Eliassen Group
Eliassen Group

Security Operations Engineer

New York, NY, US • Posted 7 hours ago • Updated 7 hours ago
Contract W2
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Skills

  • Authorization
  • Operational Excellence
  • SAP BASIS
  • Life Insurance
  • Analytical Skill
  • Orchestration
  • Onboarding
  • Normalization
  • RBAC
  • FIPS
  • Cryptography
  • Encryption
  • Firewall
  • Network
  • Collaboration
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Delivery
  • SSP
  • NIST SP 800 Series
  • Access Control
  • Content Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Change Management
  • Information Retrieval
  • Investor Relations
  • International Relations
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Cloud Computing
  • PIM
  • Analytics
  • Incident Management
  • Auditing
  • Management
  • Workflow
  • Scripting
  • Windows PowerShell
  • ARM
  • Terraform
  • Documentation
  • Communication
  • FedRAMP
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • Reporting
  • Lifecycle Management
  • SaaS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft
  • Security Operations
  • CISSP
  • Cisco Certifications
  • Screening
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Recruiting
  • Taxes
  • Insurance
  • Law
  • Management Consulting
  • Finance
  • Regulatory Compliance

Summary

Description:
Hybrid 4 in either New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA

The organization seeks a Security Operations Engineer to strengthen and operate a FedRAMP-aligned Azure environment using native Microsoft security tooling. The role will design detections, run incident response, and drive continuous monitoring with audit-ready evidence across NIST SP 800-53 control families. The engineer will collaborate with cloud engineering, platform teams, and compliance stakeholders to sustain authorization and operational excellence. The position requires proficiency with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, Entra ID, and KQL.

This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $84.00 to $94.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:
  • Design, implement, and tune detections in Microsoft Sentinel, including analytic rules, workbooks, watchlists, and automation with Logic Apps and Playbooks.
  • Build incident response runbooks and orchestration for triage, enrichment, and response using Sentinel automation.
  • Maintain log onboarding pipelines, data connectors, and normalization in Log Analytics to ensure coverage for in-scope resources.
  • Conduct daily SecOps functions including alert triage, investigation, threat hunting, containment, and post-incident reviews.
  • Leverage Defender for Cloud, Defender for Cloud Apps, Entra ID Protection, and Microsoft Defender XDR signals to correlate and respond to threats.
  • Document evidence and maintain audit-ready case records, contributing to POA&M entries and corrective actions.
  • Manage misconfigurations and control enforcement using Defender for Cloud recommendations, Secure Score, and Azure Policy.
  • Partner with platform engineering to remediate vulnerabilities and configuration drift, tracking closures against FedRAMP timelines.
  • Maintain baseline guardrails via Azure Policy and Blueprints and monitor compliance and exceptions with Continuous Monitoring reporting.
  • Implement and support least-privilege patterns with Entra ID, PIM, Conditional Access, RBAC, and managed identities.
  • Coordinate FIPS 140-2 validated cryptography usage with Key Vault and ensure encryption standards at rest and in transit are met and evidenced.
  • Operate Azure Firewall, NSGs, Private Link, and DDoS Protection and monitor and remediate anomalies.
  • Ensure logging and telemetry for network controls are complete, retained, and queryable within Sentinel.
  • Produce monthly and quarterly Continuous Monitoring artifacts and maintain supporting evidence.
  • Update detection coverage maps, control implementation narratives, and operational runbooks as environment changes occur.
  • Collaborate with compliance and assessors, support interviews, evidence collection, and remediation tracking.
  • Embed security checks into CI/CD pipelines using native integrations and support policy compliance and validation.
  • Enforce disciplined change processes and ensure changes are reflected in the SSP, control evidence, and detections.

Experience Requirements:
  • 5+ years in security operations engineering or incident response, including 2+ years operating native Microsoft security tooling in Azure.
  • Hands-on experience building and tuning Microsoft Sentinel detections and automating response with Logic Apps and Playbooks.
  • Practical knowledge of FedRAMP Moderate or High baselines and NIST SP 800-53 control families relevant to operations, including AC, AU, CM, IR, RA, SC, and SI.
  • Proficiency with Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, Entra ID including PIM and Conditional Access, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
  • Strong incident response skills across triage, investigation, containment, and post-incident documentation with audit-quality evidence.
  • Experience operating vulnerability and misconfiguration management workflows and meeting remediation SLAs aligned to FedRAMP timelines.
  • Scripting and automation familiarity using KQL for Sentinel and PowerShell, with ARM, Bicep, or Terraform basics.
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills for playbooks, evidence packages, and stakeholder updates.
  • Experience with Azure Government C High environments (preferred).
  • Prior contributions to FedRAMP Continuous Monitoring reporting and POA&M lifecycle management (preferred).
  • Experience aligning native controls and detections to payment or mission-critical workload risk profiles (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, Defender for Cloud Apps, Entra ID Protection, and Private Link patterns (preferred).
  • Certifications such as AZ-500, SC-200, CISSP, or CCSP (preferred).

Education Requirements:
  • Relevant professional certifications such as AZ-500 Azure Security Engineer Associate (preferred).
  • SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (preferred).
  • CISSP or CCSP certification (preferred).


Recruitment Transparency Notice



Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (, ) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact .

About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
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Company Info

About Eliassen Group

Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company that provides business and IT services for our clients as they seek to transform and execute strategies that will drive exceptional outcomes. Leveraging over 30 years of success, we focus on professional services, talent solutions, and life sciences. Eliassen Group offers local community presence and deep networks. We are committed to positively impacting the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which we operate.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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