Security Architect

This is a remote position.

Security Architect

This position will serve as a Contract Security Engineer within the Department of Administrations Division of Information Security. The successful candidate will have extensive experience supporting security automation custom tool development identity and access management Linux systems and a broad range of enterprise security technologies. The contractor will work with a large enterprise security team and collaborate with Security Automation Architects Security Architects Engineers Analysts and Incident Responders to design develop implement integrate and continuously improve security tools automations systems and services supporting multiple State agencies.

• Assist in the planning design development deployment administration and operational support of enterprise security automations and custom security tools.
  
• Develop Python-based automations internal web applications APIs SDKs scripts dashboards command-line utilities and system integrations.
  
• Develop automated workflows for alert enrichment triage incident response case management notifications containment escalation and reporting.
  
• Develop custom tools for CVE vetting vulnerability enrichment prioritization tracking and security decision support.
  
• Assist with the planning design deployment and operational support 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.
  
• Support integrations with ticketing case management notification identity data sources APIs SDKs and other enterprise systems.
  
• Support security technologies such as Palo Alto Networks Proofpoint Tenable Cribl WhatsUp Gold and other 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 IAM functions including user provisioning deprovisioning access reviews RBAC 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 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 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 teams and agency stakeholders to align solutions with business goals industry-standard frameworks regulatory requirements and organizational risk tolerance.
  

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Software Engineering Information Security or a related field.
  
• Eight years of relevant work experience; experience may be substituted instead of education.
  
• Five years of experience supporting large IT environments security systems software development and/or system deployments.
  
• CISSP Security GIAC or other relevant cybersecurity certification.
  
• Linux Python Cloud IAM or other relevant security engineering or platform certification.
  

Required Skills:

• 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.
  
• Experience with 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.
  

Preferred Skills:

• Hands-on experience serving as a Security Engineering Generalist in a large multi-tenant shared-services or managed-service environment.
  
• Hands-on experience with Linux Docker security sensors monitoring scripting and platform administration.
  
• Experience supporting SOC Analysts Security Engineers Incident Responders agency customers and rapidly changing operational priorities.
  
• Familiarity with Palo Alto Networks Proofpoint Tenable Cribl WhatsUp Gold (WUG) or other enterprise security technologies.
  
• Experience developing playbooks runbooks procedures and technical documentation.
  

Additional Skills:

• Experience integrating enterprise technologies using APIs SDKs web services structured data formats authentication methods and vendor-supported interfaces.
  
• 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.