Jr. Cybersecurity Engineer

Company Description

Integres, LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that was established to provide high-quality, insightful, agile information technology-based solutions to its customers. Integrity is a foundational element of everything we strive to do. We seek to develop solutions that respond to the evolving challenges that today’s organizations face using our own unique combination of industry best practices and evolving techniques and technologies. We started Integres with the intent of building "a company with a soul." As such, we take a servant-leadership approach as the long-term strategy for our success. We are cultivating a corporate family culture that demands excellence and accountability while putting a premium on work/life balance.  We empower and support our employees to contribute to achieving our corporate goals by interacting with our customers as true partners, rather than treating their engagement as just another job.  We seek to be good corporate citizens and encourage and promote employee participation in community and volunteer work.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities: The Computer Systems Security Specialist Jr. analyzes and defines security requirements for Multilevel Security (MLS) issues.  This position also requires performing the following tasks:

•  Designs, develops engineers and implements solutions to MLS requirements. Responsible for the implementation and development of the MLS.
• Gathers and organizes technical information about an organization’s mission goals and needs, existing security products and ongoing programs in the MLS arena.
• Performs risk analyses, which also include risk assessment.
• Provides Daily supervision and direction to staff.

Qualifications

Education and Years of Experience: This position requires a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in computer science, information systems, engineering, business or other related scientific or technical discipline (Note: A Masters’s degree is preferred). 

General Experience: The proposed candidate must have at least six (6) years of experience in analysis and definition of security requirements, and at least four (4) years of IT experience in data security.

Specialized Experience: The proposed candidate must have at least four (4) years of specialized experience in defining computer security requirements for high-level applications, evaluating approved security product capabilities, and developing solutions to MLS problems.

Additional duties and experience required:

• Strong demonstrated experience with Palo Alto and Cisco ASA / FTD firewalls:  design, configuration, implementation and troubleshooting
• Demonstrated experience with network security design and best-practice implementation.
• Experience with IDS/IPS such as Palo Alto Threat Protection, Wildfire and Albert Sensors (Intrusion Detection Systems / Intrusion Prevention Systems)
• Experience with Firepower Management Center / Panorama monitoring and analysis for firewall troubleshooting and configuration 
• Demonstrated experience with vulnerability assessment, using tools such as Nexpose
• Experience configuring and maintaining VPN tunnels using Cisco ASA / FTD
• Experience using Azure Sentinel or other similar SIEM log monitoring tools
• Experience configuring and monitoring with ForeScout CounterAct for Network Access Control
• Experience with Incident response, leveraging the above tools for initial triage of incidents

Specific security tool set that is in use at MDOT:

• Palo Alto Firewall
• Cisco ASA – firewall / VPN
• Cisco FTD – NGFW
• Azure Sentinel – enterprise SIEM tools
• Nexpose - used for vulnerability assessment/reporting
• CounterAct - Network Access Control (NAC)
• Entrust – two-factor authentication
• Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) – wireless security

Additional Requirements: Successful completion of a Fingerprint background investigation.

Min Citizenship Status Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen

Physical Requirements: No Physical requirement needed for this position.

Location: Remote ; occasional onsite as required

Travel:  Please anticipate occasional travel to customer sites within the State of Maryland – meetings, design reviews, hands-on troubleshooting, equipment installation, and hardware lifecycle refresh.

Additional Information

Integres offers competitive salaries bolstered by a comprehensive benefits package, which provides safety and security for our employees and their families. Our generous benefits package includes

• Healthcare and Insurance: medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability protection, basic life, and AD&D insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employee Recognition and Rewards
• Employee Referral Bonuses

Integres is an equal opportunity affirmative-action employer.  We encourage Minority/Female/Protected Veteran/Disabled applicants to apply.  Integres, LLC proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active Duty Wartime, or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.