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Apex
Job Details
Job#: 3014588
Job Description:
Title: Security Engineer
Location: Remote - Based out of Austin and Houston, TX
Schedule: M-F Core Hours
Compensation: $50+/hr.
*If interested and qualified, please reach out to the professional recruiter, Nicole, at
Description
We are seeking a Security Engineer. In this role you will help to expand our Security team and maintain security compliance in this working environment. The right candidate must thrive in high-pressure situations, think like both an attacker and defender, and drive relevant teams to take the right actions in the right time frames to mitigate risks. We are looking for an individual with a deep understanding on how to balance business and technical risk that can affect the program. You should be able to identify IT risks, define a mitigation plan to remediate, and consistently drive for the right results. You must have a passion for engineering novel solutions to complex security challenges and recognize and fill gaps in capabilities. The successful candidate will have a good mix of broad technical knowledge and a demonstrated background in information security.
Key job responsibilities
As an experienced technology professional, you will be responsible for:
Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Job Description:
Title: Security Engineer
Location: Remote - Based out of Austin and Houston, TX
Schedule: M-F Core Hours
Compensation: $50+/hr.
*If interested and qualified, please reach out to the professional recruiter, Nicole, at
Description
We are seeking a Security Engineer. In this role you will help to expand our Security team and maintain security compliance in this working environment. The right candidate must thrive in high-pressure situations, think like both an attacker and defender, and drive relevant teams to take the right actions in the right time frames to mitigate risks. We are looking for an individual with a deep understanding on how to balance business and technical risk that can affect the program. You should be able to identify IT risks, define a mitigation plan to remediate, and consistently drive for the right results. You must have a passion for engineering novel solutions to complex security challenges and recognize and fill gaps in capabilities. The successful candidate will have a good mix of broad technical knowledge and a demonstrated background in information security.
Key job responsibilities
As an experienced technology professional, you will be responsible for:
- Confidently and intelligently respond to security incidents and proactively consider how to prevent the same type of incidents from occurring in the future
- Design and coordinate cohesive responses to security events that involve multiple teams across the organization
- Build security utilities and tools that enable the team to operate at high speed and wide scale
- Evaluate the impact of current security threats, advisories, publications, and academic research to the organization
- Identify plans of action and coordinate as necessary across teams to mitigate risk
- Communicate effectively at different levels of sensitivity, knowledge, and audiences
- Recognize, adopt, and instill the best practices of security engineering throughout the organization
- Fulfill regular on-call responsibilities.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of relevant experience
- 3+ years of experience in three or more of the following: incident response, application security, network security, security operations, systems engineering, or network engineering
- Experience using industry standard SIEMs
- Experience with security operations of Windows, Mac, and Linux operating system environments
- Experience working with AWS and Azure security services
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree or 8+ years of relevant experience
- Security related certifications (OSCP, OWSP, GPEN, CISSP, CCSP, Security+, etc.)
- Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical teams
- Experience in scripting or programming (Ruby, Python, Shell/BASH, Java, etc.) and automation of security tasks through scripting/programming
- Experience in compliance requirements (NIST, ISO, HIPAA, etc.)
- Extensive knowledge of internet security issues, cloud architecture, threat landscape, and experience with virtualization technologies
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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