ITS, LLC. is seeking a Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) Engineer to join our dynamic team in Aurora, CO.

Key Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Consults on IT and cyber defensive architecture and technologies
• Assesses assigned Cyber domain to thoroughly understand the mission, architecture and threat
• Advises on technical design and implementation of Defensive Cyber Operations capability required to effectively protect, detect and respond to cyber threats and attack
• Research cyber defense technology options for best fit based on mission, architecture and threat
• Design, implement, configure and/or tune Cyber Defense technology
• Authors documentations to include SOPs, checklists, implementation guides, architecture diagrams, crew binders, etc.
• Adapt technologies to meet best fit for the mission architecture and threat. Technologies include SIEM, vulnerability assessment, discovery, infrastructure (firewall, IPS/IDS, proxy, network capture), host based security, PCAP, penetration testing/external assessment tools, forensics, etc.
• Develop and tune cyber tools and technology like ELK, Kafka, Suricata, BRO, cuckoo, yara, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of technical experience in cyber-defense or cyber security related fields (e.g., engineering, networking, systems integration, solutions etc.)
• 5 years of professional technical experience (these years may be in conjunction with #2) Experience years must come from at least 2 of the following areas:
• Container or virtual environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, AWS)
• In-band and out-of-band test access points for network traffic collection and aggregation (e.g. Gigamon)
• Data storage solutions (e.g. NFS storage, distributed storage, Ceph Ruck storage, etc.)
• Data-analysis toolsets (e.g. Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana, Splunk, etc.)
• Agile frameworks for software development
• Linux operating systems (Red Hat, Kali, etc.)
• Windows operating systems
• Network infrastructure
• Security applications (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response [SOAR], Security Information and Events Management [SIEM], Intrusion Detection Systems [IDS], etc.)

Required Certification (any of the following)

• GFACT
• CEH
• Cloud+
• CySA+
• PenTest+
• SSCP
• Security+
• GSEC

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a cyber-related discipline (e.g. network engineering, computer science, information systems, software engineer, programming, etc.)

Clearance Requirement:

• Top Secret/SCI

Salary Note:

• In compliance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the salary range for this role is based on education, experience, and responsibilities.

ITS, LLC. is an equal-opportunity employer to include veterans and individuals with disabilities.

U.S. Citizenship is required.

Physical Requirements:

• The work is typically performed in an office environment, which requires normal safety precautions; work may require some physical effort in the handling of light materials, boxes, or equipment.