Cyber Engineer (Remote)

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Title: Cyber Engineer (Remote)

Duration: 6 months (with the possibility to extend beyond)

Location: Remote

Contractor must be a U.S. citizen. Security clearance is not required.

Description:

Goals and Objectives:

• Maintain a secure posture during migration
• Ensure security tooling is configured and validated
• Reduce internal workload via augmentation
• Enable focus on architecture and governance
• Maintain alignment with NIST SP 800-171 / CMMC

Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Security Configuration and Hardening

• Assist with implementation and validation of:
  • CIS baseline configurations (L1 minimum)
  • Secure configuration of endpoints, identities, and cloud services
• Validate security configurations across:
  • Entra ID (Azure AD)
  • Intune-managed devices
  • Microsoft 365 services
• Identify and remediate configuration drift

2. Vulnerability Management

• Validate agent deployment and reporting coverage
• Perform vulnerability triage and prioritization
• Track remediation progress and validate closure
• Identify gaps in scanning coverage (devices, subnets, cloud resources)

3. Microsoft Defender Support

• Assist with configuration, tuning, and validation of:
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Defender for Cloud Apps
  • Defender for Identity
• Ensure:
  • Devices are properly onboarded
  • Telemetry is being received
  • Alerts are actionable and tuned
• Support Advanced Hunting queries and validation
• Assist with the configuration and installation of ARC on servers

4. Logging and Monitoring

• Validate log ingestion into Microsoft Sentinel and/or SIEM
• Ensure telemetry coverage across:
  • Endpoints
  • Identities
  • Cloud applications
• Identify gaps in logging or integration
• Assist in alert tuning and the reduction of false positives
• Validate integrations (e.g., Okta, Defender, M365, network tools) Identity
• Okta MFA support
• Access Reviews

5. Migration Security Validation

• Validate security posture before, during, and after migration waves:
  • Devices properly onboarded to security tools
  • Policies applied correctly
  • No loss of visibility or control
• Identify and escalate security gaps introduced by migration activities
• Mobile Device MAM/MDM support

Key Requirements

• Contractor must be a U.S. Citizen. Security clearance is not required.
• Experience with Defender, Sentinel, Intune, Entra ID, Okta, and Tenable
• Knowledge of NIST 800-171 / CMMC
• SOC/security operations experience
• Preferred certifications: SC-200, CISSP

Past Performance

• Support during IT transformations, Defender/SlEM operations
• Vulnerability management experience

About us:

DivIHN, the 'IT Asset Performance Services' organization, provides Professional Consulting, Custom Projects, and Professional Resource Augmentation services to clients in the Mid-West and beyond. The strategic characteristics of the organization are Standardization, Specialization, and Collaboration.

DivIHN is an equal opportunity employer. DivIHN does not and shall not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.

Okta, Tenable, Intune, NIST 800-171 / CMMC, Defender, Sentinel, Entra ID