Network Security Engineer

Endurance It Services - Chesapeake, VA

Full-time

Chesapeake, VA

About the position

The Network Security Engineer will be responsible for analyzing and mitigating threats within the organization's environment using data from various cyber defense tools. This role is crucial for ensuring the security of network resources and involves continuous monitoring, incident documentation, and collaboration with cyber defense staff. The position is offered on a 6-month contract-to-hire basis, making it an excellent opportunity for professionals looking to make a significant impact in network security.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of potential attacks, intrusions, and anomalous activities.
• Use cyber defense tools for continuous monitoring and analysis of systems to identify malicious activities.
• Document and escalate incidents, including event history, status, and potential impact, for further action.
• Analyze identified malicious activities to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, and effects on systems and information.
• Perform event correlation using information gathered from various sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of observed attacks.
• Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of data sets (indications and warnings).
• Receive and analyze network alerts from various sources within the enterprise and determine possible causes.
• Perform cyber defense trend analysis and reporting.
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activities and potential threats to network resources.
• Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts.
• Identify and analyze anomalies in network traffic using metadata.
• Provide daily summary reports of network events and activities relevant to cyber defense practices.
• Identify applications and operating systems of network devices based on network traffic.

Requirements

• Proven experience in network security engineering or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CEH, CompTIA Security+) are a plus.
• Identity Access Management experience.
• Privileged Access Management experience.
• Microsoft Active Directory experience (understanding users/groups/security groups).
• Microsoft Azure MFA experience.
• Microsoft Azure Security experience.
• Microsoft Office 365 Security experience.