Description
*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full time role*
A prestigious company is on the search for a SOC Engineer 2 contractor. They are looking for a 9 month contractor to do incident response, monitoring, and investigating of security alerts. They need to have experience with windows, Linux, McAfee. They need to have experience with SIEM including event analysis, alert generation, investigations, and reporting.
Experience
- At least seven (7) years in an IT-related field.
- At least four (4) years working in IT Security.
- Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) including event analysis, alert generation, investigations, and reporting.
- Experience investigating security incidents using various security tools including EDR tools such as Carbon Black or CrowdStrike
- Experience with vulnerability analysis and reporting using vulnerability management software such as Rapid7, Nessus, or Qualys.
- Programming and Scripting skills such as PowerShell, VBScript, Python, etc.
Education & Professional Certification
- Bachelor's degree or better in Cyber Security, Information Systems, or any other security-related subject is preferred
- CISSP, CISA, CEH, ECSA or other security-focused certification is preferred
Technical Skills
Required:
- Strong knowledge of anti-malware technologies.
- Strong knowledge of security administration and role-based security controls.
- Strong knowledge of Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention technical capabilities.
- Strong knowledge of security systems log correlation and analysis.
- Knowledge of certificate management processes and best practices
- Knowledge of Windows server and Unix/Linux operating systems.
- Knowledge of Networking protocols and technologies, eg TCP/IP, Firewalls, Routers, etc.
- Knowledge of Network security technologies such as Firewalls and IPS/IDS and able to perform basic packet analysis with tools such as Wireshark