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ShorePoint team members are handpicked for their expertise and for their ability to collaborate, communicate, and adapt when our Federal customers face complex and evolving challenges, obstacles, and threats.

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Open Positions

Elasticsearch Engineer

Who we are:

ShorePoint is a fast-growing, industry recognized, and award-winning cybersecurity services firm with a focus on high-profile, high-threat, private and public-sector customers who demand experience and proven security models to protect their data. ShorePoint subscribes to a “work hard, play hard” mentality and celebrates individual and company successes. We are passionate about our mission and going above and beyond to deliver for our customers. We are equally passionate about an environment that supports creativity, accountability, diversity, inclusion, and a focus on giving back to our community.

The Perks:

As recognized members of the Cyber Elite, we work together in partnership to defend our nation’s critical infrastructure while building meaningful and exciting career development opportunities in a culture tailored to the individual technical and professional growth. We are committed to the belief that our team members do their best work when they are happy and well cared for. In support of this philosophy, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including major carriers for health care providers. Highlighted benefits offered: 18 days of PTO, 11 holidays, 80% of insurance premium covered, 401k, continued education, certifications maintenance and reimbursement, etc.

Who we’re looking for:

We are seeking an Elasticsearch (Elastic/ELK/ECE) Engineer who has experience providing support in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within the public sector. This is a unique opportunity to shape the growth, development, and culture of an exciting and fast-growing company in the cybersecurity market. The Elasticsearch (Elastic/ELK/ECE) Engineer will have the opportunity to be exposed to all aspects of Systems Engineering and will be encouraged to grow as the organization expands.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Responsible for working with the Integration, and Architecture teams to design, document, build, secure, and maintain Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (and X-Pack) Enterprise solutions deployed in the Cloud or on-premises environment.
  • Work closely with architects, engineers, and integrators to assess customer requirements and to design and support an Elasticsearch Stack solution to ensure compliance with data requirements.
  • Follow life cycle processes to move solutions from Dev to Test to Production.
  • Participate in group sessions as well as attend and share in agile sprint daily meetings to track progress to ensure development of solutions is in support of the project and customer requirements.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor, providing subject matter expertise, guidance, and best practice recommendations.
  • Configure and maintain Linux based Operating system files in support of the Elasticsearch products (yum updates and product version upgrades).
  • Install and configure an Elastic Cloud Enterprise solution and ensuring communication and integration among the Elasticsearch products and data sources.
  • Document the installation and configuration for deployment.
  • Secure the solution by being familiar with TLS, certificates, SSO/PIV authentication, and encryption technologies.
  • Work with the data lifecycle management team.
  • Test data flows, troubleshooting issues, and monitoring the health of the solution and servers to maximize performance and minimize downtime.
  • Work with a team and provide analysis of alternatives and progress status in daily sprint meetings.
  • Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as, meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating resources and meetings in an effective and timely manner.
  • Develop and manage effective working relationships with other departments, groups, and personnel with whom work must be coordinated or interface.
  • Recommend enhancements and modifications to optimize business intelligence processes.

What you need to know:

  • Software Development using Java with an IDE (e.g. Eclipse, CodeReady).
  • Parsing File formats (e.g., JSON, XML, and CSV).
  • SQL SERVER database design, programming, tuning, writing SQL queries/procedures.
  • Developing/automating test procedures.
  • Web services client development using REST API.
  • Release Management and build tools (e.g., Maven, Jenkins) and configuration tools (e.g., SVN).
  • Secure coding practices including use of encryption (e.g., Certificates, TLS Connections).

Must have’s:  

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field.
  • 2+ years of relevant experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking to develop undefined tasks into actionable processes and work streams.
  • Must be a US citizen (non-dual citizenship) and be able to obtain and maintain agency required clearance.

Beneficial to have the following:  

  • Experience with SAML authentication, familiarity with domain structures, user authentication, and PKI.
  • Experience with Messaging Queues (e.g., RabbitMQ).
  • Experience with Microsoft SQL.
  • Experience with programming and working with regular expressions (XML, Java, JSON, Python, PowerShell, painless, grok).
  • Relevant security certifications a plus: CISSP, CISM, CISA, Security+, CEH.
  • Understanding of interrelationships between critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity.
  • Knowledge and experience with Assessment & Authorization (A&A) processes in Federal environments, preferably with experience utilizing the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).

Where it’s done:

  • Remote (Herndon, VA).

Data Infrastructure Engineer

Who we are:

ShorePoint is a fast-growing, industry recognized, and award-winning cybersecurity services firm with a focus on high-profile, high-threat, private and public-sector customers who demand experience and proven security models to protect their data. ShorePoint subscribes to a “work hard, play hard” mentality and celebrates individual and company successes. We are passionate about our mission and going above and beyond to deliver for our customers. We are equally passionate about an environment that supports creativity, accountability, diversity, inclusion, and a focus on giving back to our community.

The Perks:

As recognized members of the Cyber Elite, we work together in partnership to defend our nation’s critical infrastructure while building meaningful and exciting career development opportunities in a culture tailored to the individual technical and professional growth. We are committed to the belief that our team members do their best work when they are happy and well cared for. In support of this philosophy, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including major carriers for health care providers. Highlighted benefits offered: 18 days of PTO, 11 holidays, 80% of insurance premium covered, 401k, continued education, certifications maintenance and reimbursement, etc.

Who we’re looking for:

We are seeking an Data Infrastructure Engineer who has experience providing support in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within the public sector. This is a unique opportunity to shape the growth, development, and culture of an exciting and fast-growing company in the cybersecurity market. The Data Infrastructure Engineer will have the opportunity to be exposed to all aspects of support to a federal client and will be encouraged to grow as the organization expands. 

What you’ll be doing:

  • Integrate multiple Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and open-source products, software configuration packages and custom code to work together to operate as a single solution, tailored to meet customer requirements.
  • Work as part of an agile development team to conduct systems design, analysis and development of the solution.
  • Create data pipelines and implement ETL processes for both stream processing (such as tool and sensor log data) and batch processing (such as daily vulnerability updates), integrating functionality between applications, leveraging APIs and scripting languages (Python preferred).
  • Conduct data modeling, hands on configuration, tuning and operating of distributed data storage stacks, with a focus on Elasticsearch and Kafka.
  • Query data to include aggregations, calculations, and producing metrics from data; design and implement data visualizations.
  • Engage in all agile ceremonies including backlog grooming, demos and retrospectives.

What you need to know:

  • Demonstrated experience writing well-structured code and applications using coding best practices to deliver enterprise applications.
  • Proven experience in developing robust, scalable data pipelines and integrations.
  • Solid understanding of application architecture and interfaces as well as experience with data modeling.
  • Expertise in working with streaming data and implementing real-time data processing solutions.
  • Ability to develop and deploy in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience with open-source tools including Kafka, Logstash, Beats, Elasticsearch, Kibana, or Splunk.

Must have’s:  

  • Minimum of 5-7 years of relevant experience.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong documentation skills.
  • Experience leveraging data processing technologies such as Apache Kafka and Elasticsearch.
  • Skilled problem-solver with strong ability to troubleshoot complex data pipeline issues.
  • Ability to work with cross functional teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking to develop undefined tasks into actionable processes and work streams.
  • This position requires U.S. citizenship in compliance with federal contract requirements.

Beneficial to have the following:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field.
  • Industry related certifications.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts and tools.
  • Experience with real-time data processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Flink, Apache Spark).

Where it’s done:

  • Remote (Herndon, VA). 

Platform Specialist

Who we are:

ShorePoint is a fast-growing, industry recognized, and award-winning cybersecurity services firm with a focus on high-profile, high-threat, private and public-sector customers who demand experience and proven security models to protect their data. ShorePoint subscribes to a “work hard, play hard” mentality and celebrates individual and company successes. We are passionate about our mission and going above and beyond to deliver for our customers. We are equally passionate about an environment that supports creativity, accountability, diversity, inclusion, and a focus on giving back to our community.

The Perks:

As recognized members of the Cyber Elite, we work together in partnership to defend our nation’s critical infrastructure while building meaningful and exciting career development opportunities in a culture tailored to the individual technical and professional growth. We are committed to the belief that our team members do their best work when they are happy and well cared for. In support of this philosophy, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including major carriers for health care providers. Highlighted benefits offered: 18 days of PTO, 11 holidays, 80% of insurance premium covered, 401k, continued education, certifications maintenance and reimbursement, etc.

Who we’re looking for:

We are seeking a Platform Specialist who has experience providing support in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within the public sector. This is a unique opportunity to shape the growth, development, and culture of an exciting and fast-growing company in the cybersecurity market. The Platform Specialist will have the opportunity to be exposed to all aspects of support to a federal client and will be encouraged to grow as the organization expands

What you’ll be doing:

  • Support the deployment and implementation of cyber engineering strategies, tools, and techniques which contribute to enhancing cybersecurity posture.
  • Design and automate cloud environments at scale using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tools.
  • Provide design, engineering and deployment support for distributed cloud-based environments consisting of multiple COTS tools and custom integration packages.
  • Develop technical documentation, architecture diagrams, processes and procedures.
  • Support the full system engineering life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, integration, test, documentation, and implementation.
  • Engage in all agile ceremonies including backlog grooming, demos and retrospectives.
  • Define and execute effective cloud monitoring solutions leveraging technologies such as CloudWatch or the Elastic Stack.
  • Build, implement, and administer one or more COTS products in Windows and Linux environments.
  • Continuously perform capacity planning, evaluating and implementing cloud cost optimization strategies.

What you need to know:

  • Experience in architecting, designing, developing, implementing and securing cloud solutions.
  • Strong understanding of scripting languages such as Python.
  • Experience maintaining applications and infrastructure for cloud-based technology and platforms.
  • Experience with cloud platforms or technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts and best practices.
  • Experience with containerization technologies and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools (Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible).
  • Understanding of DevOps principles and experience building automated CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with monitoring tools (Elastic Stack, CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus).

Must have’s:  

  • Minimum of 5-7 years of relevant experience.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong documentation skills.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues.
  • Experience creating, managing, and supporting automation solutions for deployment and orchestration in cloud environments.
  • Ability to work with cross functional teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking to develop undefined tasks into actionable processes and work streams.
  • This position requires U.S. citizenship in compliance with federal contract requirements.

Beneficial to have the following:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field.
  • Industry related certifications.
  • Experience with data processing technologies like Apache Kafka and Elasticsearch.
  • Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures.

Where it’s done:

  • Remote (Herndon, VA). 

Blue Team Engineer

Who we are:

ShorePoint is a fast-growing, industry recognized, and award-winning cybersecurity services firm with a focus on high-profile, high-threat, private and public-sector customers who demand experience and proven security models to protect their data. ShorePoint subscribes to a “work hard, play hard” mentality and celebrates individual and company successes. We are passionate about our mission and going above and beyond to deliver for our customers. We are equally passionate about an environment that supports creativity, accountability, diversity, inclusion, and a focus on giving back to our community.  

The Perks:

As recognized members of the Cyber Elite, we work together in partnership to defend our nation’s critical infrastructure while building meaningful and exciting career development opportunities in a culture tailored to the individual technical and professional growth. We are committed to the belief that our team members do their best work when they are happy and well cared for. In support of this philosophy, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including major carriers for health care providers. Highlighted benefits offered: 18 days of PTO, 11 holidays, 80% of insurance premium covered, 401k, continued education, certifications maintenance and reimbursement, etc.

Who we’re looking for:

We are seeking a motivated Blue Team Engineer with expertise in defensive cybersecurity tools and techniques to conduct threat simulations. The ideal candidate will replicate both insider and external threats to operational systems and networks, contributing to the defense of high-profile environments. This is a unique opportunity to shape the growth and culture of an exciting and fast-growing company in the cybersecurity market.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Conduct automated and manual tests on information systems using industry-standard tools such as vulnerability scans, source code reviews, and web application testing.
  • Develop test plans, execute tests, and prepare detailed after-action reports.
  • Document testing processes in accordance with agency regulations and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Contribute to Authorization & Accreditation (A&A), Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M), vulnerability management, and continuous monitoring efforts.
  • Use signature-based scanners, data collection tools, and hardware analysis tools to assess potential threat events.
  • Perform Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) reviews to ensure proper detection and notification of threats.
  • Support vulnerability analysis and develop mitigation strategies to prevent future threats.
  • Support remote locations with traveling assessments as scheduled (30% travel expected, Continental United States).

What you need to know:

  • Broad knowledge of security methodologies, solutions, and industry best practices.
  • Experience with open-source and commercial testing tools such as Nessus, Metasploit, Burp Suite, App Detective, and Nmap.
  • Advanced understanding of security tools with the ability to configure and troubleshoot them as needed.
  • Expertise in Unix/Linux or Microsoft operating systems, with extensive experience in at least one.
  • Familiarity with security policies of the Department of Justice (DOJ), FBI, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines (e.g., 800-53, 800-53a).
  • Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret and synthesize complex data.

Must have’s:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field, or 10 years of relevant IT experience.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in cybersecurity.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking to develop undefined tasks into actionable processes and work streams.
  • Expertise in at least one of the following areas: Web applications and technologies, Networking technologies, Enterprise solutions, storage, and databases, Cross-domain solutions, Virtualization technologies, Mainframes.
  • One or more of the following certifications: CISSP, ISACA, OSCP, CISA, GPEN, GWAPT, or CEH.
  • Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility and ability to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph.

Where it’s done:

  • Washington, DC – 70% of time
  • Remote locations – 30% of time (Continental United States)

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