Apply today for consideration!Title: IT Security Engineer IVLocation: RemotePay rate: $100.00 - 105/hour DOEDuration: 6+Months (Possibility of extension) Duties:
- Engineer Automation Pipelines: Design, build, and maintain automated vulnerability ingestion and enrichment pipelines, aggregating data from diverse sources (ASM, EXM, Endpoint/CrowdStrike, and continuous Watchlists).
- Automate Triage & Routing: Develop automated gate-routing and risk-scoring mechanisms to systematically eliminate manual triage toil and accelerate defect prioritization.
- Operationalize Threat Data: Partner with Threat Intelligence and Offensive Security to integrate adversary-awareness metrics (KEV, EPSS) into automated ticketing and residual risk ledgers.
- Agentic Remediation Support: Assist in engineering automated remediation workflows (such as auto-PR generation and guardrail enforcement) to scale defect resolution across builder teams.
- Defect Framework Enforcement: Programmatically enforce the Security Defect Framework, ensuring all automated tickets carry accurate priority, automated attribution, and clear definitions of done without requiring manual review.
- Root-Cause Analysis: Analyze vulnerability volume trends (e.g., top ACP policy violations) and engineer programmatic prevention strategies to drive down inbound defect volume.
Skills:
- Software Engineering: High proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages specifically for building robust automation, RESTful API integrations, and data manipulation scripts.
- Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of modern Vulnerability & Defect Management, Attack Surface Management (ASM), and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) in enterprise environments.
- Risk Contextualization: Strong working knowledge of exploitability frameworks (CVSS, EPSS, CISA KEV) and how to apply them programmatically to asset inventories.
- Data Aggregation: Experience building systems that correlate and sanitize data from disparate security platforms into a unified risk model.
- Execution & Autonomy: A strong "builder" mindset with a proven track record of converting manual operational workflows into scalable code.
Education Required
Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field.
Education Preferred
Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field.
Additional Information
Work is expected to be done in a 100% Remote.
Russell Tobin offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Fair Chance Employment
Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.
Accommodations
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.
Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.
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