Senior ForeScout Engineer (Systems Administrator)
Onsite | Reston, Anacostia, or College Park | 5 Days a Week
Active TS/SCI Clearance Required - Ability to obtain a CI Poly
Summary
Our client is an employee and Service-Disabled, Veteran-owned Small Business focused on providing niche technical services. They are a team of experienced cybersecurity professionals with a track record of success in the Federal, Commercial, and Academic workspaces. Additionally, our client designs, builds, operates, and secures scalable cloud and IT infrastructures to meet their customers’ near-term needs and fulfill their long-term requirements.
Responsibilities
Our client is looking for a Senior ForeScout Engineer (Systems Administrator) to join their team! The selected candidate can work out of the Reston, Anacostia, or College Park office. As a Senior ForeScout Engineer (Systems Administrator) you will:
- Maintain expertise in all areas of the Forescout platform through technical training
- Assist in developing optimized proof-of-concept test configurations
- Work individually and in a small integrated team, and may lead a task, project, and/or team
- Ensure project completion and provide guidance and direction to lower-level technicians, specialists, and managers
- Develop new concepts and processes and analyze root causes and resolve complex issues using your full knowledge of the industry
- Perform systems administration of cyber tools sets and server systems connected to networks across multiple classification domains
- Provide support to developmental and operational systems, including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for all client, server, storage, and network devices
- Configure and manage Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems and application software, including DoD Endpoint Security Suite and Solution (ESS), Host-based Security System and Solution, Splunk and Cribl, and network security tools, including Firewalls and ForeScout
- Support Windows and Linux systems engineering efforts in system design and evaluation, solution engineering, software development, or system administration
Requirements
- An Associate’s degree and 10+ years of experience with supporting IT projects and activities, or a Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience with supporting IT projects and activities, or a Masters degree and 6+ years of experience with supporting IT projects and activities is required
- 5+ years of experience as a systems administrator along with directly supporting ForeScout is required
- Experience with installing, configuring, or maintaining devices, applications, and security tools, including ForeScout, DoD Endpoint Security Solution (ESS) formerly (HBSS), Splunk and Cribl, and/or Palo Alto Firewalls
- Experience automating aspects of cybersecurity tools operations, including deployments or configuration management
- Experience with DoD Risk Management Framework
Preferred Requirements
- Experience with operating and maintaining Microsoft Windows and Linux servers
- Experience as a network administrator or systems engineer
- Experience with Gigamon, FireEye, Ansible, Encase, Fidelis, Suricata, Varonis, or VMWare tools
- Experience with scripting in PowerShell and BASH command line interfaces
- Experience with Cloud Enterprise, authorizing cloud systems, and Cloud services, including AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with using Active Directory to manage Windows policies
- Experience with creating system and network diagrams
- Knowledge of different layers of the technology stack, including network, application frameworks, database systems, and vendor solutions
- Knowledge of Git and Atlassian tools, including Jira and Confluence and Microsoft Visio graphic and flowchart design
Education/Certification Requirements
- An Associate’s degree and 10+ years of experience with supporting IT projects and activities, or a Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience with supporting IT projects and activities, or a Masters degree and 6+ years of experience with supporting IT projects and activities is required
- A DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II Certification, (which includes the Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, and CND certifications)
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570.01-M Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) - Infrastructure Support (IS) certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND within 30 days of hire is required
Clearance Requirements
- Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active TS/SCI clearance is required with the ability to obtain a CI Poly. Please be aware that onboarding can take 4-8 weeks for this position.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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About Us
Northern Virginia-based Precision Solutions is an expert in staffing solutions for companies of any size that open the door to new opportunities and seek outstanding talent. We pride ourselves on being versatile enough to tailor our relationships to the needs of each individual client, being agile in the fast-paced marketplace, and being precise in meeting the needs of any company.
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