[Hiring] Security Architect - Consultant @Abacus

Role Description

The State of South Carolina is looking for a Security Architect - Consultant. This position will serve as a contract security engineer within the Dept. of Administration's Division of Information Security.

• Work Location: Fully Remote
• Candidate Location: No South Carolina residency required; open to nationwide candidates
• After-hours maintenance, incident escalation support, and operational handoffs may be required as needed
• Contract Duration: 12 months with the possibility for extension
• Interview Process: 1 round, virtual or onsite for local resources

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting a 24x7 Security Operations Center serving multiple state agencies
• Assist in the planning, design, development, deployment, administration, and operational support of enterprise security automations and custom security tools
• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Security related field
• 8+ years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of education
• 5+ years of experience in supporting large IT environments, security systems, software development, and/or system deployments

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• 100% remote work
• Participation in an on-call rotation supporting a 24x7 SOC
• Opportunity for contract extension