Security Engineer

Role: Junior Security Engineer

Location: Prefer hybrid in Raleigh NC. If not in Raleigh, prefer NC. May be open to remote candidates. “candidates must be able to work without sponsorship, now and in the future.” TOP Needs 2+ years of experience. Cloud Proficiency: Intermediate familiarity with AWS and Azure and Knowledge of services like Lambda, ECR, IAM, Kubernetes, Azure Event Hubs, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint & Identity Proficiency in languages such as Python and Terraform Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems/processes CSPM Tools: • Experience with Wiz or similar tools like Prisma Cloud • Experience with Tenable or similar tools like Qualys Job Description Summary Join our team as a Security Engineer and put your analysis, monitoring, triage, and infrastructure skills to work. In this role, you will: • Assist with the Management/Implementation of mission-critical infrastructure • Participate in analysis of environments and come up with suggestions for improvements to existing processes as well as provide feedback for creating new ones • Audit environments on an ongoing basis as a means of implementing security best practices • Act as a point of escalation for SOC analysts • Provide mentorship to the SOC analysts as needed for help with security analysis/investigation • Assist in the implementation and maintenance of web application security scanning • Ability to assist with learning/piloting new tools as and when needed Requirements: • A strong interest in hands-on security monitoring demonstrated by work experience, academics, and security certifications • Experience with CSPM tools • Experience with compliance frameworks • Experience with Jira and case management is a plus • Experience with Azure Office 365 and SharePoint • Basic Windows Server administration skills • Basic Linux server administration skills • Infra-automation & Containerization is a plus • Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Git, Python, and Terraform What you’ll need to be successful: Cloud Proficiency: • Intermediate familiarity with AWS and Azure • Knowledge of services like Lambda, ECR, IAM, Kubernetes, Azure Event Hubs, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint & Identity • Splunk or other SIEM Experience is a plus • Proficiency in languages such as Python and Terraform is a plus Cisco Confidential • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems/processes CSPM Tools: • Experience with Wiz or similar tools like Prisma Cloud • Experience with Tenable or similar tools like Qualys • Ability to understand and analyze findings in CSPM tools • Compliance Knowledge (NIST 800-171.2) • Ability to identify the difference between true and false positives Incident Response: • Experience in handling and investigating incidents is a plus • A strong interest in hands-on security monitoring demonstrated by work experience, academics, and security certifications Leadership & Communication: • Ability to take initiative in an agile environment • A focus on customer service and customer relations • Strong communication skills, Team player mentality. Qualifications The ideal candidate will have: • Strong knowledge of security best practices inside and outside of the cloud • Hands-on experience with SIEM tools (running queries and creating alerts) is a plus • Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as organizational and problem-solving skills.