Cyber Defense Engineer – Threat Intelligence

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Im Shikha Dixit a Lead Recruiter at Siri Info Solutions. I have an Urgent position as a Cyber Defense Engineer IV Threat Intelligence with our client Irving TX (3-5-day onsite). Your profile seems to be a great match for the job description. Please let me know if you are available in the job market so that we can proceed with submitting your resume to the client.

Role: Cyber Defense Engineer IV Threat Intelligence

Duration: 12-month contract

Location: Irving TX (3-5-day onsite)

Job Description:

Job Summary:

For these specific roles we are looking for engineers familiar with Cyber Threat Intelligence/Threat Hunting tools and procedures. Secondary skills in other areas listed below are highly desirable. We want team members who will take ownership of issues and drive them to resolution not simply perform tasks as assigned. You will work with and act as a subject matter expert (SME) on at least one specialization within the Cyber Defense Operations domain. You will participate in investigations into security incidents and violations and will thus be responsible for sensitive information relevant to employees contractors vendors etc.. As such you will be expected to have the ability to pass a detailed background investigation and maintain impeccable standards of confidentiality morality and ethics. You must have a passion for learning new technologies not simply working with what you already know. You will be provided with the tools to produce your own career success but are expected to seize them and create that success. You will be challenged in a fast-paced environment but success in handling these challenges will not go unnoticed or unrewarded.

Responsibilities:

• You will be a key player on a team responsible for all aspects of Cyber Defense within client. You will be a SME in at least one area listed below and are expected to have full professional knowledge of security concepts and company objectives to resolve a wide range of issues in effective and sometimes creative ways in all of the following domains. As an advanced engineer you are expected to do these things with little technical direction and with only general guidance on new assignments:
  • Incident response (to include triage playbooks investigation write-ups escalations)
  • Forensic analysis
  • Malware analysis
  • Protocol analysis
  • Endpoint protection
  • Data loss prevention
  • Email security
  • Cyber threat intelligence
  • Threat research and creation of compensating controls
• Assist in developing and maintaining cyber security policies standards processes and workflows.
• Provide suggestions to team lead/manager in creating your professional development and training plan.
• Prioritize taskings and projects assigned based on importance to accomplishment of business objectives. Occasionally assist junior teammates with maintaining proper prioritization.
• Solve diverse and complex issues where analysis of situations and data requires in-depth evaluation of identifiable factors. Provide escalation support and technical guidance to teammates in areas where you are a SME.
• Work on projects assigned to you in effort to advance partnership opportunities between Cyber Defense Operations (CDO) team and other business areas.
• Work with senior engineers to define cyber security requirements for current and future state end-to-end architectures and platforms to advance security controls and the security posture of the business.
• Assist senior engineers in collaborating with development and engineering teams to prioritize security risks provide mitigation or remediation recommendations and implement compensating controls.
• Perform risk quantification and third-party risk management reviews as required.
• Perform cyber security platform testing and work with other teams to ensure vulnerability remediation and operating system hardening to reduce attack surface.
• Assist in performing proof-of-concept testing for cyber defense solutions under consideration for purchase and implementation.
• Work with senior engineers in identifying cyber security products and technologies that can enhance client mission by providing appropriate protection for all data in our environment or sent or received to/from various public or private clouds or the Internet at large.
• Consistently demonstrate client Leadership Principles for Cyber Defense Operations team.

Education/Experience

• Bachelors degree in related field Masters preferred or equivalent experience
• 5 years of related experience with Bachelors 3 years with Masters
• Experience with at least one major SOAR and one major SIEM product
• Familiarity with operation of other security devices (firewall proxy server VPN IPS etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP protocols

Certification/Licenses

• Must have: At least one entry-level vendor-neutral certification in the Information Security arena or equivalent experience
• Preferred: At least one non-entry-level vendor-neutral certification in the Information Security arena (CISSP CISM GISP etc.) or equivalent experience

Best Regards

Shikha Dixit Email: or LinkedIn:

Lead Recruiter

Siri InfoSolutions Inc 3 Ethel Rd Suite # 302 Edison NJ 08817.