Engineer - Security

Job Title : Engineer - Security

Location: Virtual

Description:

The Security Engineer will be responsible for implementing and monitoring security measures around our Managed Services Tools infrastructure. The Security Analyst should have the necessary expertise and job experience to work effectively with their peers in the analysis, maintenance, monitoring and hardening of production network systems and servers.

Responsibilities:

Participate in and provide guidance for Information Security reviews, reporting, and compliance.

Develop or implement security tools to assist in detection, prevention and analysis of security threats

Perform penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, risk analyses, and security assessments

Participate in risk mitigation, PCI, account management, monitoring, incident response, and other security-related processes

Create correlation rules and investigate events utilizing a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) architecture

Execute and analyze security scan data in support of responsibilities using industry standard tools.

Effectively communicate to company stakeholders risks and compliance expectations.

Provide management with reports and escalations on vulnerability and threat management efforts.

Identify, monitor, and investigate security vulnerabilities and threats while maintaining proficiency in vulnerability and threat management best practices. Research and maintain proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and trends in computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding and encryption.

Working knowledge of TCP/IP, networking design, and routing architectures.

Working knowledge of Regular Expressions and SNORT rules

Working knowledge of methods to provide privacy, integrity, and non-refusal to network connections.

Working knowledge of network security systems and protocols including Firewalls, HTTP, FTP, SSH, etc.

Strong customer service, communication, and teaming skills.

Requirements:

Proof of US Citizenship. Esssential

Minimum 2 years’ experience or equivalent in Information Security. Essential

GSEC, OSCP, CISSP Certifications. Desirable.

Working knowledge of TCP/IP, Networking and Cyber Security. Essential

Experience with Unix and Windows operating systems. Essential

Experience with SIEM products (McAfee Nitro, ArcSight, QRadar, etc). Essential

1-3 years’ experience in supporting one or more of the following technologies: IPS, Vulnerability scanning, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), Network Packet Capture, NetFlow. Essential

Experience with investigating security incidents, and developing incident responses. Essential

Strong customer service skills. Essential

Excellent Communication and Presentation skills. Essential

Ability to work individually or in a team environment. Essential

Possess a high level of self-initiative, drive and motivation, along with organizational skills, while being a team player with a high level of accountability and ownership. Essential