Cyberthreat Systems Engineer

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Our Bethesda, MD based client, a leader in automated cyberthreat detection and response is looking for a Threat Research Engineer.  This role will troubleshoot difficult problems across a diverse set of systems and create solutions to operationalize research data into viable detection products for their customers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Configure, deploy, manage, and monitor performance and availability of mission-critical Threat Systems group servers and applications in AWS, ESX and traditional colo servers.
  • Maintain and secure production operating systems, networks, and gateways.
  • Be on-call to handle any emergencies related to the IT infrastructure.
  • Enhance systems and processes for change management and documentation.

Qualifications

The right candidate for this exciting opportunity will possess the following background:

  • Bachelor degree or equivalent and a year related experience.
  • Hands-on experience working with high-availability production systems.
  • Expert knowledge of Linux systems. (CentOS, RedHat, Suse, Ubuntu).
  • Strong knowledge of managing AWS (Amazon Web Services) infrastructure and ESX. (Security Groups, VPC, Elastic Load balancers, EC2 instances).
  • Understanding of shell and python scripting with ability to reverse engineer script logic and make them more efficient.
  • Experience in developing and engineering large-scale data management projects, APIs, and testing/research environments.
  • Knowledge of DNS, network protocols, network topology, and VPNs (OpenVPN, pfsense).
  • Experience with configuration and operation of monitoring tools like Nagios.
  • Exercise creative thinking and ideation to advance our business performance.
  • Deliver innovative, flexible, integrated solutions to meet customers’ changing business needs.

Desired Experience:

  • Experience with data tools like Splunk.
  • Experience with Apache Hadoop infrastructure and toolset.

Compensation:

  • Salary to 65k, medical/dental benefits, 401k matching

We thank all those who apply however, only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted. Please send applications to Resumes @ RecruitingForLess.com and quote job ref #FSTHRTENG170809.