• Job Description

  Req#: 2025-157214

  Requirements:

  • Minimum of 5 years experience in Systems Engineering with a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or Business Administration; an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of degree may be considered.
  • Must be able to qualify for technical expert status accreditation (TESA) by having a bachelor's degree in a STEM field or Business Administration plus 3 years of specialized experience OR an associate’s degree plus 7 years of specialized experience OR a major certification plus 7 years of specialized experience.
  • Active DoD Approved 8140 Certification (DCWF:511 - one of the following: B.S. in STEM, GCFA, GCIA, CFR, Cloud+, CySA+, Security+, GCED, GSEC, or PenTest+) and (8140 Residential within 90 days of acceptance - GDAT, GCDA, Elastic Certified Engineer, or ArcSight ESM Advanced Analyst).
  • U.S. citizenship required.
  • An Active DoD Top Secret security clearance.

  Preferred:

  • Experience in developing dashboards, and creating and maintaining Elasticsearch rules.
  • Experience with intrusion detection systems such as Snort, Suricata, and TippingPoint.
  • Experience with one or more scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, Python.
  • Experience working with Gitlab.
  • Familiarity with ATT&CK Navigator and the MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) matrices.

  Peraton is seeking a motivated Cyber Detection / Systems Engineer to join our team in support of the U.S. Army Regional Cyber Center - Europe (RCC-E) services contract.Location: Wiesbaden, Germany. Flexible for occasional telework – must be local to work location.

  In this role, you will:

  • Create analytics with a SIEM to identify patterns, anomalies, and compromising indicators to alert Cyber Incident responders.
  • Create dashboards in the SIEM platform to tip analysts to malicious activities directed against the DoD information systems.
  • Create dashboards and report in the SIEM platform to assist network defenders in identifying issues and concerns.
  • Perform daily review of analytic performance on the SIEM identifying correlation engine slowdowns.
  • Evaluate intrusion detection sensor configurations for proper alert capability.
  • Evaluate intrusion detection signature for appropriateness to DoD networks and implement rules as required.
  • Contribute to the design, development and implementation of countermeasures, system integration, and tools specific to Cyber and Information Operations.
  • Assist in the integration of additional security platforms to correlate new data with HIDS and NIDS alerts.
  • Prepare and presents technical reports and briefings.
  • Write reports on capabilities of the defensive cyber operations to increase customer situational awareness and improve the customer’s cyber security posture.
  • Write and update SOP and TTPs as required by the local customer.

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• About the company

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