SecOps Engineer (Hybrid - Columbia SC)

IT Security Ops Engineer

Hybrid 50% Onsite/ 50% Remote

Primary Office Location Columbia SC

Candidate currently in Upstate SC region is preferred but not required

1099 Contractor 12 months +

Authorized to Work in US required

Prior State Government experience in Healthcare systems Preferred

Pay Up to $ 70 / Hour DOE

Scope of the project:

• The Senior Cloud Security Engineer will collaborate with Product Owners, Applications Owners, Network and Security teams to design and deliver optimal solutions for large-scale app and infrastructure cloud solutions.
• Candidates should possess proficiency in both public and hybrid cloud models. Exceptional consulting skills and the ability to clearly derive desired states from customer requests are essential.
• The role also requires the ability to work with delivery teams. Importantly, this role is hands-on in delivery, requiring active involvement in the implementation and execution of security solutions.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure and apps with a focus on AWS and Azure Cloud.
• Design and develop automation to build cloud security accelerators and IP.
• Experience with Security Operations teams to build and maintain SIEM, SOAR and XDR technology.
• Analyze and resolve configuration issues in development, test, and production environments.
• Familiar with major security compliance frameworks and building effective monitoring, logging, and auditing of production systems to ensure compliance with mandated compliance policies (e.g., NIST, HIPAA, PII, SOX, PCI, CMMC, CUI, etc..).
• Experience implementing secure (zero trust) infrastructure in cloud.
• Security experience with state and local government customers
• Open to Travel as needed to customer engagements

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• 5-10 years' experience in Information Security and Engineering

• Experience designing and maintaining infrastructure in AWS/AZURE

• Cloud Security design, operations, and automation experience

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• Documentation of security tools, deployment configuration, incident reports, etc

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• Experience deploying, configuring and maintaining Cloud VM series Palo Alto Firewalls in AWS and Azure
• Prisma Cloud
• Forescout
• Cisco Umbrella
• Palo Alto Firewalls
• F5 Load Balancing/Firewall

Required Education:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

Must hold AWS or azure certification

Preferred Certifications:

• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• SC100 - Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
• AWS Certified Cloud Solutions Architect
• Prisma Certified Cloud Security Engineer
• PCNSA
• PCNSE