XOR Security

Job Description: 
XOR Security is currently seeking talented Cloud Engineer to support an Agency-level enterprise cyber program.  To support this vital mission, XOR staff are on the forefront of providing Advanced CND Operations, and Security Engineering support to include the development of advanced analytics and countermeasures to protect critical assets from hostile adversaries. To support the integrity, security, and resiliency of critical operations, we are seeking candidates with diverse backgrounds in security engineering and systems administration. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of complexities related to cloud security, Operations and Maintenance (O&amp;M), cloud brokering, and cloud infrastructure implementation.   
Location: 
Washington D.C., USA  
Skills and Qualifications: 
Required Qualifications: 
<ul>
<li>Microsoft Azure </li>
<li>2-4 years of experience in cloud environments focused on security </li>
<li>2-4 years of experience in security engineering </li>
<li>Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience.  </li>
</ul>
Job Duties: 
<ul>
<li>Possesses in-depth knowledge of information security, cloud security, systems engineering, big data, or the various sciences related to enterprise technology. </li>
<li>Possesses in-depth knowledge in information security, cloud security, systems engineering, big data, or the various sciences related to enterprise technology. </li>
<li>Participate in the improvement of agency's overall security posture and mission capabilities with the adoption of cloud computing technologies. </li>
<li>The Contractor shall actively participate in discussions to coordinate and align mission/business objectives and cloud technological capabilities to allow continued technology modernization within the agency. </li>
<li>Participates as needed in all phases of systems security engineering with emphasis on the planning, analysis, security, testing, integration, documentation, and presentation phases.  </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Provide support to understand and develop system requirements and technical solutions for cybersecurity engineering based on system architectures.  </li>
<li>Support the maturation of agency's enterprise architecture to align with the Commission's information security and risks to the organizational operations, organizational assets, and individuals.  </li>
<li>Develop alternatives of system designs and/or architectures which consider trade-offs between security requirements, functional/operational requirements and cost  </li>
<li>Identify and define the requirements of the overall security of the network.  </li>
<li>Plan, engineer, and monitor overall security implementation of network systems.  </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Support in configuring and implementing network security tools.  </li>
<li>Test and provide solutions for system weaknesses, threats, security issues.  </li>
<li>Research and identify latest suitable technologies and processes that will improve the overall security of the system.  </li>
<li>Regularly audit the existing network configuration and provide improvement recommendations.  </li>
</ul>
Closing Statement: 
XOR Security offers a very competitive benefits package including health insurance coverage from the first day of employment, 401k with a vested company match, vacation and supplemental insurance benefits. 
XOR Security is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). M/F/D/V. 
Citizenship Clearance Requirement Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements - US CITIZENSHIP and PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE REQUIRED.

Washington

Cloud Security Engineer

<h3>Job Description:</h3>
XOR Security is currently seeking talented SOC Analyst for an exciting position supporting one of our premier clients. Our project is aimed at establishing cutting-edge techniques for network defense, identifying threats and detecting malicious activity using advanced toolsets. 
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience as a SOC analyst performing Incident Response and Intrusion Detection on an operational Federal network.  The candidate will Monitor and analyze network traffic, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), security events and logs and provide a technical resource and escalation point for tier 1 analysts.  The candidate will perform incident response to investigate and resolve security incidents.  The candidate will need to be able to determine between false and true positives events, prioritizing them appropriately and see them through from end to end.  Additionally, the candidate will perform or review root cause analysis efforts following incident recovery.  The candidate will compose security alert notifications and other communications on behalf of the SOC.
In addition, the candidate will need to stay up to date with current vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures.  The candidate will Develop follow-up action plans to resolve reportable issues and communicate with the other technologists to address security threats and incidents.  Also, the candidate will Regularly develop new use cases for automation and tuning of security tools.  The candidate will Define and create privacy and security reportable issues metrics and reports.  The candidate will need to contribute to security strategy and security posture by identifying security gaps, evaluate and implement enhancements.  The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical expertise of log and monitoring management systems, security event monitoring systems, network-based and host-based intrusion detection systems, firewall technologies, malware detection and enterprise-level antivirus solutions/systems, VPN technologies and encryptions standards
Location:
Washington D.C., USA
Schedule:
6am - 2pm or 10am - 6pm. Analyst should be flexible for both for potential rotation.
<h3>Skills and Qualifications:</h3>
<h4>Required Qualifications:</h4>
<ul>
<li>An industry technical certification such as GCIH</li>
<li>Experience with tools such as Active Directory, Cisco IOS, MS Server, ESA, WSA, Stealthwatch, AMP, Splunk, FortiSIEM, SNORT, Yara, IronPort, and Firepower.</li>
<li>Experience with deployment and documentation of enterprise project management and change management processes</li>
<li>Ability to identify solutions to potential network issues/embrace network simplification and strengthened security</li>
<li>Ability to conduct event triage and analysis and incident investigation</li>
<li>Three (3) years of experience in network defense environments</li>
</ul>
<h4>Desired Qualifications:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Understanding of command line scripting and implementation (e.g., Python, Powershell)</li>
<li>Ability to write new content/searches/scripts (e.g., Splunk dashboards, Splunk ES alerts, SNORT signatures, Python scripts, Powershell scripts)</li>
<li>Familiarity with Splunk Enterprise Security</li>
<li>Strong understanding of networking (TCP Flags, TCP Handshake, IP addressing, Firewalls, Proxy, IDS, IPS)</li>
<li>Ability to perform Netflow / packet capture (PCAP) analysis</li>
<li>Experience with cyber threat hunting</li>
<li>Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience</li>
</ul>
<h3>Closing Statement:</h3>
XOR Security offers a very competitive benefits package including health insurance coverage from the first day of employment, 401k with a vested company match, vacation and supplemental insurance benefits.
XOR Security is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). M/F/D/V.
Citizenship Clearance RequirementApplicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements - US CITIZENSHIP and PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE REQUIRED.

Mid Level SOC Analyst

Job Description: 
XOR Security is currently seeking talented Security Engineering Lead to support an Agency-level enterprise cyber program.  To support this vital mission, XOR staff are on the forefront of providing Advanced CND Operations, and Security Engineering support to include the development of advanced analytics and countermeasures to protect critical assets from hostile adversaries. To support the integrity, security, and resiliency of critical operations, we are seeking candidates with diverse backgrounds in security engineering and systems administration within a mixed environment on premise and in the cloud. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of complexities related to cloud security, Operations and Maintenance (O&amp;M), cloud brokering, and cloud infrastructure implementation.   
Location: 
Washington D.C., USA with onsite requirements.  This is a hybrid role. 
Required Qualifications: 
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience.</li>
<li>Experience managing hybrid cloud and on-prem environments.</li>
<li>Microsoft Azure security experience.</li>
</ul>
Desired Qualifications: 
<ul>
<li>Experience managing a team and leading engineering projects.</li>
<li>Experience maintaining Cisco WSA, MS Sentinel, ForeScout, MS Defender, Crowdstrike or similar products.</li>
</ul>
Minimum 5 Years with:
<ul>
<li>Experience in the design, development, enhancement, and implementation of Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery ecosystems within a Cloud Service Provider ecosystem or onsite cloud infrastructure.</li>
<li>Experience in security engineering </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Experience assessing cloud security architectures and providing recommendations to improve overall infrastructure security and methods to automate security testing of applications moving through the CI/CD pipeline.</li>
<li>Experience troubleshooting production problems related to software applications.</li>
<li>Experience researching, testing, building, and coordinating the conversion and/or continuous integration pipelines and toolchains based on client requirements.</li>
<li>Experience designing and developing new software products or major enhancements to existing software.</li>
<li>Experience addressing problems of systems integration, compatibility, and multiple platforms.</li>
<li>Experience consulting with project teams and end users to identify application requirements.</li>
<li>Experience performing feasibility analysis on potential future projects to management. </li>
</ul>

Job Duties: 
<ul>
<li>Lead the team of security engineers in the maturation of continuous operations to meet the customer’s security objectives.</li>
<li>Oversee the daily activities supporting DevSecOps and the on-premises security apparatus’ care and feeding.</li>
<li>Strategize the inclusion of additional security tools and processes to further enhance the customer’s security posture.</li>
<li>Support the function of cloud-focused security sustainment operations.</li>
<li>Share in-depth knowledge of information security, cloud security, systems engineering, big data, or the various sciences related to enterprise technology. </li>
<li>Share in-depth knowledge in information security, cloud security, systems engineering, big data, or the various sciences related to enterprise technology. </li>
<li>Participate in the improvement of agency's overall security posture and mission capabilities with the adoption of cloud computing technologies. </li>
<li>Actively participate in discussions to coordinate and align mission/business objectives and cloud technological capabilities to allow continued technology modernization within the agency. </li>
<li>Participates as needed in all phases of systems security engineering with emphasis on the planning, analysis, security, testing, integration, documentation, and presentation phases. </li>
<li>Provide support to understand and develop system requirements and technical solutions for cybersecurity engineering based on system architectures.  </li>
<li>Support the maturation of agency's enterprise architecture to align with the Commission's information security and risks to the organizational operations, organizational assets, and individuals.  </li>
<li>Develop alternatives of system designs and/or architectures which consider trade-offs between security requirements, functional/operational requirements and cost  </li>
<li>Identify and define the requirements of the overall security of the network.  </li>
<li>Plan, engineer, and monitor overall security implementation of network systems.  </li>
<li>Support configuring and implementing network security tools.  </li>
<li>Test and provide solutions for system weaknesses, threats, security issues.  </li>
<li>Research and identify latest suitable technologies and processes that will improve the overall security of the system.  </li>
<li>Regularly audit the existing network configuration and provide improvement recommendations.  </li>
</ul>
Closing Statement: 
XOR Security offers a very competitive benefits package including health insurance coverage from the first day of employment, 401k with a vested company match, vacation and supplemental insurance benefits. 
XOR Security is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). M/F/D/V. 
Citizenship Clearance Requirement Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements - US CITIZENSHIP and PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE REQUIRED.

Security Engineering Lead

Job Description: 
XOR Security is currently seeking talented Senior Cloud Engineer to support an Agency-level enterprise cyber program.  To support this vital mission, XOR staff are on the forefront of providing Advanced CND Operations, and Security Engineering support to include the development of advanced analytics and countermeasures to protect critical assets from hostile adversaries. To support the integrity, security, and resiliency of critical operations, we are seeking candidates with diverse backgrounds in security engineering and systems administration. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of complexities related to cloud security, Operations and Maintenance (O&amp;M), cloud brokering, and cloud infrastructure implementation.   
Location: 
Washington D.C., USA  
Skills and Qualifications: 
Required Qualifications: 
<ul>
<li>Microsoft Azure </li>
<li>2-4 years of experience in cloud environments focused on security </li>
<li>2-4 years of experience in security engineering </li>
<li>Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience.  </li>
</ul>
Job Duties: 
<ul>
<li>Possesses in-depth knowledge of information security, cloud security, systems engineering, big data, or the various sciences related to enterprise technology. </li>
<li>Possesses in-depth knowledge in information security, cloud security, systems engineering, big data, or the various sciences related to enterprise technology. </li>
<li>Participate in the improvement of agency's overall security posture and mission capabilities with the adoption of cloud computing technologies. </li>
<li>The Contractor shall actively participate in discussions to coordinate and align mission/business objectives and cloud technological capabilities to allow continued technology modernization within the agency. </li>
<li>Participates as needed in all phases of systems security engineering with emphasis on the planning, analysis, security, testing, integration, documentation, and presentation phases.  </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Provide support to understand and develop system requirements and technical solutions for cybersecurity engineering based on system architectures.  </li>
<li>Support the maturation of agency's enterprise architecture to align with the Commission's information security and risks to the organizational operations, organizational assets, and individuals.  </li>
<li>Develop alternatives of system designs and/or architectures which consider trade-offs between security requirements, functional/operational requirements and cost  </li>
<li>Identify and define the requirements of the overall security of the network.  </li>
<li>Plan, engineer, and monitor overall security implementation of network systems.  </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Support in configuring and implementing network security tools.  </li>
<li>Test and provide solutions for system weaknesses, threats, security issues.  </li>
<li>Research and identify latest suitable technologies and processes that will improve the overall security of the system.  </li>
<li>Regularly audit the existing network configuration and provide improvement recommendations.  </li>
</ul>
Closing Statement: 
XOR Security offers a very competitive benefits package including health insurance coverage from the first day of employment, 401k with a vested company match, vacation and supplemental insurance benefits. 
XOR Security is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). M/F/D/V. 
Citizenship Clearance Requirement Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements - US CITIZENSHIP and PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE REQUIRED.

Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Job Description:
XOR Security is currently seeking a talented and ambitious self-starting , Cloud SOC (Security Operations Center) Analyst for a challenging position supporting one of our premier clients who is performing a lift and shift to the Azure cloud. This is a unique opportunity for the right candidate to embed themselves into the next generation of operational environments which is now taking place across the US government. The existing team is a multi-faceted interdisciplinary set of experts with ever-increasing prowess in this unique environment. Our security operations project is aimed at establishing innovative techniques for a comprehensive, cloud-first network enclave defense, identifying the emerging threats, and detecting malicious activity using advanced toolsets provided in the Microsoft cloud security ecosystem. 
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience as a SOC analyst performing Incident Response and Intrusion Detection on an operational Federal network, ideally having been migrated to a cloud environment, specifically, the Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and related security portals in Azure.  The candidate will monitor and analyze network traffic in these and other traditional network security toolsets, sign-ins, application endpoints and data lakes for security events, reporting any findings to Level II analysts and the SOC Lead.  The candidate will perform incident response to investigate and resolve security incidents which present themselves as alarms and those incidents which are a product of proactive investigations.  The candidate will be able to determine between false and true positives events, prioritizing them appropriately and ferrying them through the approved process from beginning to end.  Additionally, the candidate will perform, or review, root cause analysis efforts following incident recovery.  The candidate will compose security alert notifications and other communications on behalf of the SOC.
In addition, the candidate will remain up to date with current vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures and develop follow-up action plans to resolve reportable issues and communicate with the other technologists to address security threats and incidents.  Also, the candidate will continually develop new use cases for automation and tuning of security tools, define and create privacy and security reportable issues metrics and reports.  The candidate will need to contribute to security strategy and security posture by identifying security gaps, evaluating and implementing enhancements.  The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical understanding of log and monitoring management systems, security event monitoring systems, network-based and host-based intrusion detection systems, security system technologies, malware detection and enterprise-level antivirus solutions/systems, VPN technologies and encryptions standards.
Location:
Washington D.C., USA
Skills and Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
<ul>
<li>An industry technical certification such as GCIH, MS-SC200 or equivalent</li>
<li>Experience with tools such as Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, AD Connect, SAML, Kerberos, Cisco IOS, MS Server, Azure cloud environments, Incident Handling, Threat hunting experience, fundamental knowledge of IEEE 7 layers</li>
<li>Experience with deployment and documentation of enterprise project management and change management processes</li>
<li>Ability to identify solutions to potential network issues/embrace network simplification and strengthened security</li>
<li>Ability to conduct event triage and analysis and incident investigation</li>
<li>Write threat reports and incident reports</li>
<li>Read and ingest various govt. regulations for application to agency environment</li>
<li>One to two  (1-2) years of experience in network defense environments</li>
</ul>
Desired Qualifications:
<ul>
<li>Understanding of command line scripting and implementation (e.g., Python, Powershell)</li>
<li>Ability to write latest content/searches/scripts (e.g., Create dashboards, Sentinel alerts, , Python scripts, Powershell scripts)</li>
<li>Familiarity with differences in on-prem OPSEC in relation to cloud-based security</li>
<li>Strong understanding of networking (TCP Flags, TCP Handshake, IP addressing, Firewalls, Proxy, IDS, IPS)</li>
<li>Ability to perform Netflow / packet capture (PCAP) analysis</li>
<li>Experience with cyber threat hunting</li>
<li>Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience</li>
</ul>
Closing Statement:
XOR Security offers a very competitive benefits package including health insurance coverage from the first day of employment, 401k with a vested company match, vacation, and supplemental insurance benefits.
XOR Security is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). M/F/D/V.
Citizenship Clearance RequirementApplicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements - US CITIZENSHIP and PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE REQUIRED.

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