Senior Software Engineer - Castalia Systems, LLC

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Castalia Systems is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in the Arlington, VA area.

Our team is supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment, including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats.

Castalia Systems is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

A qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:

• Applying current analytical and logical thinking to the design, architecture, development, evaluation, testing, and integration of computer systems, appliances, and networks involving the architecture and implementation of the Splunk product.
• Applies attention to detail for out of the box thinking with a problem-solving mindset, be able to work under pressure, and be able to deliver on tight delivery schedules are recommended soft skills.
• Displaying superb understanding and be knowledgeable with a multitude of technologies to include firewalls, web application firewalls, VPNs, DNS, Data Loss Prevention, IDS/IPS, and proxies, to name a few.
• Developing security systems for any manual or automated systems environments.
• Ensuring the logging of mission and organizational data against unauthorized disclosure, accidental or intentional loss of data, or unauthorized modification.
• Administering the management of all Splunk components, software, hardware, licensing, and all other aspects of the information system, as well as, Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the system.
• Providing Splunk administration, management, troubleshooting, and testing
• Supporting Projects and Project management personnel throughout the full software development lifecycle.
• Managing technology roadmaps with each product and propose briefs and reports to elaborate on recommended actions based on best practices.
• Working with a variety of different tools and appliances, security problems, and troubleshooting various complex issues.
• Performing full product testing to the length of the products capabilities as required by the customer and the program.
• Developing capabilities according to customer requirements and NIST, DHS, and Government guidelines and regulations.

Security Clearance Requirement:

• An active Secret security clearance is required with the eligibility to obtain a TS/SCI. 
• Must be able to obtain DHS suitability prior to starting employment.

Required Qualifications: 

• BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, OR Computer Systems Engineering. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education.
• 8+ years of directly relevant experience.
• Experience and/or familiarity with the following network protection devices: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection and Prevention systems (IDS/IPS), log analysis, malware analysis, network traffic flow, and packet analysis.

Desired Qualifications: 

• TS/SCI clearance.
• Strong troubleshooting and networking skills
• In depth knowledge of Windows, and Linux operating systems
• Understanding of Cloud technologies, methodologies, and processes such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience managing and administering Spluink Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud, and Splunk in the Cloud environments.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following: RSA Security Analytics (NetWitness), Symantec Bluecoat, CyberArk, ForeScout CounterAct, McAfee ePO, FireEye, Cisco FirePower (SourceFire), RedSeal, SecureSphere Imperva, Tenable Nessus, Splunk, Cloud technologies, Splunk Cloud, DevSecOps processes
• Understanding of Project Management processes to include SAFe and Agile, SDLC, DevSecOps.

Desired Certifications: 

• Splunk Administrator, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Architect, Splunk Consultation, Splunk Cloud, etc.

Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.