Advanced Security Engineer - Gov

kcura; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity is seeking an Advanced Cyber Security Engineer to protect its network and infrastructure. You will investigate threats, provide remediation guidance, and work with top cyber professionals using next-generation tools.

This role requires U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Public Trust clearance; hybrid work is supported and responsibilities include incident handling, threat hunting, and policy development across global security standards.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in incident response, security operations, incident analysis, or forensics.
• Strong incident response skills including network forensics & memory forensics.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, cryptography and web application attacks.
• Able to collaborate within a cross-functional team and drive security maturation.
• Understanding attacker methods and mitigating controls.

Responsibilities

• Review, validate, and triage alerts and analyze log data from diverse sensors.
• Assess security event impact using host, cloud, and network indicators.
• Serve as initial escalation point for cyber events and drive investigations.
• Perform near real-time analysis of logs from multiple devices to classify incidents.
• Search telemetry to detect advanced threats evading existing controls.
• Contribute to incident handling policies aligning with industry standards.
• Stay current on emerging threats and apply countermeasures accordingly.
• Serve as subject matter expert on observed malicious activity mechanisms.
• Tune alerts and support junior team members in detection engineering.
• Maintain security infrastructure and ensure tooling is up to date.

Skills

Incident response

Network forensics

Memory forensics

Packet analysis

Threat detection

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Posting Type

Hybrid

Job Overview

As an Advanced Cyber Security Engineer, you will ensure the security of Relativity’s network and infrastructure. In this role, the main responsibilities will be to investigate and analyze emerging threats against our assets, identities, and clients. You will also provide actionable remediation guidance to end users and collaborate with highly skilled cyber experts to anticipate and mitigate evolving threats using world-class toolsets and next generation capabilities.

Due to specific customer contract requirements, this position requires that the successful candidate be a U.S. citizen. As a condition of your role supporting the RelativityOne Government product, you are required to obtain a Public Trust clearance. The process for obtaining the Public Trust clearance will be handled by the federal government and could include additional background screening regarding criminal history, drug use, financial records, and a character assessment. If you are unable to obtain the Public Trust clearance, you will be unable to work on the RelativityOne Government product, and your employment, if still in effect, may be terminated.

Job Description and Requirements

Role Responsibilities

• Review, validation, and triage of alerts and technical analysis of log data from a diverse inventory of sensors, correlated signature logic, and threat intelligence sources.
• Assess the impact of security events by leveraging host, cloud,and network-based indicators and evidence to deliver actionable incident escalations.
• Act as the initial point of escalation for cyber security events and drive investigation to completion.
• Perform accurate and in-depth near real-time analysis of correlated logs and alerts from a multitude of devices with a focus on the classification of events that constitute security incidents.
• Proactively and iteratively search through collected telemetry to detect and isolate advanced threats that evade existing security solutions.
• Assist in the development of incident handling policies and procedures to align with global industry standards.
• Engage in the continuous research of emerging threats and apply appropriate countermeasures within the context of a rapidly changing environment.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in the mechanism and analysis of observed malicious activity.
• Perform consistent tuning of alerting and provide support to junior team members in detection engineering
• Maintain securityinfrastructureand take accountability for ensuring the tooling configuration is updated as required
• Assist on projects as and when required

Minimum qualifications:

• Minimum of3years of experience inincident response,securityoperations centre,incident analysis, or computer forensics.
• Strong cyber incident response skills (such as: Network forensics, memory forensics, and/or packet analysis)
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, network services, cryptography and web application attacks
• Ability to collaborate within a cross-functional team to execute on high-level objectives and drive the maturation of Relativity’s security posture
• Understanding of methods and tools utilized by attackers to access private systems and data
• Capability to independently manage the prioritization of complex events
• Understanding of infection mechanisms, malicious behavior, exploitation techniques, and mitigating controls.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent professional/military experience)
• 5+years of experience in Incident Response, Incident Analysis, or Computer Forensics
• Familiarity with industry standard security devices and their configuration
• Exposure to the analysis of malicious code to explore infection and propagation mechanisms
• Experience leveraging scripting languages to solve for information security use cases
• Outstanding work ethic with a passion for Cyber Security
• Certifications: One of more of the following certifications are preferred (GCFA, GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, GNFA, GREM, OSCP, or CEH)
• Experience working in a SaaS environment operatingona global scale.
• Experience in the legal space and with a high understanding of e-discovery and litigation.
• Experienceworkingwith cloud environments such as Azure, GCP, or AWS.

Relativity is committed to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.

This position is eligible for total compensation which includes a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.

The expected salary range for this role is between following values:

$104,000 and $156,000

The final offered salary will be based on several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical, to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position.

Required Skills:

• Access Management
• Firewalls
• Intrusion Detection
• Network Security
• Security Architecture Design
• Security Audit
• Security Information
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Security Operations
• Vulnerability Management