Senior Systems Engineer (CAASM)

ECS is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (CAASM) to work remotely or in our Arlington, VA office.

Everforth ECS is seeking a talented Senior Systems Engineer to join their team, with a focus on Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) platforms – specifically Armis and Axonius. In this role, you will be a part of an effort to continue streamlining and deploying Cyber solutions within Government environments to further correlate and normalize Cyber data. You will be leading the planning, design, deployment, and integration of CAASM solutions to normalize data collection methods at different Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) Agencies. You’ll troubleshoot and analyze complex data challenges for customers using your knowledge of integrations, networking and security systems. Using your knowledge and experience with CAASM tools like Axonius and Armis, you’ll help the FCEB Agencies assess security threats through integration of Cyber data.

Primary duties include:

• Installing and configuring CAASM tools (Axonius and Armis) in non-production and production environments and configuring adaptors to collect asset and user data from cyber tools, sensors, and other sources.

• Working closely with architects, engineers, and integrators to assess customer requirements and to design and support CAASM instance configurations in compliance with CDM data requirements.

• Support internal teams with API integration and troubleshooting.

• Securing the solution using TLS, certificates, SSO/PIV authentication, and encryption technologies.

• Testing data flows, troubleshooting issues, and monitoring the health of the CAASM instances and servers to maximize performance and minimize downtime.

• Documenting the installation and configuration of production deployments.

• Serving as a CAASM trusted advisor, providing subject matter expertise, guidance, and best practice recommendations for internal teams and Government agencies.

• Participate in on-call rotation for Production support.

Salary: $108,000 - $163,000

General Description of Benefits

• US citizenship with ability to obtain Public Trust Suitability

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity or a related field (or equivalent practical experience) 

• 6+ years architecting, implementing, integrating, and managing COTS products in a regulated production environment (Axonius/Armis preferred)

• 4+ years performing systems administration in Windows, Linux, or VMware environments, including performing basic troubleshooting, installation, configuration, monitoring system performance or availability, and performing security upgrades

• 3+ years of hands-on programming and debugging (Python, GO or Java), shell scripting, application containerization, data storage and retrieval from a variety of sources (ex. REST APIs)

• 2+ years experience with data ingest and Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) techniques using COTS Products (Axonius/Armis preferred)

• 2+ years deploying, hosting, monitoring, and securing solutions in a cloud environment for Government customers, preferably AWS GovCloud

• Excellent communication and relationship skills to articulate technical topics and build consensus among stakeholders 

• Experience with APIs and data pipelines to ingest, normalize, and correlate asset data with vulnerability feeds, threat intelligence, and security findings from multiple sources.

• Self-starter with strong problem-solving and analytical skills