IDS/IPS Cyber Security Engineer (Forescout) - TS/SCI CI Poly
Skills
- Hands-on experience with Suricata, Snort, Corelight, or similar network IDS/IPS.
- Strong Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Expertise managing and tuning YAML configuration files for IDS/IPS.
- Experience optimizing high-speed packet capture with Napatech or similar NICs.
- Familiarity integrating IDS/IPS outputs into SIEMs (Splunk preferred).
- Knowledge of NIC features (DMA, RSS, interrupt moderation, offloads) and kernel interactions.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise IDS/IPS systems across multiple networks.
- Develop, review, and optimize YAML configuration files to improve detection and reduce false positives.
- Manage rule loading, protocol decoding, output modules, and runtime engine interactions.
- Tune NICs and system settings for high-performance packet capture (DMA, RSS, interrupt coalescing, offloads).
- Troubleshoot installation, kernel module, driver, and SE-Linux issues on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Integrate IDS/IPS with SIEM and other security monitoring platforms (Splunk, etc.).
- Create and maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures for IDS/IPS deployments and tuning.
- Stay current with IDS/IPS software releases, NIC driver updates, and community best practices.
Education
- Associate degree + 5+ years applicable experience, or
- Bachelor’s degree + 3+ years applicable experience, or
- Master’s degree + 1+ years applicable experience. (Years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.)
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND).
Benefits
- Group medical insurance options (Zero Deductible PPO or HDHP with HSA) with employer premium contributions
- Group dental insurance with employer-paid employee premium
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) and 12 corporate holidays
- Mobile phone and home internet allowance
- Retirement plan eligibility after 2 months
- Pet benefit option
- Mentorship and career growth at a rapidly growing company
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