Cyber Security Engineer

Dexter Technologies Inc., is a leading provider of Staffing and Recruiting Services. For over two decades, we have put countless professionals to work at exciting opportunities. We are proud of the fact that many of them have been promoted to more senior roles: management, senior management, and senior executive leadership positions.

We are actively seeking qualified candidates for the following position for our client, who is an industry leader:

Position: Cyber Security Engineer

Type: Direct Hire

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ / Hybrid

Job Description

Investigate security events, managing vulnerabilities, and ensuring compliance with documented processes. Work as the lead investigator on escalated cybersecurity events and collaborate with other cybersecurity teams as needed, in a 24x7 environment.

Key Accountabilities

• Conduct daily security tasks such as log reviews, system health checks, and routine monitoring.
• Monitor and analyse security alerts from SIEM, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, firewalls, and other cybersecurity tools.
• Documentation of security events following standard operating procedures (SOPs) for investigating and escalating incidents.
• Experience in Palo Managed Detection and Response (MDR).
• Record incident findings, steps taken to mitigate, and other relevant details in case management systems.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure effective 24/7/365 incident handling coverage

Knowledge/Skills

• Experience in Security Operations, Change Management Processes
• Working knowledge of Endpoint detection, Intrusion detection/prevention systems, Firewalls, SIEM
• Familiarity with common attack techniques and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Experience/Education

• Appropriate technical certification is preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in Information Technology operations.
• At least 1 year of Security Operations experience preferred.