Security Architect - Consultant with Min 10yrs exp (Webcam or In Person Interview)(REMOTE_Anywhere in USA)

ON SECURITY ENGINEERING, AUTOMATION, SCRIPTING, TOOL DEVELOPMENT,

SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT WHILE ALSO PROVIDING

IMPORTANT SUPPORT FOR IAM, LINUX-BASED SECURITY SENSORS, DSPM, ASM,

VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT, SIEM, XDR, LOGGING, MONITORING AND

OTHER EVOLVING SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES.

THE ROLE REQUIRES HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING BOTH SECURITY ENGINEERING AND SECURITY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING INTERNAL APPLICATIONS, APIS, SDKS, DASHBOARDS, COMMAND-LINE TOOLS, INCIDENT RESPONSE AUTOMATIONS, CVE ANALYSIS, ACCESS CONTROLS, PLATFORM TROUBLESHOOTING, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYST ENABLEMENT. THE

CANDIDATE MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING, SOLUTION

DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, HSTR, TROUBLESHOOTING,

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF SECURE

SYSTEMS AND SERVICES IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

OTHER: THIS POSITION IS 100% REMOTE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN ON-CALL

ROTATION SUPPORTING THE 24X7 SOC. AFTER-HOURS MAINTENANCE,

INCIDENT ESCALATION SUPPORT AND OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS WILL BE

REQUIRED AS NEEDED. PREFERENCE WILL BE SHOWN FOR CANDIDATES

PRESENTLY RESIDING INSIDE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT CAN

PHYSICALLY ASSIST WITH EQUIPMENT AND HARDWARE MAINTENANCE AS

NEEDED.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• PRIMARILY ASSIST IN PLANNING, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT,
• ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF ENTERPRISE SECURITYAUTOMATION AND CUSTOM SECURITY TOOLS, INCLUDING:
• PYTHON-BASED AUTOMATIONS, INTERNAL WEB APPLICATIONS, APIS, SDKS, SCRIPTS,DASHBOARDS, COMMAND-LINE UTILITIES AND SYSTEM INTEGRATIONSAUTOMATED WORKFLOWS FOR ALERT ENRICHMENT, TRIAGE, INCIDENT RESPONSE,CASE MANAGEMENT, NOTIFICATIONS, CONTAINMENT, ESCALATION AND REPORTINGCUSTOM TOOLS TO ASSIST WITH CVE VETTING, VULNERABILITY ENRICHMENT,PRIORITIZATION, TRACKING AND SECURITY DECISION SUPPORT

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

-- SECONDARILY ASSIST IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF A BROAD RANGE OF SECURITY PLATFORMS, INCLUDING: DSPM, ASM, IAM, VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT, EMAIL SECURITY, ENDPOINT SECURITY, SIEM, XDR, SOAR, LOGGING, MONITORING, NETWORK SECURITY, CLOUD SECURITY AND THREAT INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATIONS WITH TICKETING, CASE MANAGEMENT, NOTIFICATION, IDENTITY, DATA SOURCES, APIS, SDKS AND OTHER ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS AS NEEDED SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PALO ALTO NETWORKS, PROOFPOINT, TENABLE, CRIBL, WHATSUP GOLD AND OTHER CURRENT OR FUTURE SECURITY PRODUCTS

-- DEVELOP, TEST, DEPLOY AND MAINTAIN AUTOMATED SECURITY WORKFLOWS,APPLICATIONS AND SCRIPTS USING PYTHON, POWERSHELL, BASH, REST APIS, JSON,YAML, VENDOR SDKS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES.

-- ASSIST WITH IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING USERPROVISIONING, DEPROVISIONING, ACCESS REVIEWS, ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL, SERVICE ACCOUNTS, API CREDENTIALS, AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND IDENTITY-BASED SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS.

-- DEPLOY, CONFIGURE, PATCH, MONITOR, OPTIMIZE AND TROUBLESHOOT LINUXSYSTEMS SUPPORTING SECURITY SENSORS, COLLECTORS, CONNECTORS,APPLICATIONS, CONTAINERS AND DATA-PROCESSING SERVICES, INCLUDING DOCKER- BASED ENVIRONMENTS.

-- SUPPORT SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SOC ANALYSTS, INCIDENTRESPONDERS AND AGENCY CUSTOMERS THROUGH PLATFORM TROUBLESHOOTING,AUTOMATION DEVELOPMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION, TECHNICAL ESCALATION,KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS.

-- MONITOR AND REPORT ON AUTOMATION HEALTH, APPLICATION AVAILABILITY,

SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, SENSOR STATUS, INTEGRATION FAILURES, API ERRORS,

VULNERABILITY STATUS, PLATFORM ISSUES AND OTHER SECURITY ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONAL METRICS.

-- ENSURE HIGH AVAILABILITY, RESILIENCE, BACKUP, RECOVERY, PATCHING, LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT, SECURE CONFIGURATION AND CONTROLLED CHANGE PROCESSES FOR SECURITY TOOLS, LINUX SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, AUTOMATIONS AND SUPPORTING SERVICES.

-- COLLABORATE WITH SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ANALYSTS, INCIDENT

RESPONDERS AND AGENCY STAKEHOLDERS TO ALIGN SOLUTIONS WITH BUSINESSGOALS, INDUSTRY-STANDARD FRAMEWORKS, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ANDORGANIZATIONAL RISK TOLERANCE

Required Skills (Ranked by Importance):

-- BROAD HANDS-ON SECURITY ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING MULTIPLE

CYBERSECURITY TECHNOLOGIES, SYSTEMS, INTEGRATIONS AND OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS.

-- Experience integrating enterprise technologies using APIs, SDKs, web services, structured data formats, authentication methods and vendor- supported interfaces

-- Strong experience troubleshooting complex technical issues across applications, security platforms, operating systems, networks, identity services and integrations.

-- LINUX SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT, CONFIGURATION, PATCHING, SCRIPTING, SERVICE MANAGEMENT, MONITORING, TROUBLESHOOTING AND LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

-- Experience developing automation and response workflows using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, YAML and vendor SDKs.

-- Experience supporting IAM, DSPM, ASM, vulnerability management, email security,

Endpoint security, SIEM, SOAR, logging, monitoring, cloud security and other enterprise security technologies.

-- Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture, incident response,

networking, access control, secure software development, systems administration and industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks.

Preferred Skills (Rank in order of Importance )

-- HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE SERVING AS A SECURITY ENGINEERING GENERALIST IN A LARGE, MULTI-TENANT, SHARED- SERVICES OR MANAGED-SERVICE ENVIRONMENT.

-- Hands-on Linux, Docker, security sensor, monitoring, scripting and platform administration

experience.

-- Experience supporting SOC analysts, security engineers, incident responders, agency customers and rapidly changing operational priorities.

-- Familiarity with Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Tenable, Cribl, WUG or other enterprise

security technologies and experience developing playbooks, runbooks, procedures and

technical documentation

Required Education:

-- BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING OR INFORMATION SECURITY RELATED FIELD

-- EIGHT YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE (EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED IN LIEU OF EDUCATION)

-- FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING LARGE IT ENVIRONMENTS, SECURITY SYSTEMS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND/OR SYSTEM DEPLOYMENTS

Preferred Certifications:

CISSP, Security+, GIAC OR OTHER RELEVANT CYBERSECURITY CERTIFICATION

LINUX, PYTHON, CLOUD, IAM OR OTHER RELEVANT SECURITY ENGINEERING OR PLATFORM CERTIFICATION

Additional Skills/Duties:

--Experience developing or supporting internal web applications, APIs, dashboards, databases, command-line tools and related software components

-- Advanced Python development experience and familiarity with full-stack development, internal web applications, APIs, databases, source control, testing and software deployment practices.

Candidates must have ALL the "Required" skills in order to be considered for the position. "Desired" or "Highly Desired" skills are a PLUS but may NOT be required.

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