Overview

Connection has a fantastic opportunity through our Technical Staffing division for a Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer in Nashville, TN. This is a Contract-to-hire opportunity with outstanding benefits.

Responsibilities

• Determines security requirements by evaluating business strategies and needs.
• Researches information security standards, conducts in depth system security reviews, vulnerability analyses and risk assessments.
• Studies security architecture/platform to identify integration issues or opportunities and prepares cost estimates.
• Mentors and trains cybersecurity team on security tools and security best practices.
• Responsible for administration, data ingestion, parsing, dashboard design, and custom searches of company SIEM.
• Conducts periodic independent security audits including NIST, HIPAA and SOX audits and all internal controls compliance programs. Generates reports as needed from the various security systems to support regulatory compliance.
• Investigates known or suspected security incidents and performs thorough threat hunting and remediation using cybersecurity tools.
• Responsible for firewall and URL filtering configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and various other security measures.
• Responsible for Identity and Access Management.
• Responsible for Endpoint Detection and Response administration.
• Responsible for security setup, maintenance, and monitoring in Azure/M365 cloud environment.
• Evaluates and recommends security products for various platforms to support the company.
• Conducts training sessions with various audiences, provides support, and educates users on security policies and consults on security initiatives and issues.
• Researches emerging technologies and maintains awareness of current security risks in support of security enhancement and development efforts. Participates in educational opportunities, professional networks, and professional organizations.
• Troubleshoots assigned work tickets supporting daily operations and problems as they occur as well as provide 24/7 on-call support rotation.

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Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or another related field is required.
• Seven years of Cybersecurity experience is required.
• Additional years of related experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
• Experience using Security Incident/Event Management (SIEM) systems like Splunk to search and analyze data providing insights to act on.
• Experience with vulnerability scanners such as Tenable to detect network/security vulnerabilities and provide corrective actions.
• Experience in administering Azure AD, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Possess thorough knowledge of network protocols, network design, and IP sub-netting.
• Experience with NIST and Zero Trust is preferred.
• Must demonstrate a deep understanding of security knowledge and the ability to work independently and interact with the network team and other teams in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications is required.