Highlights
THIS POSITION WILL SERVE AS A CONTRACT SECURITY ENGINEER WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION’S DIVISION OF INFORMATION SECURITY. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL SHOW EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING SECURITY AUTOMATION, CUSTOM TOOL DEVELOPMENT, IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT, LINUX SYSTEMS AND A BROAD RANGE OF ENTERPRISE SEC...
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Columbia, SC (Remote) |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2004 |
| Website | http://www.novalink-solutions.com/ |
Description
THIS POSITION WILL SERVE AS A CONTRACT SECURITY ENGINEER WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION’S DIVISION OF INFORMATION SECURITY.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL SHOW EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
SUPPORTING SECURITY AUTOMATION, CUSTOM TOOL DEVELOPMENT,
IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT, LINUX SYSTEMS AND A BROAD RANGE
OF ENTERPRISE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES. THIS CONTRACTOR WILL WORK
WITH A LARGE ENTERPRISE SECURITY TEAM AND ASSIST THE SECURITY
AUTOMATIONS ARCHITECT, SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ANALYSTS
AND INCIDENT RESPONDERS WITH THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT,
IMPLEMENTATION, INTEGRATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF
SECURITY TOOLS, AUTOMATIONS, SYSTEMS AND SERVICES SUPPORTING
MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES.
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE: THIS CONTRACTOR WILL BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED
ON SECURITY ENGINEERING, AUTOMATION, SCRIPTING, TOOL DEVELOPMENT,
SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT WHILE ALSO PROVIDING
IMPORTANT SUPPORT FOR IAM, LINUX-BASED SECURITY SENSORS, DSPM, ASM,
VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT, SIEM, XDR, LOGGING, MONITORING AND
OTHER EVOLVING SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES. THE ROLE REQUIRES HANDS-ON
EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING BOTH SECURITY ENGINEERING AND SECURITY
OPERATIONS, INCLUDING INTERNAL APPLICATIONS, APIS, SDKS, DASHBOARDS,
COMMAND-LINE TOOLS, INCIDENT RESPONSE AUTOMATIONS, CVE ANALYSIS,
ACCESS CONTROLS, PLATFORM TROUBLESHOOTING, SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATION, DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYST ENABLEMENT. THE
CANDIDATE MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING, SOLUTION
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, HSTR, TROUBLESHOOTING,
PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF SECURE
SYSTEMS AND SERVICES IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.
MANDATORY SCREENING REQUIREMENTS: THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE
STRICTLY ENFORCED AND NON-NEGOTIABLE. NO EXCEPTIONS CAN BE
GRANTED. CANDIDATES WHO CANNOT PASS THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT
BE ELIGIBLE FOR HIRE. ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUCCESSFULLY PASS A FULL
CREDIT CHECK AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK DURING THE INITIAL
HIRING PROCESS. ONCE ONBOARD, THEY MUST OBTAIN AND RETAIN ANNUAL
CJIS CERTIFICATION AS PART OF THE ONGOING EMPLOYMENT PROCESS.
OTHER: THIS POSITION IS 100% REMOTE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN ON-CALL
ROTATION SUPPORTING THE 24X7 SOC. AFTER-HOURS MAINTENANCE,
INCIDENT ESCALATION SUPPORT AND OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS WILL BE
REQUIRED AS NEEDED. PREFERENCE WILL BE SHOWN FOR CANDIDATES
PRESENTLY RESIDING INSIDE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT CAN
PHYSICALLY ASSIST WITH EQUIPMENT AND HARDWARE MAINTENANCE AS
NEEDED.
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
THIS POSITION IS 100% REMOTE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN ON-CALL ROTATION
SUPPORTING A 24X7 SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER SERVING MULTIPLE STATE
AGENCIES. OTHER AFTER-HOURS WORK MAY BE REQUIRED AS NEEDED.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
PRIMARILY ASSIST IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT,
ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF ENTERPRISE SECURITY
AUTOMATIONS AND CUSTOM SECURITY TOOLS, INCLUDING:
PYTHON-BASED AUTOMATIONS, INTERNAL WEB APPLICATIONS, APIS, SDKS, SCRIPTS,
DASHBOARDS, COMMAND-LINE UTILITIES AND SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS
AUTOMATED WORKFLOWS FOR ALERT ENRICHMENT, TRIAGE, INCIDENT RESPONSE,
CASE MANAGEMENT, NOTIFICATIONS, CONTAINMENT, ESCALATION AND REPORTING
CUSTOM TOOLS TO ASSIST WITH CVE VETTING, VULNERABILITY ENRICHMENT,
PRIORITIZATION, TRACKING AND SECURITY DECISION SUPPORT
SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
-- SECONDARILY ASSIST IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATIONAL
SUPPORT OF A BROAD RANGE OF SECURITY PLATFORMS, INCLUDING: DSPM, ASM,
IAM, VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT, EMAIL SECURITY, ENDPOINT SECURITY, SIEM,
XDR, SOAR, LOGGING, MONITORING, NETWORK SECURITY, CLOUD SECURITY AND
THREAT INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATIONS WITH TICKETING, CASE
MANAGEMENT, NOTIFICATION, IDENTITY, DATA SOURCES, APIS, SDKS AND OTHER
ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS AS NEEDED SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PALO ALTO
NETWORKS, PROOFPOINT, TENABLE, CRIBL, WHATSUP GOLD AND OTHER CURRENT
OR FUTURE SECURITY PRODUCTS
-- DEVELOP, TEST, DEPLOY AND MAINTAIN AUTOMATED SECURITY WORKFLOWS,
APPLICATIONS AND SCRIPTS USING PYTHON, POWERSHELL, BASH, REST APIS, JSON,
YAML, VENDOR SDKS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES.
-- ASSIST WITH IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING USER
PROVISIONING, DEPROVISIONING, ACCESS REVIEWS, ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL,
SERVICE ACCOUNTS, API CREDENTIALS, AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND
IDENTITY-BASED SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS.
-- DEPLOY, CONFIGURE, PATCH, MONITOR, OPTIMIZE AND TROUBLESHOOT LINUX
SYSTEMS SUPPORTING SECURITY SENSORS, COLLECTORS, CONNECTORS,
APPLICATIONS, CONTAINERS AND DATA-PROCESSING SERVICES, INCLUDING DOCKER-
BASED ENVIRONMENTS.
-- SUPPORT SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SOC ANALYSTS, INCIDENT
RESPONDERS AND AGENCY CUSTOMERS THROUGH PLATFORM TROUBLESHOOTING,
AUTOMATION DEVELOPMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION, TECHNICAL ESCALATION,
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS.
-- MONITOR AND REPORT ON AUTOMATION HEALTH, APPLICATION AVAILABILITY,
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, SENSOR STATUS, INTEGRATION FAILURES, API ERRORS,
VULNERABILITY STATUS, PLATFORM ISSUES AND OTHER SECURITY ENGINEERING AND
OPERATIONAL METRICS.
-- ENSURE HIGH AVAILABILITY, RESILIENCE, BACKUP, RECOVERY, PATCHING, LIFECYCLE
MANAGEMENT, SECURE CONFIGURATION AND CONTROLLED CHANGE PROCESSES
FOR SECURITY TOOLS, LINUX SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, AUTOMATIONS AND
SUPPORTING SERVICES.
-- COLLABORATE WITH SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ANALYSTS, INCIDENT
RESPONDERS AND AGENCY STAKEHOLDERS TO ALIGN SOLUTIONS WITH BUSINESS
GOALS, INDUSTRY-STANDARD FRAMEWORKS, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND
ORGANIZATIONAL RISK TOLERANCE.
Required Skills
(Ranked by Importance):
-- BROAD HANDS-ON SECURITY
ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
SUPPORTING MULTIPLE
CYBERSECURITY TECHNOLOGIES,
SYSTEMS, INTEGRATIONS AND
OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS.
-- Experience developing security
automations, scripts, integrations, utilities
and custom tools using Python.
-- Strong experience troubleshooting
complex technical issues across
applications, security platforms, operating
systems, networks, identity services and
integrations.
-- LINUX SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT,
CONFIGURATION, PATCHING,
SCRIPTING, SERVICE MANAGEMENT,
MONITORING, TROUBLESHOOTING AND
LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
-- Experience developing automation and
response workflows using Python,
PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON,
YAML and vendor SDKs.
Preferred Skills
(Ranked by Importance):
-- HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
SERVING AS A SECURITY
ENGINEERING GENERALIST IN A
LARGE, MULTI-TENANT, SHARED-
SERVICES OR MANAGED-SERVICE
ENVIRONMENT.
-- Hands-on Linux, Docker, security
sensor, monitoring, scripting and
platform administration
experience.
-- Experience supporting SOC
analysts, security engineers,
incident responders, agency
customers and rapidly changing
operational priorities.
-- Familiarity with Palo Alto
Networks, Proofpoint, Tenable,
Cribl, WUG or other enterprise
security technologies and
experience developing playbooks,
runbooks, procedures and
technical documentation
-- Experience supporting IAM, DSPM, ASM,
vulnerability management, email security,
endpoint security, SIEM, SOAR, logging,
monitoring, cloud security and other
enterprise security technologies.
-- Strong understanding of enterprise
security architecture, incident response,
networking, access control, secure software
development, systems administration and
industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks.
Required Education:
-- BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING OR INFORMATION SECURITY
RELATED FIELD
-- EIGHT YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
(EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED IN LIEU OF
EDUCATION)
-- FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING
LARGE IT ENVIRONMENTS, SECURITY SYSTEMS,
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND/OR SYSTEM
DEPLOYMENTS
Preferred Certifications:
CISSP, Security+, GIAC OR OTHER
RELEVANT CYBERSECURITY
CERTIFICATION
LINUX, PYTHON, CLOUD, IAM OR
OTHER RELEVANT SECURITY
ENGINEERING OR PLATFORM
CERTIFICATION
Work Address: Choose an item.
Identify on-site, hybrid or fully remote?
• If hybrid, provide telecommuting
schedule.
• Fully remote
THIS POSITION IS HOUSED 100% REMOTE AND WILL
PARTICIPATE IN A MONTHLY ON-CALL ROTATION
SUPPORTING THE 24X7 SOC. AFTER-HOURS
MAINTENANCE, INCIDENT ESCALATION SUPPORT AND
OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS MAY BE REQUIRED AS
NEEDED. ALL WORK MUST BE PERFORMED WITHIN
THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES. PREFERENCE
WILL BE GIVEN TO LOCAL SOUTH CAROLINA
BASED CANDIDATES CAPABLE OF FIELDING
SERVICES IN-STATE. CORE HOURS OF 0830-
0500 ET.
VPN or state equipment?
VPN
Additional Skills/Duties:
-- Experience integrating
enterprise technologies using
APIs, SDKs, web services,
structured data formats,
authentication methods and
vendor-supported interfaces.
--Experience developing or
supporting internal web
applications, APIs, dashboards,
databases, command-line tools
and related software
components.
-- Advanced Python development
experience and familiarity with
full-stack development, internal
web applications, APIs, databases,
source control, testing and
software deployment practices.
Requirements
Required Skills
Skill Type
Skill Name
Bachelors Degree in an Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or Information Security related field; 8+ years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of education
5+ years of experience in supporting large IT environments, security systems, software development, and/or system deployments
Hands-on security engineering experience supporting multiple cybersecurity technologies, systems, integrations, and operational functions.
Experience developing security automations, scripts, integrations, utilities and custom tools using Python
Strong experience troubleshooting complex technical issues across applications, security platforms, operating systems, networks, identity services and integrations
Linux system deployment, configuration, patching, scripting, service management, monitoring, troubleshooting and lifecycle management
Experience developing automation and response workflows using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, YAML and vendor SDKs
Experience supporting IAM, DSPM, ASM, vulnerability management, email security, endpoint security, SIEM, SOAR, logging, monitoring, cloud security and other enterprise security technologies
Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture, incident response, networking, access control, secure software development, systems administration and industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks
Preferred Skills
Skill Type
Skill Name
CISSP, Security+, GIAC or other relevant cybersecurity certification
Linux, Python, Cloud, IAM or other relevant security engineering or platform certification
Hands-on experience serving as a security engineering generalist in a large, multi-tenant, shared services, or managed service environment
Hands-on Linux, Docker, security sensor, monitoring, scripting and platform administration experience
Experience supporting SOC analysts, security engineers, incident responders, agency customers and rapidly changing operational priorities.
Familiarity with Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Tenable, Cribl, WUG or other enterprise security technologies and experience developing playbooks, runbooks, procedures and technical documentation
About Company
Novalink, founded in 2003 , is a leading consulting and staffing company serving clients in public and private sectors in Information Technology, Telecommunications (IT/Telecom), Technical Networks, Finance, and Administration. With government agencies as our primary clientele, our team has a proven track record of success in providing temporary personnel solutions and managing government deliverables-based projects over the past 20 years.