Senior Threat Detection Engineer

1 week ago


Ashburn, United States Leidos Full time

Description Leidos is seeking an experienced threat detection engineer to join our team on a highly visible cyber security single-award IDIQ vehicle. Duties include proactively searching for threats. Inspect traffic for anomalies and new malware patterns. Investigate and analyze logs. Develop custom content within the Splunk SIEM using advanced SPL language and data models) or other network security tools to detect threats and attacks against the department. SIEM Content Developers participate in briefings to provide expert guidance on new threats and will act as an escalation point for analysts. The analyst may also be required to author reports and/or interface with customers for ad-hoc requests. In addition, the threat detection engineer may be asked to participate in discussions to make recommendations on improving SOC visibility or process.Primary ResponsibilitiesCapture use cases from subscribers or other team members and develop correlation rulesUtilize knowledge of latest threats and attack vectors to develop Splunk correlation rules for continuous monitoringDevelop, manage, and maintain Splunk data modelsReview logs to determine if relevant data is present to accelerate against data models to work with existing use casesDevelop custom regex to create custom knowledge objectsDeveloping custom SPL using macros, lookups, etc., and network security signatures such as SNORT and YARADevelop custom dashboards and reports for customer stakeholdersTrain and mentor junior staffBasic Qualifications:Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field and 12+ years of experience or MS Degree and 10 years of experience In addition, at least eight (8) years of experience in incident detection and response, malware analysis, or cyber forensicsExtensive experience working with various security methodologies and processesAdvanced knowledge of TCP/IP protocols, experience configuring and implementing various technical security solutions, extensive experience providing analysis and trending of security log data from a large number of heterogeneous security devicesExpert knowledge in two or more of the following areas related to cybersecurity:Vulnerability Assessment, Intrusion Prevention and Detection, Access Control and Authorization, Policy Enforcement, Application Security, Protocol Analysis, Firewall Management, Incident Response, Web-filtering, Advanced Threat ProtectionExperience developing advanced correlation rules utilizing tstats and data models for cyber threat detectionExperienced with creating and maintaining Splunk knowledge objectsExperienced managing and maintaining Splunk data modelsExperience creating regex for pattern matchingExperience implementing security methodologies and SOC processesPreferred QualificationsExperience with cloud (e.g. o365, Azure, AWS, etc) security monitoring and familiar with cloud threat landscapeCompleted Splunk Advance Searching and Reporting trainingExperience developing custom scripts using pythonSplunk certificationsTS/SCI Clearance preferredOriginal Posting Date:2024-12-12While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $126,100.00 - $227,950.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.#Remote



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