
• Analyze newly identified vulnerabilities and deficiencies; perform gap analysis
• Research and evaluate commercial solutions to address security gaps at the direction of the Government
• Present analysis of alternatives to the Government in a Technical Analysis package
• Coordinate with ancillary organizations to procure, deliver, dispose of, and track required hardware/software
• Prepare Configuration Plans and software enhancement plans; engineer solutions with GUI/web interfaces
• Define, design, and integrate data retrieval interfaces for various scanning tools
• Design, validate, and implement access controls across systems and services
• Enhance, modify, and test COTS/GOTS hardware/software for compatibility with Enterprise IT/IC GovCloud architecture
• Prepare Engineering Change Proposals for system configuration changes
• Coordinate testing, integration, implementation, and deployment activities with external interface owners
• Deploy security solutions across the IT Enterprise Network, including hardware and software installation
• Conduct training on new tool capabilities and functions for authorized users of the security tool suite
QUALIFICATIONS Ph.D. plus Four (4) years of experience, a Master's degree plus Six (6) years of experience, a Bachelor's degree plus Eight (8) years of experience, or an Associate's degree plus Ten (10) years of professional experience is acceptable. Twelve (12) years of relevant experience is acceptable if the candidate does not possess a degree.
Additional Requirements:
- Strong Python development skills
- A minimum of 5 years of Python experience the past 5 years
- AWS experience
- GitLab CI/CD
- Docker
- Library development and maintenance
- Experience in several of the following areas: statistical analysis, data mining, advanced analytics, data management, machine learning, or artificial intelligence
- Experience with developing cybersecurity-related analytics
- Experience with running analytics against large data repositories
- Work with SMEs to identify relevant information from data sources
Desired Skills
- Elasticsearch or Splunk
- Kubernetes
- Ansible
- Grafana
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