Senior Security Specialist Morristown, NJ

Position:- Senior Security Specialist

Location:- Morristown NJ

Duration:-Long contract

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and implement security solutions and tools like Aurora, Palo Alto Cortex to improve security posture and protect organizations infrastructure and data.
• Review and validate policy configurations and utilize security tools including EPP, EDR, XDR, cloud security configurations, network security technologies to improve and fine-tuning.
• Work with MFX and clients for endpoint security related report review and provide technical details.
• Proven security engineering and administration experience with EPP, EDR, XDR technologies preferably Aurora, Cortex etc.
• Research the latest security best practices and technologies, staying abreast of new threats and vulnerabilities and helping disseminate this information within the groups at the company.
• Develop and implement cybersecurity strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Lead and coordinate incident response activities, including containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Conduct post-incident analysis to identify lessons learned and recommend improvements.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to manage and mitigate security incidents.
• Provide guidance and support to junior security team members during incident response activities.
• Perform analysis of suspicious files and malware samples.
• Identify malware behavior, capabilities, and potential impact.
• Develop and maintain a malware analysis lab and related tools.
• Provide recommendations for mitigation and response to malware incidents.
• Stay updated with emerging malware trends and techniques.
• Familiarity with Cyber Kill chain and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Establish, execute, communicate, and oversee project management for MFX and clients.

Education / Work Experience:

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, network security, cloud security, threat hunting including a minimum of 5+ years of experience in Endpoint Security technologies.
• Work experience with securing cloud infrastructure in Azure/AWS.
• Experience in WAF, DDoS configurations and incident handling skills.
• Preferred Certifications: GIAC, CISM, CCSP, CISSP, or equivalent certification, work experience, or skills.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, best practices, and industry frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001).
• Good to have digital forensic investigations, including timeline analysis.

Knowledge / skills:

• Advanced knowledge and understanding in various disciplines such as security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, and application security.
• Experience using endpoint security technologies like Aurora, Cortex, or similar.
• Strong technical experience in cloud security services network and storage encryption, network security groups, web security and identity and access management.
• Administering and improving industry standard security controls using security tools like EPP, EDR, XDR etc. and driving operational excellence.
• Experience with multiple Operating systems (Linux, Unix, Windows)
• Understanding of forensic principles and methodologies, including timeline forensics (Good to have)
• Excellent customer relationship and strong communication (i.e., written and verbal), presentation, teamwork skills and resourcefulness.

Vaibhav Kumar

VBeyond Corporation

Recruitment Lead

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390 Amwell Road, Suite # 107, Hillsborough, NJ 08844

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