Cybersecurity Engineer

One of the largest entertainment and media corporations in the world is looking to hire a Cybersecurity Engineer for a 6-month contract-to-hire opportunity.

The Security Engineering team empowers the Global Information and Content Security (GICS) teams by supporting the Security Engineering, Security Architecture, Threat Detection and Response, and other Security teams/functions through the deployment, management, and maintenance of shared, reliable, and extensible security platforms/systems.

Job Responsibilities / Typical Day in the Role

• Implement design reviews to evaluate security controls
• Identify and communicate opportunities to enhance the security posture of the company
• Build and / or manage enterprise security platforms effectively
• Communicate effectively across all levels of management to articulate security goals and vision.
• Build and / or manage enterprise security platforms effectively (SAAS, on premise or in Cloud)
• Communicate effectively across all levels of management to articulate 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 all 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

Must Have Skills / Requirements

1. 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.
2. Scripting experience (using Python, Go, or other equivalent languages): 5+ years of experience.
3. Hands-on Experience with automation technologies: 3+ Years of experience; Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.

Nice to Have Skills / Preferred Requirements

1. Security and Cloud certifications are a plus. (CISSP, Splunk Admin, AWS Solution architect).
2. Media/entertainment or distributed global network experience.

Soft Skills

1. Hands-on technical experience with networking and computing system architectures, specifically, the security aspects thereof.
2. Thorough understanding of information security principles, techniques, principles, policy frameworks, and best practices
3. Hands-on technical experience with compliance and regulatory frameworks and how they affect architecture designs and review

Technology requirements:

• Engineer and administer security platforms including SIEM/SOAR systems, endpoint detection and response, vulnerability management, anomaly detection, and cloud analysis.
• Experience in managing the Brinqa vulnerability management platform and experience with Groovy programming language
• Must have 5+ years of scripting experience (using Python or other equivalent languages)
• Hands-on Experience in public cloud infrastructures like AWS (Amazon Web Services)

Years experience:

• A minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience in building, designing, and maintaining enterprise security tools
• A minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering
• 5+ years of successfully implementing advanced cyber security technology in a complex environment
• Must have 5+ years of scripting experience (using Python or other equivalent languages)
• A minimum of 3+ years of hands-on Experience with automation technologies (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, etc.)