Senior Security Tools Engineer

About Zen:  Zen Strategics, LLC is a cleared, minority-owned SBA 8(a) specialized consulting firm, offering innovative Cybersecurity, Cloud Migration, and Information Technology Modernization. We are a leading organization committed to delivering innovative solutions and ensuring the highest standards of security for our customers' digital assets. We are dedicated to staying ahead of evolving cyber threats and protecting our clients' data with cutting-edge technologies and proactive security measures. 

Position Description  

As a Senior Security Tools Engineer at Zen you will be supporting the mission of a progressive Federal agency. You will be helping in implementing and operating USCIS security tools. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining, patching, operating, and supporting the current tools, and for architecting, deploying, testing, maintaining, patching, operating, and supporting any new tools. security activities required to support other teams to incorporate security into the development of new solutions and recommend security best practices associated with the development of new enterprise applications in an Agile/DevSecOps environment.

Requirements: 

• Linux systems administration experience is a must.
• Sound cyber security knowledge foundation, to include understanding of:  
•                Computer and network technology fundamentals  
•                Network security  
•                Host security  
• Experience leading the deployment and operation of vulnerability assessment tools, such as Tenable Security Center or Beyond Trust Retina to a large enterprise.
• Experience leading the deployment and operations of a large, complex, endpoint security installation at a large enterprise - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, Symantec Protection Suite, Microsoft Defender ATP.
• Knowledge of RedHat or Debian based distributions.
• Understanding of Security configuration and compliance settings, Active Directory & LDAP authentication configuration and troubleshooting experience
• Working experience or knowledge of networking fundamentals including ACL, VLAN, subnetting.
• Working familiarity with Splunk or any SIEM tool is required.
• Knowledge about Zero trust principles and any tool sets such as ZScaler is a definite plus.
• Experience or familiarity with AWS or Azure technologies

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Experience supporting DHS Agencies.
• Ability to demonstrate and explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences?
• Able to clearly communicate with both customers and teammates and provide recommendations for improvements to existing software applications?
• Linux administration experience in a medium to large enterprise.
• Experience in one or more of the following programming languages: C++, C#, Java, Node.js, JSON, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails, Pig/Hive
• At least 3 years’ experience with Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or PowerShell tools.

Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in IT security, and 5 years of specialized experience in implementing enterprise security products and solutions 

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related combination of education and experience technical field is required.

Zen Strategics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protect class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please email accommodations@zenstrategics.com. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.