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Suricata Engineer - Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

Reston, Virginia, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-20 → 2026-07-30

Core

Deploying, tuning, and maintaining Suricata IDS/IPS systems on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to optimize high-performance packet capture and processing with Napatech NICs.

Role type

Senior Suricata Engineer (IDS/IPS)

Builds

Production IDS/IPS systems and security monitoring pipelines

Domain

Cybersecurity / Network Security / Defense

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

Suricata YAML configuration, Napatech NIC tuning, Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration, SELinux configuration, Bash/Python scripting, SIEM integration, kernel module management

Preferred skills

Splunk integration, containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes), other IDS/IPS solutions

Technologies

Suricata, Napatech, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Bash, Python, Splunk, Docker, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Designing and deploying Suricata IDS/IPS systems across enterprise networks; Developing and optimizing Suricata YAML configuration files; Tuning Suricata for optimal performance with Napatech NICs; Troubleshooting installation and operational issues on RHEL; Collaborating with security teams to integrate Suricata with SIEM platforms; Providing documentation and runbooks for configuration and deployment processes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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