Cyber Infrastructure Support Specialist - Mid, Maveris, TX, US

Maveris is an IT and cybersecurity services company committed to helping organizations create secure digital solutions to accelerate their mission. Originally founded as a Veteran-owned company, we remain deeply committed to supporting veterans and proudly serving customers across the Federal Government and private sector. We have an opening for a full-time, permanent Cyber Infrastructure Support Specialist – Mid to join our talented, dynamic team.    

As a Cyber Infrastructure Support Specialist – Mid, you will play a critical role in supporting the mission of the VA CSOC by providing ATO and Payment Card Industry (PCI) scanning support for CSOC vulnerability scans and configuration tests. 

Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Duties

• Create, update, and maintain Vulnerability Scanning Services Support Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that cover all aspects of the Vulnerability Scanning Services and Support as identified and approved by the Government. 

• Provide Vulnerability Scan/Findings Reports for all scans to the VSS team to include findings for all scans. 

• Perform scanning operations during non-standard hours of operations to minimize any impact to network users. Scanning occurs primarily during nights, and weekends. 

• System/ Scanning Operations Maintenance and Management:  

• Maintain and manage Government owned enterprise scanning solution and infrastructure (currently Redhat Operating Systems and Tenable Software), and scan analysis and reporting software  

• Backend support systems and Vulnerability Databases  

• Writing and editing scripts used for scanning and security testing (Perl, Python, etc.) 

• Scan Data Review and Analysis:  

• Review scan data to determine if the system is performing as designed  

• Review application/ scanner logs for anomalies  

• Review data in the repositories for scanners that appear to be malfunctioning  

• Review scan/operation data for trends in vulnerability findings  

• Review and update scan policies  

• Produce periodic operation analysis and impact reports as required  

• Produce periodic trending and impact reports, and recommendation papers as required  

• Management and maintenance of backend system software  

• Management and maintenance of vulnerability scanning and security scanning and operation process related documents  

• Scan Operations Coordination:  

• Coordinate CSOC-managed network scan operations with respective points of contact  

• Review and verify Internet Protocol (IP) ranges to be scanned  

• Review and select appropriate scan policy(s)  

• Coordinate with relevant VA network and CSOC team personnel as required, staying within customer specified timeframes  

• Respond to respective inquiries  

• Scan Operations Execution:  

• Conduct initial system/ data checks upon scan initiation  

• Monitor/ coordinate/ react to concurrent scans as required throughout the duration of the scan or operation  

• Troubleshoot any issues that occur during the scan or operation  

• Verify accuracy of data and conduct system checks as required upon completion of the scan or operation  

• Development of new testing programs to expand and deepen scans and operation  

• Scan Operations Reporting:  

• Verify/edit report templates  

• Produce Scan Findings Reports  

• Conduct quality assurance checks of final reports and coordinate results with VA Team Lead  

• Distribute reports as required by CSOC Government team  

• Produce compliance, vulnerability scanning/ testing and configuration testing data to appropriate repositories