Security Engineer

Description

Location: Remote

Shift: Afternoon Shift (2 PM - 10 PM IST). Flexible to have overall of 4 hours with PST.

Responsibilities

• Develop capabilities of security tooling and configuration to better protect systems, improve organization and structure of security tools – especially Microsoft Defender, vulnerability management and remediation.
• Diagnose and fix issues with security tooling and configuration on Windows workstation – including performance issues, loss of functionality, creating exceptions.
• Analyze and report on vulnerability and hardening compliance.
• Document procedures and processes.
• Lead initiatives to develop and build security utilities and tools that will enable others to operate more efficiently and securely in cloud environments.
• Work across cloud, business systems, and product teams to enhance and evangelize security in infrastructure.
• Research emerging technologies and maintain awareness of current security risks in support of security enhancement and development efforts.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Hands-on endpoint systems administration experience – Windows 10/11. Windows Server experience also preferable.
• Proven ability to diagnose tough Windows technical problems and find elegant solutions or workarounds.
• Experience with security management tools, including Microsoft Defender, vulnerability management, update management.
• MacOS systems administration experience preferable.
• Experience with enterprise systems management, such as Active Directory, group policy, Azure Active Directory, Intune.
• 5+ years of experience in the field of information security in the following areas: Windows and MacOS security, vulnerability management and remediation, securing system configuration, e.g., CIS benchmarks and hardening.
• Experience supporting security initiatives and projects by effectively communicating with stakeholders, tracking progress, and organizing processes.
• Advanced people skills to effectively promote ideas and collaboration at the various levels of the organization.
• Excellent analytical skills, organizational skills, ingenuity, and the ability to work as part of a team or autonomously.
• Experience with Excel or other analytical tools.
• Experience automating processes with scripting or other tools.
• Ability to find security gaps and propose solutions to remediate.
• Ability to design, drive, and manage projects of moderate size and complexity.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) from ISC2, GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials Certification) from the SANS Institute or CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
• Knowledge of AWS and Azure cloud computing concepts and security