[Hiring] Security Architect @US Tech Solutions

Role Description

This contractor will be primarily focused on security engineering, automation, scripting, tool development, system integration, and operational support while also providing secondary support for IAM, Linux-based security sensors, DSPM, SIEM, XDR, logging, monitoring, and other evolving security technologies. The role requires hands-on experience supporting both security engineering and security operations, including:

• Internal applications
• APIs
• SDKs
• Dashboards
• Command-line tools
• Automations
• Access controls
• Platform troubleshooting
• System administration
• Documentation
• Analyst enablement

The candidate must be able to support strategic planning, solution design, development, implementation, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and continuous improvement of secure systems and services in a rapidly changing environment.

Qualifications

• Broad hands-on security engineering experience supporting multiple cybersecurity technologies, systems, integrations, and operational functions.
• Experience integrating enterprise technologies using APIs, SDKs, web services, structured data formats, authentication methods, and vendor-supported interfaces.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, software engineering, or information security related field.
• Eight years of relevant work experience (experience may be substituted in lieu of education).
• Five years of experience in supporting large IT environments, security systems, software development, and/or system deployments.

Preferred Skills

• 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.

Location

• Remote (Columbia, SC)
• This position is 100% remote and will participate in an on-call rotation supporting a 24x7 security operations center serving multiple state agencies. Other after-hours work may be required as needed.