Phone/Skype Hire. Remote
Location: Remote
Duration: 12+ months
* The contractor will participate in an on-call rotation supporting the **24x7 Security Operations Center (SOC)**.
* After-hours maintenance, incident escalation support, and operational handoffs will be required as needed.
* Preference will be given to candidates presently residing within the State of South Carolina who can physically assist with equipment and hardware maintenance as needed.
This position will serve as a Contract Security Engineer within the Department of Administration's Division of Information Security. The successful candidate will demonstrate extensive experience supporting security automation, custom tool development, identity and access management (IAM), Linux systems, and a broad range of enterprise security technologies.
This contractor will work with a large enterprise security team and assist the Security Automation Architect, Security Architects, Engineers, Analysts, and Incident Responders with the design, development, implementation, integration, and continuous improvement of security tools, automations, systems, and services supporting multiple state agencies.
Successful Candidate
The contractor will be primarily focused on security engineering, automation, scripting, tool development, system integration, and operational support while also providing important support for IAM, Linux-based security sensors, DSPM, ASM, vulnerability management, 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 and SDKs
* Dashboards
* Command-line tools
* Incident response automations
* CVE analysis
* Access controls
* Platform troubleshooting
* System administration
* Documentation
* Analyst enablement
The candidate must be able to support strategic planning, solution design, development, implementation, HSTR, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and continuous improvement of secure systems and services in a rapidly changing environment.
Responsibilities
Primarily assist in the planning, design, development, deployment, administration, and operational support of enterprise security automations and custom security tools, including:
Python-based automations
Internal web applications
APIs and SDKs
Scripts
Dashboards
Command-line utilities
System integrations
Automated workflows for:
Alert enrichment
Triage
Incident response
Case management
Notifications
Containment
Escalation
Reporting
Custom tools to assist with:
CVE vetting
Vulnerability enrichment
Vulnerability prioritization
Vulnerability tracking
Security decision support
Assist in the planning, design, deployment, and operational support of a broad range of security platforms, including:
DSPM
ASM
IAM
Vulnerability Management
Email Security
Endpoint Security
SIEM
SOAR
XDR
Logging
Monitoring
Network Security
Cloud Security
Threat Intelligence
Integrate security technologies with ticketing, case management, notification, identity, data sources, APIs, SDKs, and other enterprise systems as needed.
Provide support for technologies such as Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Tenable, Cribl, WhatsUp Gold, and other current or future security products.
Develop, test, deploy, and maintain automated security workflows, applications, and scripts using:
Python
PowerShell
Bash
REST APIs
JSON
YAML
Vendor SDKs
Assist with identity and access management functions, including:
User provisioning and deprovisioning
Access reviews
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Service accounts
API credentials
Authentication
Authorization
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:
Platform troubleshooting
Automation development
System integration
Technical escalation
Knowledge transfer
Operational handoffs
Monitor and report on:
Automation health
Application availability
System performance
Sensor status
Integration failures
API errors
Vulnerability status
Platform issues
Other security engineering and 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 Architects, Engineers, Analysts, Incident Responders, and agency stakeholders to align solutions with business goals, industry-standard frameworks, regulatory requirements, and organizational risk tolerance.
Skills Needed
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.
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.
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/WhatsUp Gold, or other enterprise security technologies.
Experience developing playbooks, runbooks, procedures, and technical documentation.
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.
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related field.
Eight (8) years of relevant work experience. Experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
Five (5) years of experience supporting large IT environments, security systems, software development, and/or system deployments.
Preferred Certifications
CISSP
Security+
GIAC
Other relevant cybersecurity certifications
Linux certifications
Python certifications
Cloud certifications
IAM certifications
Other relevant security engineering or platform certifications