Mid Senior Security Engineer
On-site · Rockville, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Mid Senior Security Engineer role focusing on applying and enhancing cyber security engineering practices within technology programs. Responsibilities include participating in systems operations/engineering tasks under direct guidance, developing understanding of cyber security approaches, maintaining competency in core security operations, reporting status and issues, adhering to technology policies and security controls, and ensuring work products meet or exceed standards. Requires knowledge of cyber security concepts, operating systems (Linux/Windows/macOS), cloud environments (AWS/Azure), Azure security, compliance monitoring tools (Tripwire, Osquery), security standards, containers, SIEM (Splunk), networks, SQL and regex, scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell, VBScript), SDLC and deployment tools (GitHub, Jenkins), and security certifications are a plus.
Required Qualifications
- Knowledge of Cyber Security concept such as, secure configuration management, industry compliance benchmarks, attacks & attack types, vulnerabilities, mitigation techniques.
- Knowledge of operating systems like Amazon Linux, Linux, Windows, and macOS.
- Key understanding of cloud providers such as AWS, AZURE.
- Strong Working knowledge of Azure Security, Azure Cloud Services, configuration, monitoring, and defining cloud security controls within an Azure environment.
- Experience with compliance monitoring related toolsets such as Tripwire, and/or Uptcys/Osquery.
- Experience with creating, monitoring, and the implementation of security standards & benchmarks.
- Knowledge of containers/containerized environment & services.
- Knowledge of SIEM toolsets like Splunk
- Strong knowledge of network protocols as well as network connectivity troubleshooting.
- Strong knowledge of SQL & Regex capabilities in relation to query/policy based creation
- Working knowledge of scripting in Unix/Windows environment: Bash, Python, VBScript, powershell etc.
- Knowledge of SDLC, full stack deployment (backend/frontend), github, jenkins etc.
- Security based AWS/Azure certifications are a plus, but not a requirement.
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