Valiant Solutions

Technical Writer

• Gather and write technical documents for information system installation, operation, and maintenance
• Write technical documents, procedure manuals, service manuals, and related technical publications in clear and concise language
• Ensure technical documents are readable and understandable by technical and non-technical personnel
• Ensure documentation correctly references organizational policies
• Review, perform quality assurance, and edit applicable materials
• Acquire and verify knowledge by working with stakeholders developing new products and services and improving existing documentation
• Observe information system pilots and examine drawings, notes, article rewrites, manuals, and similar publications
• Ensure conformance to existing IT standards by revising text and recommending scope changes
• Ensure appropriate use of technical terminology in IT-related documents
• Work with system owners and subject matter experts to understand existing and planned technologies and standards
• Perform requirement analysis, software design, development, installation, testing, and maintenance for application system components
• Perform operating system and/or product evaluation, integration, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution
• Provide technical leadership, review work products, and make technical recommendations for changes in supported technical architecture
• Work in an object-oriented environment

Engineer

• Design, develop and implement processes for ingesting data from various sources into Splunk using Cribl Edge and Cribl Cloud
• Configure and manage data inputs for logs, metrics, and events to determine compliance with M-26-14 requirements at the FISMA system boundary level
• Establish and maintain secure and reliable connections between Splunk and external systems or data sources using Cribl Edge and Cribl Cloud
• Monitor and maintain alerts for failed data inputs
• Design and recommend Cribl configurations for optimized performance and maximum cost savings
• Design and implement log storage options maximizing cost efficiency while meeting OMB M-26-14 standards
• Oversee configuration and maintenance of Cribl and Splunk infrastructure for optimal performance and security
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve Cribl/Splunk issues
• Conduct root cause analysis for incidents and implement preventive measures
• Monitor tool health and performance to identify issues, bugs, or potential improvements
• Develop, review, and update operational documentation, including SOPs, Job Aids, application checklists, and playbooks
• Support system access controls, including Account Management, Access Enforcement, Information Flow Enforcement, Least Privilege, and workflows for user account requests and recertifications
• Collaborate with SOC teams on process optimization, tool tuning, tool integration, information sharing, playbook development, and incident response
• Perform implementation, administration, operations and maintenance, optimization, and integration of cybersecurity tools, technologies, and services
• Conduct regular Cribl/Splunk Enterprise upgrades for worker nodes, deployment servers, heavy forwarders, and syslog servers

Cribl/Splunk Engineer

Administration

• Design, develop and implement processes for ingesting data from various sources into Splunk, including HEC, Splunk Stream, Technical Add-Ons, Universal Forwarder Collections, custom APIs and other ingest mechanisms
• Configure and manage data inputs for logs, metrics, and events to determine compliance with M-26-14 requirements at the FISMA system boundary level
• Establish and maintain secure and reliable connections between Splunk and external systems or data sources
• Create, monitor, and maintain alerts for failed data inputs
• Create and maintain custom Technical Add-Ons for non-standard ingest paths leveraging API connections
• Ensure proper authentication and authorization mechanisms for data transfer and system communication
• Oversee Splunk infrastructure configuration and maintenance for optimal performance and security
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve Splunk issues
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive measures
• Use Linux skills to manage and maintain the underlying operating system or cloud-based containers of Splunk servers and other security applications
• Monitor tool health and performance to identify issues, bugs, or potential improvements
• Develop, review, and update operational documentation, including SOPs, job aids, application checklists, and playbooks
• Support system access controls, including account management, access enforcement, information flow enforcement, least privilege, account requests, and account recertifications
• Collaborate with SOC teams on process optimization, tool tuning, tool integration, information sharing, playbook development, and incident response
• Perform implementation, administration, operations and maintenance, optimization, and integration of cybersecurity tools, technologies, and services
• Conduct regular Splunk Enterprise upgrades for deployment servers, heavy forwarders, and syslog servers

Senior Splunk Administrator

• Design, develop and implement processes for ingesting data from various sources into Splunk using Cribl Edge and Cribl Cloud
• Configure and manage data inputs for logs, metrics, and events to determine compliance with M-26-14 requirements at the FISMA system boundary level
• Establish and maintain secure and reliable connections between Splunk and external systems or data sources using Cribl Edge and Cribl Cloud
• Monitor and maintain alerts for failed data inputs
• Design and recommend Cribl configurations for optimized performance and maximum cost savings
• Design and implement log storage options maximizing cost efficiency while meeting OMB M-26-14 standards
• Oversee configuration and maintenance of Cribl and Splunk infrastructure for optimal performance and security
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve Cribl/Splunk issues
• Conduct root cause analysis for incidents and implement preventive measures
• Monitor tool health and performance to identify issues, bugs, or potential improvements
• Develop, review, and update operational documentation, including SOPs, job aids, application checklists, and playbooks
• Support system access controls, including Account Management, Access Enforcement, Information Flow Enforcement, Least Privilege, and workflows for user account requests and recertifications
• Collaborate with SOC teams on process optimization, tool tuning, tool integration, information sharing, playbook development, and incident response
• Perform implementation, administration, operations and maintenance, optimization, and integration of cybersecurity tools, technologies, and services
• Conduct regular Cribl/Splunk Enterprise upgrades for worker nodes, deployment servers, heavy forwarders, and syslog servers

Security Analyst

• Support the government client’s cybersecurity program within an enterprise information security organization
• Develop and update Power BI cybersecurity dashboards using authoritative data sources such as JCAM or equivalent systems
• Develop Power BI dashboard automation for compliance automation and analytics use cases
• Develop intuitive Power BI UI/UX designs
• Validate data accuracy, completeness, and consistency before publication
• Develop, maintain, and publish Weekly Status Reports and Monthly Status Reports
• Support new reporting and analytics products to improve cybersecurity visibility and decision support
• Write, edit, and copyedit cybersecurity and IT policies, procedures, reports, briefings, presentations, and special deliverables
• Ensure documentation follows revision control, formatting, and quality standards
• Perform Section 508 accessibility compliance reviews and remediation
• Maintain documentation through version control, change tracking, and systematic review
• Support cybersecurity policy update cycles, data calls, approved changes, and final document publication
• Participate in cybersecurity and privacy working groups
• Coordinate control language updates and track approvals using Microsoft Forms
• Update control catalogs and related documentation
• Maintain SharePoint sites, pages, document libraries, links, and published content
• Manage official cybersecurity documentation to ensure accuracy and currency
• Support collaboration using Microsoft Teams and related M365 tools
• Develop the government client’s monthly cybersecurity newsletter
• Create and maintain executive-level PowerPoint briefings and presentations
• Support virtual and in-person briefings
• Maintain WSR and MSR copies in corporate repositories
• Provide proposal development support, including writing, editing, formatting, and compliance checks
• Support internal reporting and analytics initiatives

Cybersecurity Analyst, Reporting

System Administrator

• Provide day-to-day technical support for employees and corporate systems
• Manage onboarding, offboarding, account provisioning, permissions, groups, and software access
• Support Google, Microsoft, AWS, and other SaaS platforms
• Troubleshoot authentication, browser, application, device, and access issues
• Maintain accurate IT documentation, procedures, system records, and asset information
• Assist with endpoint, account, license, and access management
• Coordinate with vendors and external support when needed
• Take ownership of recurring IT tasks with minimal supervision
• Identify repetitive or inefficient processes and recommend ways to simplify or automate them
• Contribute to AI-enabled internal tools, workflow automation, scripting, API integrations, internal applications, data processing and reporting, cloud systems, and software/platform engineering projects as opportunities arise
• Learn Valiant's systems and handle common support requests
• Independently manage routine IT operations and improve or automate recurring processes
• Reduce senior staff involvement in routine support and contribute to automation, integration, or development projects

IT Systems Administrator

Security Engineer

• Provide technical expertise on security control implementations and develop Information Security procedures for systems and applications
• Provide program, analytical, technical, and advisory skills to clients and supported Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)
• Perform pre-assessment activities, including detailed analysis of technology stacks comprising vendor solutions
• Engineer secure, compliant, and resilient architectures and solutions
• Assess vendor systems for technical compliance with NIST, FedRAMP, and agency standards
• Perform detailed architecture and technical design reviews across the full stack for vendor solutions
• Conduct architecture reviews of CSP authorization packages to validate secure design, alignment with FedRAMP and agency requirements, identify gaps, and advise on risk posture and compliance
• Lead and conduct architecture interviews with CSPs
• Develop architecture briefing documents for the Government FedRAMP program manager and CISO
• Review and comment on CSP FedRAMP documentation, including system security plans, policies, procedures, agency guidance, alternative implementations, and risk acceptance documents
• Work with CSPs to reconcile documentation and technology gaps
• Review CSP assessments and package submissions after 3PAO audits and prepare package briefings
• Review security assessment plans, security assessment reports, vulnerability scans, and penetration tests
• Provide security engineering services alongside the agency FedRAMP Lead
• Support Continuous Monitoring activities, including annual package submissions, significant change proposals, and risk acceptance documents
• Interpret FedRAMP and agency requirements and provide vendors with technical and process guidance
• Monitor updated FedRAMP guidance, industry best practices, emerging technologies, and Government cybersecurity directives
• Conduct security reviews of technologies for use within CSP authorization boundaries
• Manage relationships for assigned contractor-owned or contractor-operated systems and ensure vendor compliance with agency security and privacy requirements
• Assist stakeholders with IT security-related activities and project deadlines
• Ensure systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of according to documented security policies and procedures, including Assessment & Authorization (A&A)
• Research assigned IT security systems and provide architecture and security recommendations

Principal Security Engineer

• Lead development of security architecture guidance, standards, and reference diagrams for on-premise and cloud platforms and systems
• Support macro- and micro-level security design for a large government agency
• Lead enterprise security architecture design and serve as a key subject matter expert for the client
• Develop and align system security architectures with organizational cybersecurity guidelines
• Define security boundaries, document system categorization, and analyze user needs and requirements
• Develop guidance for security mechanisms such as encryption for data at rest
• Assess security postures and review candidate architectures
• Identify protection needs and determine how new systems or interfaces affect enterprise security
• Identify and document security and privacy requirements, including personal information and data requiring protection
• Support acquisition and procurement through security requirements, project cost input, and technical specifications
• Contribute to risk management and compliance, including architecture reviews, security gap identification, RMF activities, and lifecycle documentation
• Provide technical, engineering, analytical, and planning support
• Develop strategic enterprise solutions addressing business requirements and the changing cybersecurity threat landscape
• Produce reference architectures, white papers, roadmaps, architecture risk analyses, standards, business use cases, design patterns, as-is and to-be assessments, gap analyses, and remediation roadmaps
• Develop baselines and reference architectures using standard frameworks
• Perform Architect Risk Analysis through systematic reviews
• Interact directly with agency technical and operational leadership
• Identify, frame, and support resolution of critical organizational issues
• Periodically update artifacts for regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements

Senior Enterprise Security Architect

Security Operations

• Provide Tier III support for SIEM alert triage, in-depth forensic analysis, and escalation
• Perform malware reverse engineering, memory forensics, and campaign correlation across SOC and partner SOC environments
• Serve as the shift escalation point for complex or high-severity events raised by Tier I and Tier II analysts
• Analyze escalated events within 4 hours per contract SLA
• Maintain situational awareness of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, NDR, and CDM tools and telemetry data flows
• Alert the SOC Manager when tool health or coverage gaps put detection at risk
• Lead shift handovers with written and verbal summaries of open incidents, active hunts, tuning changes, and follow-up items
• Contribute to SOC standard operating procedure and playbook updates
• Support Red Team and Purple Team exercises by validating detection coverage and translating adversary tradecraft into detection rules
• Support development and testing of custom detection rules
• Collaborate with customer OCIO, OIG, and partner SOCs to strengthen strategic threat awareness
• Contribute to monthly threat actor profiles and update detection signatures
• Submit initial incident reports within one hour of confirmation
• Support final incident reports within 72 hours, including impact, timeline, and remediation
• Participate in post-incident lessons-learned sessions
• Translate findings into playbooks, runbooks, and detection improvements
• Mentor Tier I and Tier II analysts on triage technique, log analysis, and escalation quality

SOC Analyst

• Provide technical expertise on security control implementations and develop information security procedures for systems and applications
• Provide program, analytical, technical, and advisory support to the client and supported Cloud Service Providers
• Perform pre-assessment activities, including detailed analysis of technology stacks comprising vendor solutions
• Engineer secure, compliant, and resilient architectures and solutions
• Assess vendor systems for technical compliance with NIST, FedRAMP, and agency standards
• Perform detailed architecture and technical design reviews across the full stack for vendor solutions
• Review CSP authorization packages, validate secure design and alignment with FedRAMP and agency requirements, identify gaps, and advise on risk posture and compliance
• Lead architecture interviews with CSPs to verify critical control areas meet program requirements
• Develop architecture briefing documents for the Government FedRAMP program manager and CISO
• Review and comment on CSP FedRAMP documentation, including system security plans, policies, procedures, agency guidance, alternative implementation, and risk acceptance documents
• Work with CSPs to reconcile documentation and technology gaps
• Review CSP assessments and package submissions after 3PAO audits and prepare package briefings
• Review vendor security assessment plans, security assessment reports, vulnerability scans, and penetration tests
• Provide security engineering services alongside the agency FedRAMP Lead
• Support Continuous Monitoring activities, including annual package submissions, significant change proposals, and risk acceptance documents
• Interpret FedRAMP and agency requirements and guide vendors on expectations, technical requirements, and processes
• Track updated FedRAMP guidance, industry best practices, emerging technologies, and Government cybersecurity directives
• Recommend impacts of updates to the FedRAMP Government lead
• Conduct security reviews of technologies for use within CSP authorization boundaries
• Manage relationships for assigned contractor-owned or contractor-operated systems and ensure compliance with agency security and privacy requirements
• Assist stakeholders with IT security activities to meet project deadlines
• Ensure systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with documented security policies and procedures, including Assessment & Authorization
• Research assigned IT security systems and provide architecture and security recommendations

Security Engineer – FedRAMP Engineer

Network Operations

• Provide Tier 1 through Tier 3 network operations support, from triage and connectivity checks to routing protocol troubleshooting, VLAN changes, and firewall rule analysis
• Work a staggered West Coast shift extending enterprise coverage from 7:00 AM Eastern through 5:30 PM Pacific
• Participate in the 24x7x365 on-call rotation and respond to Priority 1 incidents within 15 minutes
• Prepare Methods of Procedure for every configuration change, including rollback plans and risk assessments, and carry them through the Change Control Board
• Maintain topology diagrams, asset inventories, and knowledge base articles
• Record activity in ServiceNow ITSM and report ticket status, overage tickets, and service level performance monthly
• Monitor customer edge routers and terminating circuits for latency, jitter, packet loss, and availability
• Open and manage trouble tickets with MPLS carriers and transport providers, escalate through vendor management chains, and schedule intrusive testing windows
• Own incident and internal communications during circuit outages, providing hourly status updates until service restoration
• Apply Quality of Service markings and policy on customer edge routers for mission data and VoIP traffic
• Perform on-premise hardware work at the Seattle data center, including rack and stack, fiber and copper cabling, and hardware replacement with RMA processing
• Support Data Center Interconnect tuning for storage replication and continuity of operations
• Monitor rack power and cooling and alert facilities management to deviations
• Produce quarterly capacity planning reports analyzing port density and bandwidth utilization and forecasting hardware procurement needs
• Support failover testing of internet, DMZ, and cloud access paths with the security team

• Serve as the incident response manager for incoming tickets, owning triage, categorization, and routing to Tier 2 and Tier 3 engineers
• Perform first-tier diagnostics, including connectivity verification, interface status checks, and switch port resets
• Monitor the enterprise monitoring platform for alarms and open tickets proactively when thresholds are crossed
• Escalate against defined service levels so that Priority 1 incidents receive a response within 15 minutes
• Track ticket aging and flag overage tickets before they breach a service level
• Open, update, and close tickets in ServiceNow ITSM, capturing problem statements, actions taken, and resolutions
• Process network service requests submitted through the service catalog
• Provide status updates to requesters and government stakeholders throughout the incident lifecycle
• Supply ticket metrics and service level performance data for weekly and monthly status reports
• Write and maintain How-To articles for common troubleshooting steps
• Keep topology diagrams and asset inventories current as devices are added, replaced, or retired
• Support device inventory validation across Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switches, Cisco Firepower Threat Defense firewalls, Cisco ISE appliances, and Ubiquiti UniFi and Meraki switches
• Assist senior engineers with monitoring configuration, dashboard upkeep, and change documentation

Junior Network Operations

• Deliver Tier 1 through Tier 3 network operations for the headquarters campus and East Coast footprint of a federal enterprise network
• Open the operational day at 7:00 AM Eastern and monitor LAN, WAN, and carrier MPLS circuit health across approximately 50 nationwide sites
• Provide on-premise technical support for headquarters infrastructure
• Provide triage, connectivity checks, port resets, routing protocol troubleshooting, VLAN changes, and firewall rule analysis
• Work the East Coast shift, typically 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM Eastern
• Participate in the 24x7x365 on-call rotation and respond to Priority 1 incidents within 15 minutes
• Prepare Methods of Procedure with rollback plans and risk assessments and carry changes through the Change Control Board
• Maintain topology diagrams, asset inventories, and knowledge base articles
• Record activity in ServiceNow ITSM and report ticket status, overage tickets, and service-level performance monthly
• Monitor customer edge routers and circuits, tracking latency, jitter, packet loss, and availability
• Manage trouble tickets with MPLS carriers and transport providers and schedule intrusive testing windows
• Own incident and internal communications during circuit outages and provide hourly status updates until restoration
• Apply Quality of Service markings and policy on customer edge routers
• Perform headquarters rack and stack, structured cabling, and hardware replacement with RMA processing
• Serve as the on-site technical presence when remote access is unavailable or tasks cannot be delegated
• Support access-layer readiness for 802.1X enforcement and failover testing of internet, DMZ, and cloud access paths
• Travel to data center and regional sites as directed for physical infrastructure work

Network Engineer

• Design, automate, and operate the multi-cloud networking layer connecting a federal agency's on-premise data centers to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Google Cloud Platform
• Manage dual FastConnect virtual circuits terminating at the Ashburn data center, including BGP peering configuration, maintenance, and bandwidth capacity planning
• Design and administer OCI Virtual Cloud Networks, including CIDR allocation, subnets, route tables, Security Lists, and Network Security Groups
• Support migration of on-premise Oracle databases and related resources into OCI, confirming network readiness before cutovers
• Automate migration, validation, and documentation procedures
• Manage GCP Cloud Interconnect and HA VPN backup paths
• Engineer Global VPCs, Shared VPC host and service project configurations, and VPC peering relationships
• Define, version control, and deploy GCP network components through Terraform, including VPCs, firewall rules, Private Service Connect configurations, and load balancers
• Maintain the Terraform code base using Google Cloud Secure Source Manager
• Provide hybrid connectivity support for workload, data, and support system migrations to GCP
• Engineer secure inter-cloud connectivity and apply BGP traffic engineering
• Confirm cloud traffic inspection and logging comply with TIC 3.0 reference architectures
• Convert OCI and GCP environments from IPv4-only to IPv6 dual-stack and validate IPv6 requirements
• Report monthly on connectivity utilization, BGP peering, Interconnect and HA VPN health, and Terraform provisioning changes
• Prepare Methods of Procedure for cloud network changes and carry them through the Change Control Board
• Participate in the 24x7x365 on-call rotation and respond to Priority 1 incidents within 15 minutes

Cloud Network Engineer

QA Engineer

• Develop and maintain the AirHub Test Strategy
• Establish and lead the AirHub Quality Engineering practice
• Manage contractor test engineers
• Coordinate EPA testing resources
• Own UAT test planning, execution governance, defect management, results, and quality exit criteria with the Implementation Lead and EPA business stakeholders
• Provide testing results and quality criteria to support Beta and Production release readiness decisions
• Establish and mature the automated testing framework
• Oversee TestRail governance
• Define release quality metrics
• Coordinate external stakeholder testing activities
• Lead functional, integration, system, regression, automation, performance, user acceptance, and external stakeholder testing activities
• Establish the testing framework supporting Agile development and phased releases

Technical Writer

Cribl/Splunk Engineer

Senior Splunk Administrator

Cribl/Splunk Engineer

Cybersecurity Analyst, Reporting

IT Systems Administrator

Principal Security Engineer

Senior Enterprise Security Architect

SOC Analyst

Security Engineer – FedRAMP Engineer

Network Operations

Junior Network Operations

Network Operations

Cloud Network Engineer

Quality Engineering Lead