Careers

ROLE

The security engineer plays a key role in the security engineering team, ensuring that security best practices are followed and that tools and processes that support a secure platform are maintained and kept up to date. Ideal candidates will have a mixture of security and systems engineering backgrounds to ensure that business processes are configured correctly and that security best practices are designed and implemented.

• Implement design reviews to evaluate security controls
• Identify and communicate opportunities to enhance company security posture   
• Build and/or manage enterprise security platforms effectively
• Communicate effectively across all levels of management to articulate security goals and vision
• Identify and communicate opportunities to enhance company security posture  
• Build and / or manage enterprise security platforms effectively (SAAS, on premise or in Cloud)
• Communicate effectively across all levels of management to articulate company security goals and vision
• Have a team player mentality; strive to contribute to team cohesion however can work independently if the need arises
• Plan, design, engineer and implement security-related technologies
• Understanding technical security issues, their implications within company business units and able to effectively communicate them to management and other business leaders
• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain security infrastructure – including software and hardware in cloud environments, as well as on-premises
• Conduct security audits and assessments to regularly determine the effectiveness of security platforms and identify areas of improvement
• Host and operating systems hardening, auditing, monitoring and logging with appropriate security controls and best practices while meeting security best practices and business goals
• Research and explore emerging security technologies and determine their appropriate use within the company
• Prepare, document, and create standard operating procedures and protocols.
• Crosstrain and mentor other team members as needed

KEY CLIENT NOTES

• Hourly $100 – $105
• 6+ Month Contract
• Thorough experience implementing advanced cyber security technology in a complex environment 
• 5+ Years of experience; Hands-on experience in security engineering, hands-on experience in building, designing, and maintaining enterprise security tools
• 5+ Years (hands-on) Splunk experience and knowledge, including admin experience – ability to set up and migrate spaces, ingest data, etc. 
• 5+ Years experience Linux operating systems
• 3+ Years hands-on experience with automation technologies; Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc
• 5+ Years Scripting experience (using Python, Go, or other equivalent languages)
• Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder

QUALIFICATIONS

• Hands-on technical experience with networking and computing system architectures, specifically, the security aspects thereof
• Thorough understanding of information security principles, techniques, principles, policy frameworks, and best practices
• Hands-on technical experience with compliance and regulatory frameworks and how they affect architecture designs and review
• MUST HAVE Security and Cloud certifications (CISSP, Splunk Admin, AWS Solution architect)

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