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Security Architect

DPP

Job Location:

Columbia, SC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 25 September 2026 (15 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 23 December 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

DPP is seeking a Security Architect for an opportunity with our client in Columbia SC.

Work location: Fully remote
Duration: 12 months with possibility of extension
Terms: W2 Contract
Candidate location: Open to nationwide candidates; must be able to work Eastern time zone hours.

Position Summary:

New engineering role directly supporting cybersecurity automations security tool development IAM enterprise security platforms and security operations.
This position is housed 100% remote and will participate in a monthly on-call rotation supporting 24x7 SOC.
After-hours maintenance incident escalation support and operational handoffs may be required as needed.
All work must be performed within the contiguous United States.

Scope of the Project:

This position will serve as a contract security engineer within the Department of Administrations Division of Information Security.
The successful candidate will show extensive experience supporting security automation custom tool development identity and access management Linux systems and a broad range of enterprise security technologies.
This contractor will work with a large enterprise security team and assist the security automations architect security architects engineers analysts and incident responders with the design development implementation integration and continuous improvement ofsecurity tools automation systems and services supporting multiple agencies.

Successful Candidate:

This contractor will be primarily focused on security engineering automation scripting tool development system integration and operational support while also providing important support for IAM Linux-based security sensors DSPM ASM vulnerability management SIEM XDR logging monitoring and other evolving security technologies.
This role requires hands-on experience supporting both security engineering and security operations including internal applications APIs SDKS dashboards command-line tools incident response automation CVE analysis access controls platform troubleshooting system administration documentation and analyst enablement.
The candidate must be able to support strategic planning solution design development implementation HSTR troubleshooting performance optimization and continuous improvement of secure systems and services in a rapidly changing environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

Primarily assist in the planning design development deployment administration and operational support of enterprise security automations and custom security tools including: Python-based automations internal web applications APIs SDKS scripts dashboards command-line utilities and system integrations automated workflows for alert enrichment triage incident response case management notifications containment escalation and reporting custom tools to assist with CVE vetting vulnerability enrichment prioritization tracking and security decision support

Secondary Responsibilities:

Secondarily assist in the planning design deployment and operational support of a broad range of security platforms including: DSPM ASM IAM vulnerability management email security endpoint security SIEM XDR soar logging monitoring network security Cloud security and threat intelligence technologies integrations with ticketing case management notification identity data sources APIs SDKS and other enterprise systems as needed support for technologies such as Palo Alto networks Proofpoint Tenable Cribl WhatsUp Gold and other current or future security products
Develop test deploy and maintain automated security workflows applications and scripts using Python PowerShell Bash REST APIs JSON YAML Vendor SDKS and other appropriate technologies.
Assist with identity and access management functions including user provisioning deprovisioning access reviews role-based access control service accounts API credentials authentication authorization and identity-based system integrations.
Deploy configure patch monitor optimize and troubleshoot Linux systems supporting security sensors collectors connectors applications containers and data-processing services including Docker- based environments.
Support security architects engineers SOC analysts incident responders and agency customers through platform troubleshooting automation development system integration technical escalation knowledge transfer and operational handoffs.
Monitor and report on automation health application availability system performance sensor status integration failures API errors vulnerability status platform issues and other security engineering and operational metrics.
Ensure high availability resilience backup recovery patching lifecycle management secure configuration and controlled change processes for security tools Linux systems applications automations and supporting services.
Collaborate with security architects engineers analysts incident responders and agency stakeholders to align solutions with business goals industry-standard frameworks regulatory requirements and organizational risk tolerance.

Required Qualifications:

Broad hands-on security engineering experience supporting multiple cybersecurity technologies systems integrations and operational functions.
Experience developing security automations scripts integrations utilities and custom tools using Python.
Strong experience troubleshooting complex technical issues across applications security platforms operating systems networks identity services and integrations.
Linux system deployment configuration patching scripting service management monitoring troubleshooting and lifecycle management
Experience developing automation and response workflows using Python PowerShell Bash REST APIs JSON YAML and vendor SDKs.
Experience supporting IAM DSPM ASM vulnerability management email security endpoint security SIEM SOAR logging monitoring Cloud security and other enterprise security technologies.
Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture incident response networking access control secure software development systems administration and industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks.

Additional Skills/Duties:

Experience developing or supporting internal web applications APIs dashboards databases command-line tools and related software components.
Advanced Python development experience and familiarity with full-stack development internal web applications APIs databases source control testing and software deployment practices

Required Education:

Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Software Engineering or information security related field
Five years of experience in supporting large IT environments security systems software development and/or system deployments
Eight years of relevant work experience (experience may be substituted in lieu of education)

Preferred Qualifications:

Hands-on experience serving as a security engineering generalist in a large multi-tenant shared- services or managed-service environment.
Hands-on Linux Docker security sensor monitoring scripting and platform administration experience.
Experience supporting SOC analysts security engineers incident responders agency customers and rapidly changing operational priorities.
Familiarity with Palo Alto Networks Proofpoint Tenable Cribl WUG or other enterprise security technologies and experience developing playbooks runbooks procedures and technical documentation

Preferred Certifications:

CISSP Security GIAC or other relevant cybersecurity certification
Linux Python Cloud IAM or other relevant security engineering or platform certification

Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Interested Learn more:
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DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry. EOE/AA/V/D

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