Cyber Security Platform Engineers needed for both associate and senior level roles
These are contract to hire roles open only to W2 candidates
No third party resumes
Must be open to becoming a salaried employee after 6 month contract duration
Subject Matter Expertise in
Important TOP skills: Endpoint/CrowdStrike/Security/EDR/Servers-Linux/Package Management/Intune(MDM)/Windows (policies, weak points, guts of windows-expose vulnerabilities)/file systems/ Active Directory/Azure/Containers/Kubernetes.
What you will be doing:
Design, implement, and manage various security solutions across a wide range of disciplines. These will include Endpoint Security, Application Security, Cloud Security, Network Security, and SIEM. A strong candidate will have a focus in a subset of the disciplines listed. Data Security will not be a primary skillset as 2 engineers on the team focus on it already.
Provide analysis and review of current security solutions, make recommendations for any changes to environment. Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of product offerings and make recommendations based on past experiences.
Develop, test and implement security policies and procedures to ensure compliance with company policy, industry standards and regulatory requirements.
Tune, configure and optimize security tools to defend against new tactics, techniques, and procedures as well as lead initiatives to develop processes for any existing process deficiencies.
Develop solutions with a focus on usability and user efficiency, as well as the ability to interoperate with pre-existing tools and processes.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security solutions into existing infrastructure and workflows.
Stay up-to-date with the latest cybersecurity threats, trends, and technologies, and recommend appropriate security controls and countermeasures.
Provide expertise and guidance on security best practices to internal stakeholders and support teams. Create and deliver technical presentations to peers, other teams and leadership.
Act as subject matter expert within team and provide mentoring and guidance to team members and peers within other organizations. Advocate for security best practices within other teams and organizations.
Work with minimal supervision and drive projects through to completion. Provide visibility and reporting to project activities, present to senior staff and escalate needs as a means to ensure completion against deadlines.
What you need:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field, or the combination of demonstrable relevant experience and skills.
In-depth knowledge of various security technologies, including antivirus, EDR/XDR, DLP, application whitelisting, privilege management, endpoint encryption, WAF, firewalls, web content filtering, CI/CD pipeline inspection tools, CASB, CSPM, SIEM, forensic network collection, DDoS mitigation tools, and vulnerability management.
Advanced level knowledge and experience with market leading security management platforms and deployment tools such as Tanium, InTune, SCCM, etc.
Proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing security solutions in enterprise environments as a project lead or subject matter expert.
Strong understanding of data as it flows from detection and prevention tools to SIEM and how incident handling teams will leverage this data for casework.
Understanding of cybersecurity principles, best practices, and industry requirements and frameworks (e.g. NIST CSF, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Mitre Attack and Defend).
Strong familiarity with network security concepts and technologies (firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, web application firewalls etc.).
Deep understanding of operating system technology, including Microsoft Windows, MacOS and various Linux distributions.
Knowledge of virtualization platforms both centrally managed as well as locally managed as well as the means to provide visibility and control to guest systems.
Working knowledge of cloud-based security solutions and experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Ability to deploy tools in these environments as well as provide critical feedback for requirements in a security capacity.
Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, etc.) for automation and customization of various security solutions.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex security issues. Experience with writing detailed root-cause analysis for senior leadership after major incidents.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
Experience with using data analysis tools such as Excel, PowerBI, Splunk, etc. and the ability to drive change based on evidence as well as design new means of collecting, storing and building views.
Experience using Agile practices for project and program management.
Vertex Solutions Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, citizenship, sex, marital or veteran status, disability or handicap, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.