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Job#: 3033736
Job Description:
Information Security Engineer - TX, AZ, NC, MN
Location: Irving, TX; Charlotte, NC; Chandler, AZ; Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 18 months
Role Overview
This role supports security monitoring, logging, and incident response activities. The position focuses on analyzing logs, identifying threats, supporting investigations, and ensuring visibility across enterprise systems. The engineer will collaborate with multiple teams to enhance monitoring capabilities, respond to incidents, and improve the overall security posture through reporting, automation, and analysis.
Key Responsibilities
Experience: 4 years of Information Security Engineering or Cyber Security Engineering experience.
Technical Skills:
The pay rate for this position is between $53.00 and $57.00 per hour. Contract employees are eligible for benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at or .
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Job#: 3033736
Job Description:
Information Security Engineer - TX, AZ, NC, MN
Location: Irving, TX; Charlotte, NC; Chandler, AZ; Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 18 months
Role Overview
This role supports security monitoring, logging, and incident response activities. The position focuses on analyzing logs, identifying threats, supporting investigations, and ensuring visibility across enterprise systems. The engineer will collaborate with multiple teams to enhance monitoring capabilities, respond to incidents, and improve the overall security posture through reporting, automation, and analysis.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor, analyze, and correlate security logs using Splunk and other tools.
- Participate in computer security incident response activities for moderately complex events.
- Conduct technical investigations and post-incident digital forensics to identify causes and recommend future mitigation strategies.
- Provide security consulting on medium projects for internal clients to ensure conformity with corporate information, security policy, and standards.
- Design, document, test, and maintain security solutions related to cloud, networking, applications, and endpoints.
- Identify security vulnerabilities, perform risk assessments, and evaluate remediation alternatives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and improve monitoring coverage.
- Contribute to threat detection, modeling, and risk management practices.
Experience: 4 years of Information Security Engineering or Cyber Security Engineering experience.
Technical Skills:
- Experience with Splunk, preferably Splunk Cloud.
- Experience with security logging, monitoring, and reporting.
- SQL experience for data analysis and reporting.
- A valid cloud certification is required.
- Strong communication skills.
- Self-motivated and a team player.
- Problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Experience with Power BI for reporting and visualization.
- Exposure to AI or Co-Pilot technologies.
- Experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or incident response environment.
- Automation experience using Python.
- Familiarity with risk assessment and threat modeling practices.
The pay rate for this position is between $53.00 and $57.00 per hour. Contract employees are eligible for benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at or .
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Salary : $53 - $57