Network Security Engineer

Hoplite Solutions is seeking an experienced Network Security Engineer to support a high-impact mission space within a dynamic, fast-paced team environment. The successful candidate will contribute to operational planning, support, and technical analysis for cyber operations. This position involves direct support to government clients and partners, helping to shape and drive cyber operations through in-depth technical assessments, threat analysis, and strategic planning.

Responsibilities:

• Perform additional technical analysis for ops support working with a dynamic team to identify opportunities for new technical operations, inform risk management and best practices for ongoing operations

• Analyze collected and collateral network traffic in support of operational planning and ongoing support

• Develop, deliver and/or support technical briefing material to client and client partners

Required Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance, with polygraph.

• Six or more combined years of experience from the following bullets:

• Experience conducting network penetration testing, information security red teaming exercises, network incident response, network and or malware forensics

• Experience conducting or providing direct technical targeting/target analysis support to computer network exploitation operations

• Demonstrated ability to find and synthesize information from a variety of proprietary and open-source information sources to develop sound cyber operation concepts and detailed proposals, and drive ongoing operations

• Have an understanding of, and experience with client’s culture, practices, and processes, technical operations in general and cyber operations

• Experience analyzing network packet capture or net flow data for assessment of intrusion and/or vulnerabilities

• Understanding of computer networks and familiarity with technical collection capabilities and field operations

• Demonstrated understanding of the entire computer network and ability to research, analyze, prioritize effectively, problem solve, synthesize large amounts of data/information, and to work several tasks concurrently with minimum supervision

• Demonstrated familiarity with client systems, processes and practices to create formal and informal communications with client partners

• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Foreign language ability is a plus

• Experience working advanced persistent threat forensics in cyber threat industry or public sector

• Ability to collaborate with and present information to customers with diverse backgrounds and to convey technical information to non-technical individuals

• Knowledge of complex geographic or functional areas or issues

• Knowledge of US Government policy issues as they relate to internet law

• Excellent interpersonal skills, sound judgment and good administrative and organizational skills