Cyber Security Platform Engineer

Job Title: Cyber Security Platform Engineer

Location with zip code: Seattle, WA 98101 (Hybrid)

Duration: 6+ months, Contract

Pay Rate: $60-65/hr

Shift Timing (Day/ Evening/ Night): Day

Role & Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain secure configurations to align with the organization's Zero Trust strategy
• Conduct data and network analysis to support access control policies and micro segmentation strategies.
• Collaborate with teams to implement granular segmentation policies in alignment with Zero Trust principles.
• Participate in the design and implement secure configurations for security platforms (e.g., CSPM, SIEM, EDR, SOAR) across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform.
• Demonstrate a mastery of best practices for network and endpoint security solutions
• Integrate security platforms with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native services.
• Develop scripts to automate platform operations and monitoring.
• Analyze platform metrics and tune configurations for effectiveness.
• Support secure deployment of platforms in containerized and virtualized environments.
• Collaborate with teams to remediate platform vulnerabilities.
• Create dashboards and reports to visualize platform health and security posture.

Required qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and security platform deployment/management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in network security, including experience with security platforms such as Zscaler, and other CSPM, SIEM, EDR, and SOAR solutions.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust principles, including micro segmentation, access control policies, and secure network design.
• Industry certifications in network security or related fields, such as CCNP Security, CISSP, or similar, with additional cloud security certifications (e.g., AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer Associate) being a plus.
• Experience with automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to streamline network security operations a plus.

Technical Skills:

• Security Platforms: Zscaler, Crowd Strike, Wiz, Splunk.
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform.
• Automation Tools: Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins.
• Languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• Container and Virtualization: Docker, Kubernetes, VMware.

About our Company: -

22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.

Recognized among Best Company to Work For by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and s & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.