IT Security Engineer

IT Security Engineer with YARA Experience

Charlotte, NC/Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid, Onsite 3 days per week) 6-month contract could extend or convert

Requirements:

3+ years of Security Engineering experience

2+ years of experience with YARA or RegEx scripting

Experience in a SOC environment

Experience with IDS or IPS and Firewalls

Experience with any SIEM platform (Splunk or Chronicle preferred)

YARA-L/YARA 2.0 and Google Chronicle SIEM experience are a home run

Responsibilities:

Lead or actively participate in responding to computer security incidents, focusing on events of moderate complexity.

Conduct thorough technical investigations of security incidents and perform post-incident digital forensics to pinpoint causes and propose future mitigation strategies.

Provide expert security guidance on medium-scale projects for internal clients, ensuring alignment with corporate information security policies and standards.

Develop, document, test, and maintain moderately complex security solutions across various domains including networking, cryptography, cloud services, authentication, email, internet, applications, and endpoint security.

Review and analyze security logs to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities.

Implement industry-leading security solutions and best practices to address key information security components such as availability, integrity, confidentiality, risk management, threat identification, monitoring, incident response, access management, and business continuity.

Assess security vulnerabilities and risks, and propose appropriate remediation strategies.

Collaborate closely with peers, colleagues, and managers to resolve security issues and achieve organizational security goals.

Required Qualifications:

2+ years of experience in Information Security Engineering, demonstrated through work experience, training, military service, or education.