Job Description

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

No third-party candidates, corp-to-corp, H1-B will be accepted.

Location: Remote, preference to the Greater Phoenix, Arizona area

Hiring Model: Full time, 12 Month Contract, option to extend and/or convert to a permanent employee

The Client:

Our client was named among America's top 500 best large employers and was the only government agency to make this list. Our client operates multiple departments and has over 14,000 employees. Our client prides itself on supporting its citizens in one of the most desirable places to live and work.

The Role

We are looking to hire a cyber security engineer with an analytical mind and a detailed understanding of cybersecurity methodologies. Cyber security engineers are expected to have meticulous attention to detail, outstanding problem-solving skills, work comfortably under pressure, and deliver on tight deadlines.

To ensure success, a cyber security engineer must display an excellent understanding of technology infrastructures using Firewalls, VPN, Data Loss Prevention, IDS/IPS, Web-Proxy, and Security Audits. Top candidates will be comfortable working with a variety of technologies, security problems, and troubleshooting of the network.

Responsibilities

• Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organization's data, systems, and networks.
• Troubleshooting security and network problems.
• Responding to all system and/or network security breaches.
• Ensuring that the organization's data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the appropriate security controls.
• Participating in the change management process.
• Testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities.
• Daily administrative tasks, reporting, and communication with the relevant departments in the organization.

Required Qualifications

• A degree in computer science, IT, systems engineering, OR related experience.
• REQUIRED: Must have demonstrated and successful experience with Palo Alto. Candidates with out Palo Alto will not be considered.
• 3+ years of work experience with incident detection, incident response, and forensics.
• Experience with Firewalls (functionality and maintenance), Office 365 Security, VSX, and Endpoint Security.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, Java, Ruby, Node, Go, and/or Power Shell.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail with an analytical mind and outstanding problem-solving skills.
• Great awareness of cybersecurity trends and hacking techniques.

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