Highlights
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. 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.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | (Remote) |
| Job Type | Contractor |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $80–$90 Per Hour |
| Headquarters | Englewood, CO, US |
| Website | http://www.excelraise.com |
Description
***This is 100% Remote Job***
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.
Job Responsibilities
- Primarily assist in the planning, design, development, deployment, administration and operational support of enterprise security automations and custom security tools.
- 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.
- 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.
Qualifications
- 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
- 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
Excelraise is a leader in consulting and technology. We help enterprises transform and thrive in a changing world through strategic consulting and operational leadership. At Excelraise, we outperform the competition and stay ahead of the innovation curve.