Cybersecurity Engineer - CONTRACT TO HIRE

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
10% Travel

Skills

Cybersecurity
ISO 271
TCS
threat hunting
vulnerability management
controls compliance
DAST
vulnerability
security operations

Job Details

Clover Consulting has a large, direct client in Greer, SC in need of a Cybersecurity Engineer. This is a contract to hire position. And it is also an onsite position. Local candidates preferred, but client will consider candidates willing to relocate.

Position Overview

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join our team. You will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and enhancing comprehensive cybersecurity solutions to ensure the protection and integrity of our IT systems and data across various environments, including corporate, manufacturing, cloud, and IoT. You will also lead our incident processes and help drive operational improvement across all of security operations. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented and proactive cybersecurity expert with a strong technical background in designing and managing comprehensive security measures across enterprise environments.

About the Role You Will:

  • Work with IT and internal and external business partners to integrate security into the evaluation, selection, installation, and configuration of hardware and Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support vulnerability management and security operations to protect corporate, manufacturing, cloud, and IoT environments.
  • Build and enhance cybersecurity tools, configure and manage security technologies such as endpoint detection, antivirus, vulnerability management, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, cloud tools and more.
  • Research, design, and implement cybersecurity solutions, driving automation, orchestration and advanced threat analysis.
  • Lead the secure design and management of on premise, cloud, and network
  • Manage and optimize tool and environment configurations to maintain a strong security posture, perform vulnerability assessments, and prioritize remediation based on risk.
  • Lead incident response, including containment, eradication, and recovery across IT systems, and handle suspicious files, malware analysis, and response process development.
  • Conduct forensic investigations and produce detailed reports in response to complex or broad- scale security incidents, coordinating with internal/external counsel, law enforcement, and government entities.
  • Conduct proactive threat hunting using, log collection, parsing, and normalization
  • Analyze network, system, and application architectures to make recommendations for improvement, including advanced packet analysis and log trail analysis.
  • Assist in the development, review, and updates of cybersecurity policies, architectures, and standards and respond to any audit requests.
  • Lead continual improvement initiatives for security to improve detection and orchestration of security events.
  • Conduct vulnerability assessments, threat assessments, and penetration
  • Provide user training on cybersecurity ensure to improve
  • Support processes for documentation, reporting and departmental KPIs for
  • Support on-call emergency incidents as
  • Perform other duties as

About You

  • Self-starter with the ability to adapt interpersonal styles and techniques to influence at all levels of the organization.
  • Customer-focused attitude, with high level of professionalism and
  • Excellent trouble-shooting abilities in software and hardware and be able to lead security incident calls and trouble-shooting conversations until resolved and help provide detailed root cause analysis reports.
  • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality, establish trust and credibility, and act with complete
  • Detail-oriented, resourceful and
  • Strong time management and organizational
  • Sound judgment and team problem-solving
  • Excellent English written and verbal communication

Your Experience Includes

  • Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field, with 6+ years of IT security experience or 8+ years in IT roles.
  • Experienced in incident response, threat hunting, ethical hacking, malware mitigation, and patch management strategies
  • Knowledgeable in regulatory compliance and frameworks, with experience in implementing controls based on NIST. ISO, CIS, and PCI-DSS.
  • Active security certifications such as CEH, Security+, ISC2, SANS/GIAC, CISSP, CASP+, SSCP+ or equivalents preferred.
  • Deep technical knowledge in application and infrastructure
  • Experience with Active Directory and PKI
  • Experience with SIEM, Okta, Vulnerability Management solutions such as Tenable
  • Experience with cloud security technologies (SWG, CSG, CASB, DLP, CWP )
  • Experience with mobile
  • Experienced in application security tools (SCA, SAST, DAST) and mobile security
  • Skilled in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash to automate security tasks and enhance system defenses.
  • Proficient in advanced threat models such as MITRE ATT&CK to inform security strategies and

Travel: 0 - 10%

Location: Greer, SC