CyberArk Engineer

Position: CyberArk Engineer

Location: Washington DC (Hybrid)

Duration: 6 Months Contract to hire

Responsibility:

• Responsible for providing unique cyber domain expertise and guidance to the delivery team and stakeholders.
• Work may encompass one or more specialty areas of cyber security cyberspace and cyber operations including providing expert knowledge and insight into compliance cyber hunt incident response risk and vulnerability assessment and emerging cyber threats requirements;
• guiding technical support to penetration testers incident handlers cyber analysts and product support personnel relative to the cyber arena;
• assisting in the management of complex networks and systems of differing classification levels systems;
• integrating cyber security requirements with communication and IT; and utilizing other principles in the professional body of knowledge.
• Performs research design evaluation technical development system integration planning and other tasks in specific technical areas.
• May be responsible for complex cyber technical engineering and architecture tasks.
• Often coordinates and guides the activities of technical staff members assigned to specific tasks. May supervise and/or guide a broad team of technical staff members/engineers.

Job Summary:

• Step into the role of a CyberArk Engineer where you will play a crucial supporting role in enhancing the Department of Transportations (DOT) cybersecurity infrastructure.
• Working alongside senior engineers youll contribute to the deployment and ongoing maintenance of a sophisticated Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution.
• This role will see you engaging with key stakeholders including DHS CISA integrators to ensure the PAM system operates flawlessly across development testing and production environments.
• Your daily responsibilities will involve assisting with the management of roles and safes helping deploy software updates and contributing to the preparation of reports that highlight the performance and security of the PAM tool.
• Additionally youll be involved in identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities providing essential support for oncall troubleshooting and remediation efforts related to the PAM solution.
• Youll also support annual disaster recovery testing aid in documenting recovery and contingency plans and assist with operating system patching on vault appliances.
• Your role is critical in ensuring that the PAM solution not only meets but exceeds security requirements following DOTs Change Management processes and contributing to the enhancement of reporting capabilities in line with DHS CISA requirements.
• Joining our team means becoming a key player in securing critical infrastructure offering a unique opportunity to grow your expertise in cybersecurity and privileged access management within a supportive and collaborative environment.

Top Qualifications Skills Experience or Certifications:

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of related experience providing business solutions engineering support to include architectural design engineering design proof of concept development pilots analysis results and documentation.
• Performs daytoday activities required to assist and identify technology solutions that meet enterprise requirements. Maps functional requirements into technological requirements and identifies technologies that meet the technological requirements. Conducts proof of concept pilots and demos for the purposes of evaluating the suitability of given technologies for meeting requirements. Evaluates the tradeoffs between competing solutions and develops quantitative driven analysis of alternatives. Produces written analysis of research and recommendation papers that clearly describe the process followed alternatives considered evaluation criteria and rationale for recommendation and need for additional work.
• Job Role Specific Requirements:
• Core responsibilities and duties; highlight daytoday activities:
• CyberArk Sentry Certification Required: Current Certified CyberArk Sentry credential affirming their expertise in managing and safeguarding privileged accounts within the CyberArk platform.
• CyberArk Implementation Experience: One year of experience in designing and implementing integrated lifecycle management processes for CyberArk within an organization comparable in scale to the Department of Transportation (DOT) demonstrating a capability to support complex cybersecurity environments.
• Server Administration Expertise: Three years of server administration experience is required with specific proficiency in managing Windows Server 2019 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 environments. This experience should highlight a strong foundational knowledge in operating systems indicating the candidates ability to maintain and optimize server infrastructure for reliability and performance.
• Preferred skills and qualifications:
• Proficiency in CyberArk and SailPoint Integration: Demonstrated proficiency in seamlessly integrating CyberArk with SailPoint showcasing the ability to unify privileged access management with comprehensive identity governance solutions enhancing organizational security posture.
• Comprehensive Active Directory Knowledge: Extensive experience with Active Directory encompassing both frontend aspects such as account management and Group Policy as well as backend complexities including AD Schema Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and automation via PowerShell. This depth of knowledge ensures a robust and secure identity and access management framework.
• Database Management Competence: Solid understanding of database management principles specifically with SQL Server 2019. This includes proficiency in backups indexing integrity checks installation configuration managing ports and protocols creating maintenance plans and effective troubleshooting. Additionally skilled in data modeling and schema with the ability to interpret and navigate Entity Relationship Diagrams underscoring a wellrounded database administration skill set.
• CyberArk Configuration Expertise: Proven capability in configuring CyberArk to ensure secure collaboration with a diverse array of systems and devices including networks iDRAC interfaces applications cloud services storage solutions servers and appliances guaranteeing the integrity and security of privileged access across the IT ecosystem.