# System Security Engineer

**Company:** [Black Canyon Consulting](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/blackcanyonconsulting)
**Location:** Bethesda, MD
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Fortinet, Symantec, Arista, Cisco Acls, Tenable.Sc, Bigfix, Splunk, SIEM, Firewall Management, Vulnerability Management
**Posted:** 2026-02-20

> Manages firewalls, IP, vulnerabilities, and compliance for NCBI systems at NIH. Performs log analysis, incident response, threat hunting, and network security troubleshooting with 2+ years experience in firewalls and vulnerabilities.

## Job Description

## Duties & Responsibilities
- Firewall management.
- IP management.
- Vulnerability/System compliance management.
- Analyze architecture and system functionality for a broad range of technologies.
- Log analysis for incident remediation/threat hunting.
- Troubleshooting security and network problems.
- Provide support in the areas of information assurance, vulnerability assessment, enterprise protection planning, security monitoring, incident response, cyber security, and cyber threat analysis.
- Participate in formal incident response efforts coordinating responses to major intrusions or exploits. Incident investigations include intrusions, illegal software usage, etc.
- Determine Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) pattern analysis based on threat intelligence feeds.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or 4 yrs of equivalent experience.
- Minimum 2+ years hands on firewall management experience.
- Minimum 2+ years hands on vulnerability management experience.
- Working knowledge and demonstrated experience in network design, network security, and firewall technologies. Experience with **Fortinet**, **Symantec endpoint protection**, and **Arista/Cisco ACLs** preferred.
- Experience with testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities using tools such as **Tenable.SC** and **BigFix**.
- Experience with log analysis.
- Experience with **Splunk** preferred.
- Good understanding of computing security, authentication techniques, operation procedures and general practices in an enterprise IT infrastructure.
- Demonstrated self-initiated ability for analyzing, debugging, and tracking security issues.

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