Senior Security Engineer - Detection Engineering

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems.

We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.

In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more.

All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.

About the Opportunity

The National Incident Response Team (NIRT), a national service provider for the Federal Reserve System (FRS), provides effective national intrusion detection, incident response, security intelligence, threat assessment, and vulnerability assessment services for the FRS.

NIRT’s mission is to play an important role in the FRS’ efforts to protect its information systems against unauthorized use.

NIRT’s Detection Engineering (DE) team has an immediate remote opening for a cyber professional to join as a Cybersecurity Analyst at the Senior level, reporting to a Senior Detection Engineering Manager.

The mission of NIRT's DE team, is to gather security-centric data and facilitate its use through the design, engineering, implementation and support of technology, to support NIRT's services and goals and represent NIRT's interests in projects within the FRS and Treasury.

We focus on ensuring that the capabilities of NIRT's critical infrastructure remains relevant, and that it is enhanced and evolved to meet new threats and evolving technological landscape.

We are looking for someone to lead projects concerning researching, designing, and creating detection processes and capabilities, with a focus on SIEM, IaC, and DevOps.

As an important member of our team, you will collaborate on efforts within both the cloud and on-premise environments and other customer specific settings.

What You Will Do


* Partner with National IT, NIRT and other partners to provide mission-critical cyber detection and incident response capabilities. 


* Research and develop solutions that facilitate and enhance the delivery of NIRT’s services. 


* Collaborate with teams to ensure seamless integration of services.


* Participate in cybersecurity related projects and tasks.


* Coordinate activities of Bank staff and vendor support personnel in resolving platform issues.


* Stay informed about industry trends and advancements to inform system e...