Diligent Consulting Inc ยท 2 months ago
Cyber Security Incident and Event Management/Elastic Specialist
District of Columbia, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expDiligent Consulting Inc is seeking a Cyber Security Incident and Event Management/Elastic Specialist. The role involves designing and setting up data ingestion, collaborating with teams for Elastic integration, and performing monitoring duties related to cybersecurity threats and incidents.
HardwareSoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Be responsible for designing & setting up the ingestion of various customer data flows to include pre-processing data into a useable format, ensuring proper parsing and indexing
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and responsible for designing & integrating Elastic with a wide variety of data sources and developing associated knowledge objects such as queries, dashboards, reports, alerts for monitoring and analytics
Perform data transformation using Elastic query language
Track the health of the Elastic environment and optimize its performance. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to security, performance, data indexing, and searches
Perform watch-officer monitoring duties, including:
Monitoring, detecting, investigating, and responding to cybersecurity threats and events using Elastic /SIEM Platform
Reviewing correlated alerts and logs for compromise scenarios
Performing triage of security alerts to prioritize response
Identifying false positives
Investigating security incidents and determining root cause
Collecting and preserving logs for analysis
Escalating confirmed incidents to leadership or SOC teams
Coordinating with IT or DevOps for containment and remediation
Creating after-action reports (AAR) post-incident
In addition, the role may include assistance with monitoring Vulnerability Management tools, such as ACAS and ePO
Qualification
Required
US CITIZEN ONLY
SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED
MUST HAVE IT-II CERT (IE SECURITY+)
At least three years of working knowledge and hands-on experience with Elastic/Splunk query languages
Monitoring SIEM dashboards and real-time alerts
Fine-tuning SIEM rules to reduce noise
NIST 800-53 & DevSecOps frameworks
Company
Diligent Consulting Inc
Diligent Consulting Inc is an IT services provider delivering high quality solutions in Enterprise Architecture, Legacy System Revitalization & Transformation, Application Development, Cyber Security and Professional Services.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
David Cerminaro
CEO/Owner
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