Security Engineer, Advisory Services (Blue Team)

SRAs mission is to level up every day to protect our clients and their customers. This begins with our team members and their experience. SRA prides itself on maintaining a culture where team members have a shared sense of support and belonging consistent with our Its Personal company value. At SRA we prioritize transparent career pathing varied DEI programming and community groups competitive benefits including mental health support and an emphasis on a sustainable healthy and engaging work culture. SRA has twice been named a Best Place to Work by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

These Essential Functions Requirements and Skills are guidelines. If you are a candidate who does not meet this exact job description but can demonstrate excellent organization attention to detail professionalism flexibility and self-direction in your professional background we hope you apply. SRA values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply.

Summary/Objective

SRA is looking for a Senior Security Engineer (Senior Consultant) position to join our Advisory practice. Our style of consulting is dynamic innovative fast-paced and highly rewarding for both our clients and our team. This is an outstanding opportunity to work with a wide variety of tool sets and across various well-known client organizations.

Candidates with experience as Systems Administrators Systems Engineers and/or IT Engineers are well-suited for this role and encouraged to apply.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Engineer and implement cybersecurity solutions to meet client needs.
• Configure tune and analyze SIEM alerts for threat detection.
• Document evidence of work in reports and status updates.

• Effectively communicate findings and strategy to client stakeholders including technical staff executive leadership and legal counsel.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology IT Security Cybersecurity Computer Science Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.

• 1 - 3 years professional experience in information security/cybersecurity engineering systems administration network security or related field.
• Punctuality and timely attendance to external client and internal stakeholder needs.
  

Desired Technical Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of Microsoft Security Tools
• SIEM: Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (e.g. Splunk QRadar LogRhythm Microsoft Sentinel).
• Knowledge of log collection parsing and correlation rules.
• Cloud Security: Experience securing AWS Azure or Google Cloud environments.
• Knowledge of programming or scripting with scripting (Python PowerShell Bash) for automation.
• Familiarity with cloud-native security tools (e.g. AWS Security Hub Defender suite).

• Understanding of IAM (Identity and Access Management) conditional access policies and secure by default concepts.

• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR): Hands-on experience with EDR platforms (e.g. CrowdStrike Falcon Microsoft Defender ATP SentinelOne).

• Ability to analyze and respond to endpoint threats and incidents.

• Knowledge of malware analysis and forensic investigation.

• Understanding of Windows Linux and macOS security hardening.
• Windows Administrative Experience: Group Policy or Microsoft Intune.

• Familiarity with how group policies are applied / managed and can be used to enforce security controls.

• Familiarity with the Microsoft Intune suite and how endpoints in a Microsoft environment can be natively cloud managed.
• Understands concepts like ring testing and can explain ways to mitigate change risk in an environment
• Knowledge of Windows and *NIX-based operating systems.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals and common attacks/defenses.
  

Desired Project Management and Communication Skills

• Flexibility to accommodate changing schedules of client and project needs and willingness to work extended hours when needed.

• Strong problem-solving skills to reduce problems into smaller more manageable sizes.
• Aptitude for technical writing including assessment reports presentations and operating procedures.

• Experience communicating with clients and independently managing client projects.

• Experience managing multiple projects at once.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect organize analyze and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

• Strong written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

• Excellent organization skills.

Supervisory Responsibility

Not applicable.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment or remotely as needed/required. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; use hands to finger handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. This is a largely sedentary role.

Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply and email with any questions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable disabled individuals to perform the essential functions of this role.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday 8:30am to 5pm. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. You will be working on U.S. projects but during Ireland business hours.

This is a remote role but ideally the person we hire will be able to work from our Kilkenny office occasionally.

Travel

Willingness to travel occasionally both domestically and internationally.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement

Security Risk Advisors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at SRA are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age religion national origin disability marital or family status veteran status medical condition or any similar category protected under relevant laws.

• Study / Exam support if desired

• Health / Dental Insurance
• Employer matched pension contribution
• Life Insurance / Income Protection
• Annual performance related bonus
• Hybrid after initial full onboarding and training period
• Annual charitable donations to a charity of choice
• Access to free mental health services

(Subject to change)

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority