Security Engineer

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Job Details:

Job ID: 10793

Job Title: Security Engineer

Client: SC Department of Administration (SCDOA)

Duration: 12+ Months (with high possibility of extension)

Job Location: 100% Remote

Scope Of the Project:

*) The position will work as a consulting detection engineer within the division of information security.

*) This role will focus on creating, tuning, and maintaining new and existing detection rules within the state monitoring environment.

*) Engaging directly with state agencies to promote, support, and improve adoption of centralized security services is a key focus.

*) The engagement is expected to be needed for 12 months with the possibility of extension.


Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

*) Preference will be given to a candidate who can work onsite over hybrid and over full-time remote (on-site as needed).

*) Review and tune current detection rules within the state SIEM.

*) Perform gap analysis of the current detection coverage.

*) Develop detection rules/solutions to cover found gaps.

*) Monitor threat intelligence sources for new use cases.

*) Work with state soc analysts to create and tune rules.

*) Work with the state threat hunter to identify and remediate detection coverage gaps.

*) Document processes, runbooks, and troubleshooting steps related to the soar and integrations.

*) Coordinate with engineering, soc, and agency staff as needed to meet goals.

Other duties as needed.

Additional Skills And Duties:

*) Proven experience with detection tuning/development..

*) Experience with dashboard creation and reporting.

*) Excellent communication and customer service skills for agency-facing engagement.

*) Experience in working in multi-tenancy environment

*) Experience in multi-agency or enterprise service projects.


Required Education/Certifications:

*) Bachelor's degree in an information technology or information security related field.

*) 8 years of relevant work experience may be substituted in lieu of education.

*) 5 years of experience in supporting large it environments and/or system deployments

*) 5+ years of strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar).

*) Understanding of sigma, Yara, and other industry standard detection languages.

*) Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework.


Preferred skills (rank in order of importance):

*) Experience with the Palo Alto cortex XSIAM platform.

*) Deep understanding of Windows/Linux artifacts.


Preferred Education/Certifications:

*) CISSP, CISA, CISO or equivalent advanced security certification.

*) Additional relevant certifications (E.G., CEH, OSCP, GPEN).

*) Vendor certifications in detection engineering.