Security Operations Engineer
Hybrid in Woodbridge, NJ, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 day ago

A4 Staffing LLC
Dice Job Match Score™
🔗 Matching skills to job...
Job Details
Skills
- Information Security
- On-premise
- AWS
- Active Directory
- SOC tools
- Web Proxies
- SIEM
- CompTIA Security+
- GSEC
- or CEH
Summary
Job Summary
The Security Operations Engineer is responsible for the health, governance, and monitoring of the organization s identity infrastructure and digital perimeter. This role balances proactive hygiene such as Active Directory cleanup and MFA enforcement with reactive incident response and vulnerability management. You will act as a guardian of the "Least Privilege" model, ensuring that identities are secure, systems are monitored via Splunk, and emerging threats are mitigated through continuous auditing and the use of advanced tools like BloodHound and CrowdStrike.
Revised Job Description: Security Operations Engineer
Role Overview
We are looking for a detail-oriented Security Operations Engineer to join our collaborative Cyber Security team. This role is ideal for a professional who thrives on technical discipline and clear documentation. You will focus on three critical pillars: Identity Governance, Threat Detection, and Vulnerability Remediation. By auditing user privileges and enhancing our monitoring capabilities, you will play a vital role in reducing our organization's attack surface.
Key Responsibilities
- Identity & Access Governance
- Active Directory Hygiene: Conduct regular health checks to disable stale accounts, resolve password expirations, and clean up duplicate credentials in Azure AD.
- Privilege Management: Enforce the "Least Privilege" model by auditing service accounts and removing unnecessary local administrative rights across the enterprise.
- Authentication & Scope: Verify Duo MFA enforcement for high-risk accounts and ensure environment isolation (preventing Dev/Test credentials from accessing Production).
- Security Monitoring & Incident Response
- SIEM Optimization: Develop and refine detection use cases within Splunk to improve threat visibility.
- Alert Response: Investigate and remediate alerts from EDR, network anomaly detection, and identity protection tools (e.g., CrowdStrike, ExtraHop, Canary).
- Operational Readiness: Build and maintain high-quality runbooks, response templates, and knowledge articles to standardize incident handling.
- Vulnerability & Threat Management
- AD Security: Utilize specialized tools like BloodHound and PingCastle to map and close attack paths within Active Directory.
- Threat Intelligence: Research emerging attack vectors and integrate third-party threat intel to proactively secure the environment.
- App Remediation: Identify unsupported or vulnerable applications and coordinate with stakeholders for patching or decommissioning.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience: 1 3 years in Information Security (4+ years preferred), with experience in both On-premise and AWS environments.
- Technical Proficiency: * Hands-on experience with Active Directory (group structures and lifecycle management).
- Familiarity with SOC tools: EDR (Carbon Black/CrowdStrike), Web Proxies, and SIEM (Splunk).
- Strong understanding of network protocols and troubleshooting.
- Soft Skills: Exceptional written communication for creating process documentation and runbooks; strong analytical thinking for resolving complex security incidents.
Preferred Skills & Certifications
- Certifications: CompTIA Security+, GSEC, or CEH.
- Frameworks: Knowledge of ITIL processes and ServiceNow.
- Technical Pluses: Experience with Oracle Databases, Network Firewalls, or tools like Varonis, Imperva, and Forescout.
- Dice Id: 91165404
- Position Id: 8855745
- Posted 1 day ago
Company Info
IT staffing departments are currently grappling with significant challenges as they are expected to achieve more with fewer resources. As the IT job market strengthens, organizations nationwide are under pressure to expand their workforce, including help desk and desktop support roles, and especially in specialized areas like system administration, network engineering, DBA, and development. With growing demand, the pool of skilled labor has shrunk, leading to soaring recruitment costs in an increasingly competitive labor market.
For over a decade, A4staffing has been a trusted partner in overcoming these challenges. By leveraging our core expertise, we access a deeper candidate pool than typical HR departments can. Our flexible Contract-to-Hire program and highly competitive rates for permanent placements help maximize budget efficiency while ensuring successful hires. Clients rely on us for their short-term and long-term staffing needs across various roles, including developers, engineers, architects, project managers, directors, and CIOs. Our expert staffing team ensures we match the right candidates to each position.
Similar Jobs
It looks like there aren't any Similar Jobs for this job yet.
Search all similar jobs