Enterprise Logging Solution (ELS) Engineer

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Supports the Enterprise Logging Solution (ELS)/SIEM environment that provides centralized security monitoring and audit/reporting capabilities to the Agency's System Owners, ISSMs/ISSOs, and the SOC, spanning architecture, implementation, and ongoing operations & maintenance, both on-premise and in the cloud. As an engineer on this task, the role analyzes, develops, and tests proposed ELS/SIEM enhancements, migrates and integrates streaming-ingestion architecture into cloud and on-premise environments, and onboards newly added systems into the ELS/SIEM through a defined data-design, collection, and ingestion-testing process. It builds dashboards for System Owners, ISSM/ISSO, executive management, and developers, and maintains a Master Project Schedule reviewed bi-weekly with Government leadership.Day-to-day O&M responsibilities include tuning correlation rules and signatures, maintaining whitelists/blacklists, and integrating ML/AI capabilities into the Agency's SIEM.

The Work:

• Analyze, develop, and test proposed ELS/SIEM enhancements using vendor/industry best practices; assess current capabilities against the Agency's security/logging regulations at regular intervals and perform gap analyses.
• Migrate/implement ELS/SIEM architecture in cloud and/or on-premise environments; architect and integrate streaming processing solutions for data onboarding/ingestion.
• Develop implementation plans (including communications plans) for approved enhancements; conduct/verify test configurations and present change requests at Change Control Board meetings.
• Onboard newly added systems into the ELS/SIEM (data design requirements, data collection, ingestion scheduling/testing) in coordination with System Owners/ISSOs and the Government ELS Team Lead.
• Create dashboards for System Owners, ISSM/ISSO, executive management, and developers; maintain a Master Project Schedule reviewed bi-weekly with Government leadership.
• Maintain the SIEM's collection/aggregation of IDS, firewall, proxy, DLP, antivirus, cloud log, and vulnerability-scanner data sources; operate streaming ingestion/analysis solutions.
• Develop correlation rules, signatures, and risk-based scoring enhancements; maintain whitelists/blacklists for a better-tuned SIEM.
• Develop, deploy, and/or integrate Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the Agency's ELS/SIEM.
• Provide general user support for ELS/SIEM dashboard use (including ISSO audit dashboard functionality) and respond to system-outage/data-feed issues.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development with a concentration in Cyber Security; or, with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field 5 years of such experience.

Preferred Certifications:

• Splunk Certified Architect
• Splunk Certified Admin

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The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:

$106,300—$206,200 USD

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