Cyber Content Developer/SIEM Engineer (33 NWS)

The Cyber Content Developer/SIEM Engineer implements use cases based on mission requirements that provide analysts with a manageable SIEM view of security incidents, complete with workflow and reporting. Additionally, provide proactive housekeeping of associated content (use cases) with consideration for revisions and/or decommissioning. Will be in close collaboration with DO and DM leadership to ensure tasks align with squadron requirements, priorities, and future initiatives.

• Analyze DCO events.
• Apply current industry SIEM best-practices.
• Use security alerts correlated with log enrichment data to enhance the operator’s ability to identify real attacks.
• Establish security control effectiveness and monitor for unauthorized outbound connections
• Create detections by analyzing log data across the enterprise.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations to identify adversarial activity.
• Use log data to establish and implement virtual tripwires for early detection.
• Analyze and ingest security logs into the SIEM in order to optimize for performance of the SIEM.
• Conduct designing, implementing, and testing of various SIEM solutions.
• Create and support the creation of SIEM Use Cases and understand what alerts and log enrichment is necessary to meet the required acceptable false positive rate.
• Create, test, and validate filters and rules.
• Build and implement event correlation rules, logic, and content in the SIEM.
• Tune SIEM event correlation rules and logic to filter out security events associated with known and well-established network behavior, known false positives and/or known errors.
• Analyze malware threats to develop behavior-based detections that alert and/or prevent malicious activity.
• Automate tasks in the SIEM using a common programming or scripting language.
• Create scheduled and ad-hoc reporting with SEIM tools.
• Create and maintain SIEM documentation.
• Develop and execute a process to review and maintain SIEM resources such as rules, filters, lists, trends and reports.

• Ability to obtain the GIAC Machine Learning Engineer (GMLE) Certification within 120-days of hire date OR have a BS in Computer Science or MS in Computer Science/Cyber Security.

• 2+ years of SIEM technology (ex: Arcsight, Splunk, Devo and/or ELK).
• Experience with log handling, reports, filters, and rule creation.
• Extensive knowledge with IDS/IPS systems currently in use by the Department of Defense (DoD), Services, and Agencies (ex: Air Force, Navy, Army, DC3, DISA).
• 3+ years of experience with Network Traffic Analysis; ports and protocols. SANS GCDA or equivalent certification(s).
• Extensive knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework, and its uses within the cybersecurity community (ex: Open Source projects).
• 1+ year of experience with Security, Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms such as Phantom and/or Demisto.
• Proficient in Python and PowerShell.

Medical, Dental, Vision, Unlimited Vacation, Sick Leave, Paid Federal Holidays, Education and Certification Reimbursement Program, 401(k) retirement plan with safe harbor employer match after 3 months, Prepaid legal plan and ID protection plan available, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance available.