Python Developer/Automation Engineer

Description

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a US Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, various cloud environments, security devices, servers and workstations. The CBP SOC is responsible for the overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations.

Primary Responsibilities:

Author, test, and maintain automation scripts/workflows within SOAR platform

• Assist with process development and process improvement for Security Operations to include creation/modification of SOPs, Playbooks, and Work instructions
• Review, debug, and resolve technical issues throughout all stages of SDLC
• Measure effectiveness of process improvement and automation efforts via metrics and KPIs
• Integrate SOAR platform with other security tools and APIs to execute automated workflows
• Coordinate with System Administrators, Engineers, and ISSOs to provision service accounts and/or grant required permissions
• Design, implement, and maintain efficient and reusable Python code

Basic Qualifications:

• Authored SOC SOPs, playbooks, work instructions and/or other process documents
• Working knowledge of SOAP/REST APIs, JSON, HTML/CSS, Javascript, XML
• General networking knowledge to include operation of routers, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, subnetting, VPN and Web Proxies
• Experience as a SOC Analyst and/or Incident Responder
• Familiarity with Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) and/or Elastic Domain Specific Language (DSL)
• Experience with SOAR platforms such as Swimlane, Phantom, Demisto, etc
• Have expert proficiency with Python

Preferred Qualifications:

• Should have 2 years of experience serving as a SOC Analyst or Incident Responder

Clearance:

• All Department of Homeland Security CBP SOC employees are required to favorably pass a 5-year (BI) Background Investigation

Pay Range:

Pay Range $97,500.00 - $150,000.00 - $202,500.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.