HUD Security Tools Engineer
Washington, AR - USA
Job Summary
cFocus Software seeks a Security Tools Engineer to join our program supporting Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This position is remote. This position requires a Public Trust clearance.
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity Computer Science Information Technology or related field.
- 6 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering security tools engineering or SOC engineering roles.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise security tools (e.g. Splunk CrowdStrike Palo Alto Tenable ServiceNow AWS security services).
- Experience integrating security tools in cloud and hybrid environments.
- Engineer deploy configure and maintain security tools across cloud (AWS GovCloud) on-premise and hybrid environments.
- Manage and optimize SOC toolsets including SIEM SOAR EDR IDS/IPS vulnerability management DLP and cloud security platforms.
- Perform installation configuration patching upgrades and lifecycle management of security tools.
- Integrate multiple security tools and platforms to enable centralized monitoring automation and orchestration.
- Develop and maintain automation for threat detection response and remediation processes.
- Support log aggregation data collection and tool interoperability across enterprise systems.
- Evaluate test and implement new security technologies and tools to improve SOC capabilities.
- Conduct system reviews and fit/gap analyses to ensure tools align with OEM best practices and federal requirements.
- Maintain tool performance availability and uptime (targeting 99.95% SOC availability).
- Ensure security tools are compliant with NIST FISMA OMB CISA and federal cybersecurity mandates.
- Support continuous monitoring vulnerability management and incident response activities.
- Develop dashboards metrics and reporting capabilities for security posture visibility.
- Collaborate with SOC analysts engineers and leadership to enhance detection and response capabilities.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to tool performance integration and data flow.
- Maintain documentation for tools configurations integrations and processes.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
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