Overview

Connection has a fantastic opportunity through our Technical Staffing division for a Security Engineer in Seattle, WA. This is a fulltime opportunity and offers outstanding benefits.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the Scrum framework as a developer to continuously add value to the firm
• Contribute to and maintain a custom scripts repository
• Install, modify, and maintain servers, applications, databases, storage systems, networking infrastructure, and backup/recovery systems
• Design, build, and support a hybrid IT environment, including but not limited to physical/virtual servers, storage, networking, applications, monitoring, security, and cloud services
• Design, deploy, and administer LAN/WAN networks, including firewalls, routers, switches, load balancers, and wireless solutions
• Participate as a 24/7 IT Incident Response Team member by responding to threats and security risks to the organization during office and after-hours as part of an on-call rotation. This includes collaborating with teams/individuals to formulate and apply remediation action
• Monitor networks and systems for security events and alerts to potential/active threats, intrusions, and indicators of compromises; Analyze trends to determine the downstream impact
• Maintain and audit all logs and records associated with operation procedures; Audit security logs, reports, daily system audits, security logs, and authentication features to ensure security-relevant actions are appropriately implemented and executed
• Assist in after-action activity reviews; Identify findings associated with an incident; Engineer a plan to mitigate similar future incidents. Advise management on incidents and incident prevention
• Provide security best practice guidance and expertise to project manager(s) to define requirements for applications, installations, and program architecture for information systems
• Participate in the creation and implementation of cyber security policies, architectures, technical standards, technical controls, security solutions, guidelines, procedures, and other elements necessary to maintain security and compliance posture
• Assist with certification compliance and audit process, providing recommendations for remedial actions when needed
• Interact with threat management tools to identify critical/high-risk systems and create threat analysis reports; Initiate follow-up action, and help reduce identified risks as needed
• Build automation to remediate vulnerabilities and eliminate response inefficiencies rapidly
• Drive company-wide vulnerability remediation campaigns.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics, engineering, or other related field or equivalent work experience
• Ability to write PowerShell and construct WQL and SQL queries
• In-depth knowledge of the OSI model as it pertains to troubleshooting and system architecture
• Experience with Microsoft 365 technologies
• Experience with VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V administration
• Deep familiarity with Windows Server OS, Active Directory, and other Microsoft Windows Services
• Minimum of 4 years of related cybersecurity experience, including two years of increasing responsibility in the core technical area or equivalent
• Ability to travel, as required
• CompTIA Security , Network , Cybersecurity Analyst, or other IT certifications are a plus
• Experience working with Cloud technologies