Suricata Engineer with TS Clearance R-00058
Suricata Engineer with TS Clearance R-00058
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07-04-2025
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True Zero Technologies a veteranowned small business was founded on the principle that the purposeful enablement of people and technology in an organization directly ties to the quality of its outcomes. True Zero recognizes that said outcomes begin and end with our people and that is what we have built a community of likeminded driven and passionate individuals and innovators who are aligned in a common goal of delivering top tier services to our customers. In 2023 True Zero was recognized as a Best Places to Work in two categories (Prosperous and Thriving $5MM $50MM in gross revenue) and MidAtlantic Region (DC DE MD NC VA WV) and in 2022 was recognized as one of Inc. Magazines Top 5000 Fastest Growing Companies.
True Zero Technologies is seeking a Senior Suricata Engineer to lead the deployment tuning and optimization of Suricatabased intrusion detection systems (IDS/IPS). This engineer will play a critical role in designing scalable detection architectures integrating telemetry with SIEMs and observability pipelines and supporting realtime threat hunting and incident response. Experience with Cribl is a strong plus.
As a TZT consultant the candidate will receive access to the full knowledge base which is driven by the True Zero community as well as the technical backing of the entire PS team. True Zero encourages collaboration and growth through information sharing and knowledge workshops. The candidate will also have access to our internal Slack channel to stay connected with the team as well as the necessary tools to train demo test and grow their professional skills.
Qualifications Required
- Key Responsibilities:
- Design and deploy Suricata IDS/IPS in highperformance secure network environments.
- Tune and maintain custom rule sets (ET Open ET Pro custom rules).
- Integrate Suricata output with SIEMs (e.g. Splunk Elastic) and Cribl Stream for log routing and transformation.
- Optimize performance of Suricata on highthroughput networks including hardware offloading and multithreading.
- Collaborate with SOC analysts incident responders and threat intel teams to provide actionable network visibility.
- Support structured detection mapping to frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and integrate detection into analytics pipelines.
- Ensure systems comply with DoD and IC standards (e.g. STIGs RMF).
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and analysts.
- Required Qualifications:
- Active Top Secret Clearance (SCI eligibility strongly preferred).
- 5 years of cybersecurity engineering or network security experience.
- Handson expertise in deploying and tuning Suricata IDS/IPS.
- Strong understanding of packet analysis network protocols and threat detection methodologies.
- Experience working with Linux systems system hardening and automation tools (e.g. Ansible Terraform).
- Proficiency in scripting (e.g. Python Bash) for automation and data parsing.
- Experience integrating Suricata with SIEM platforms (Splunk Elastic Graylog etc..
Qualifications Preferred
- Experience with Cribl Stream or Edge for data pipeline management.
- Exposure to Corelight Zeek or other network security tools.
- Familiarity with cloudbased deployments (AWS Azure).
- Understanding of Zero Trust architecture and NIST 800207.
- Certifications: GIAC GCIA GSEC Cribl Certified Admin or similar.
Were actively searching for talented security and technology practitioners who are ready to experience the True Zero difference. As a True Zero team member youll enjoy:
Competitive salary paid twice per month
Best in class medical coverage
100 of medical premiums covered by True Zero
Company wide new business incentive programs
Contribution Incentives (i.e. white papers blog posts internal webinars etc.
3 weeks of PTO starting 11 Paid Holidays Annually
401k Program with 100 company match on the first 4
Monthly reimbursement of Cell Phone and Home Internet costs
Paternity/Maternity Leave
Investment in training and certifications to broaden and deepen your technical skills
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