Cybersecurity Engineer - Long Term Project - Hybrid (Maryland, DC or Atlanta) Title: Splunk Engineer
Location: Hybrid (Maryland, DC or Atlanta)
Duration: + months long term project
Compensation: $-/hr.
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the
What We Do/Project
The Security Engineering team empowers the Global Information and Content Security (GICS) teams by supporting the Security Engineering, Security Architecture, Threat Detection and Response, and other Security teams/functions through the deployment, management, and maintenance of shared, reliable, and extensible security platforms/systems. The security engineer plays a key role in the GICS security engineering team, ensuring that security best practices are followed and that tools and processes that support a secure platform are maintained and kept up to date. Ideal candidates will have a mixture of security and systems engineering backgrounds to ensure that business processes are configured correctly and that security best practices are designed and implemented.
Job Responsibilities / Typical Day in the Role
• Implement design reviews to evaluate security controls
• Identify and communicate opportunities to enhance the security posture
• Build and / or manage enterprise security platforms effectively
• Communicate effectively across all levels of management to articulate security goals and vision.
• Identify and communicate opportunities to enhance the security posture
• Build and / or manage enterprise security platforms effectively (SAAS, on premise or in Cloud)
• Communicate effectively across all levels of management to articulate security goals and vision.
• Have a team player mentality; strive to contribute to team cohesion however can work independently if the need arises
• Plan, design, engineer and implement security-related technologies
• Understanding technical security issues, their implications within business units and able to effectively communicate them to management and other business leaders.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain security infrastructure – including software and hardware in cloud environments, as well as on-premises.
• Conduct security audits and assessments to regularly determine the effectiveness of security platforms and identify areas of improvement.
• Host and operating systems hardening, auditing, monitoring and logging with appropriate security controls and best practices while meeting security best practices and business goals
• Research and explore emerging security technologies and determine their appropriate use within the company.
• Prepare, document, and create standard operating procedures and protocols.
• Crosstrain and mentor other team members as needed
Experience: A minimum of + years of hands-on experience in building, designing, and maintaining enterprise security tools
A minimum of + years of hands-on experience in security engineering
+ years of successfully implementing advanced cyber security technology in a complex environment
Must have + years of scripting experience (using Python or other equivalent languages)
A minimum of + years of hands-on Experience with automation technologies (, Ansible, Terraform, etc.)
Must Have Skills / Requirements
) Implementing advanced cyber security technology in a complex environment
a. + years of experience; Hands-on experience in security engineering, hands-on experience in building, designing, and maintaining enterprise security tools.
) Scripting experience (using Python, Go, or other equivalent languages)
a. + years of experience.
) Hands-on Experience with automation technologies
a. + Years of experience; Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.
) Linux Experience.
a. + years of experience; Ability to construct and maintain complex network infrastructures.
Technology requirements:
• Engineer and administer security platforms including SIEM/SOAR systems, endpoint detection and response, vulnerability management, anomaly detection, and cloud analysis.
• Experience in managing the Brinqa vulnerability management platform and experience with Groovy programming language
• Must have + years of scripting experience (using Python or other equivalent languages)
• Hands-on Experience in public cloud infrastructures like AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Nice to Have Skills / Preferred Requirements
) Security and Cloud certifications are a plus. (CISSP, Splunk Admin, AWS Solution architect).
) Media/entertainment or distributed global network experience.
Soft Skills
) Hands-on technical experience with networking and computing system architectures, specifically, the security aspects thereof.
) Thorough understanding of information security principles, techniques, principles, policy frameworks, and best practices
) Hands-on technical experience with compliance and regulatory frameworks and how they affect architecture designs and review
Education / Certifications
) None required, but certifications preferred. Our benefits package includes:
Comprehensive medical benefits
Competitive pay
(k) retirement plan
much more!