Security Engineer

Tallahassee, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 06-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

ASSYST is seeking a Security Engineer in Tallahassee FL

Scope of Work: The Security Analyst / Engineer is responsible for providing daily support to the Departments information security infrastructure including working with the Department and Florida Digital Services (FLDS) staff and providing Tier 3 information security support for the Departments customers. The Candidate will report directly to the Information Security Operations Manager.

The duties and responsibilities of this position are as follows:

Assists with planning implementing and tuning the Departments Managed Security Services Security Information and Events Management (SIEM) and vulnerability management;
Supports NextGen Firewall security tools and maintains the site block list;
Supports and maintains endpoint detection and response and antivirus software functionality on servers and client systems;
Monitors Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) for information security threats and advises or participates in response actions;
Acts as a member of the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT);
Supports administration of secure messaging and second-factor authentication capabilities;
Develops and maintains technical specifications standards procedures and systems documentation;
Analyzes troubleshoots and resolves antivirus software issues with minimal impact on users;
Researches and recommends appropriate technical solutions to meet functional requirements;
Provides recommendations for possible process improvements within the Departments information security team;
Works independently or as a team member on multiple IT security projects and occasionally as a project leader;
Works on large complex security issues or projects that require increased skill in multiple IT functional areas;
Mentors junior staff;

Requirements/Qualifications:

A bachelors or masters degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science Information Systems or other related fields is required. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when applicable.
The Department requires the following experience skills and/or knowledge for this position:
Five (5) or more years of server or network administration experience;
Three (3) or more years of information security administration experience in an enterprise environment with 1000 or more users;
Three (3) or more years of SIEM experience;
Three (3) or more years of vulnerability management experience;
Knowledge of security issues techniques and implications across all existing computer platforms;
Experience maintaining and supporting third-party antivirus applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

The Department prefers the Candidates to have the following experience skills and/or knowledge for
this position:
Three (3) or more years of experience administering Splunk or similar SIEM;
One (1) or more years of experience using Microsoft Defender products;
One (1) or more years of experience working with IDS/IPS;
One (1) or more years of experience using Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP);
Preparing status reports and providing management briefings;
Knowledge of IT standards in a criminal justice environment; and
Responding to security threats in a criminal justice environment.

ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age disability military status national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal state or applicable local law

Assists with planning implementing and tuning the Departments Managed Security Services Security Information and Events Management (SIEM) and vulnerability management;
Supports NextGen Firewall security tools and maintains the site block list;
Supports and maintains endpoint detection and response and antivirus software functionality on servers and client systems;
Monitors Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) for information security threats and advises or participates in response actions;
Acts as a member of the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT);
Supports administration of secure messaging and second-factor authentication capabilities;
Develops and maintains technical specifications standards procedures and systems documentation;
Analyzes troubleshoots and resolves antivirus software issues with minimal impact on users;
Researches and recommends appropriate technical solutions to meet functional requirements;
Provides recommendations for possible process improvements within the Departments information security team;
Works independently or as a team member on multiple IT security projects and occasionally as a project leader;
Works on large complex security issues or projects that require increased skill in multiple IT functional areas;
Mentors junior staff;

Requirements/Qualifications:

A bachelors or masters degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science Information Systems or other related fields is required. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when applicable.
The Department requires the following experience skills and/or knowledge for this position:
Five (5) or more years of server or network administration experience;
Three (3) or more years of information security administration experience in an enterprise environment with 1000 or more users;
Three (3) or more years of SIEM experience;
Three (3) or more years of vulnerability management experience;
Knowledge of security issues techniques and implications across all existing computer platforms;
Experience maintaining and supporting third-party antivirus applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

The Department prefers the Candidates to have the following experience skills and/or knowledge for
this position:
Three (3) or more years of experience administering Splunk or similar SIEM;
One (1) or more years of experience using Microsoft Defender products;
One (1) or more years of experience working with IDS/IPS;
One (1) or more years of experience using Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP);
Preparing status reports and providing management briefings;
Knowledge of IT standards in a criminal justice environment; and
Responding to security threats in a criminal justice environment.

Key Skills

Splunk
IDS
Network security
Computer Networking
Identity & Access Management
PKI
PCI
NIST Standards
Security System Experience
Information Security
Encryption
Siem

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