Certified Security Engineer (XCSE) – SOC

Xenex; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

XeneX is seeking an experienced Certified Security Engineer to join our SOC team in a senior capacity. The role emphasizes advanced monitoring, event analysis, and escalation across the XeneXSOC platform.

The candidate will work under a Senior Certified Engineer or Security Operations Manager within the data center and will handle installations, configurations, and complex troubleshooting. Experience in SIEM, cross-platform systems, VMware, and Cisco networking is essential.

Qualifications

• This role requires SIEM and log management experience.
• Cross-platform systems engineering experience.
• Proficiency with Windows and Cisco networking.
• Experience with VMware virtualization platforms.

Responsibilities

• Tier 2 or higher support and customer-facing incident handling.
• XeneXSOC installation, setup, and configuration changes.
• Provide training documentation and delivery.
• Coordinate with senior engineers for issue resolution.

Skills

Monitoring tasks

Tier 1 support

Advanced event analysis

Event categorization

Policy creation

Report troubleshooting

Tool integration

Web GUI accounts

Asset discovery

Packet captures

Multi-tenancy

Collection components

Database tasks

System maintenance

Backup management

CLI configuration

Service management

Disk maintenance

Log rotation

Plugin management

Cron jobs

Issue resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree or professional certification in systems engineering

Tools

VMware

Cisco

Windows

Job description

An advanced position within XeneX, this position requires an extensive knowledge of the monitoring and operational practices as well as an advanced understanding of all the underlying technologies and applications based on XeneX cybersecurity platform.

The Certified Security Engineer builds on the skills and requirements of a Analyst position by adding the skills and responsibilities required for the installation, configuration, event escalation, and other advanced skills associated with the XeneXSOC infrastructure and deployments. It also requires a more advanced knowledge of networking technologies than the previous position would as it serves as escalation for that level.

This is an advanced position within XeneX, as it requires and extensive knowledge of the basic monitoring and operational practices as well as an advanced understanding of all the underlying technologies out applications are based upon. In addition the position requires an advanced understanding of network security and engineering concepts.

This position would report to the Senior Certified Engineer for his group of engineers or Security Operations Manager for the data center and will be responsible for resolving event escalations as well and installation, configuration, and troubleshooting all deployed systems.

Skillset

• Monitoring tasks
• Assist Tier 1 in resolving anything they cannot
• Advanced event analysis and behavioral concerns
• Determining importance of event categories
• Policy determination and creation.
• Report customization and troubleshooting
• Create integrated tools settings and job activities
• Create and manage web GUI user accounts
• Asset discovery and groups creation
• Packet captures and advanced protocol analysis
• Create and manage multi-tenancy components
• Collection components creation and management
• Database related tasks
• System
• Backup management
• Determine excessive resource concerns
• Command line configuration
• Service management
• SCP access for file maintenance
• Disk Maintenance tasks, clear old or outdated logs or files
• Verify log rotations
• Conf file access and modification
• Plugin creation and management
• Cron job creation and troubleshooting
• Log rotation setup and troubleshooting.
• Resolution of all issues or pass to developers for bug fixes.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Tier 2 or higher support
• Pre-Sales technical support
• Backup to Tier 1 or admin/analysts
• Full system access.
• Customer facing for incident information
• XeneXSOC installation and setup
• XeneXSOC configuration changes
• Training documentation and delivery

Qualifications.

• Experience with SIEM and Log management technologies
• Experience in cross platform systems engineering.
• Microsoft Windows
• Cisco
• Experience with VMware virtualization platforms.
• Network design and topology
• Knowledge of firewalls and intermediate systems
• ACLs
• Ability to author technical documentation
• Engineer advanced level professional certification
• Understanding of change control methodology.
• Advanced understanding of network security
• Understanding of hacking techniques and prevention.
• Understanding of Forensic Analysis
• Analytical Research capability
• Buck stops here” mentality
• Ability to identify the root causes of issues versus its symptoms
• Packet capture and protocols

Education and/or Experience.

• Bachelors degree or appropriate level of professional certification in systems engineering.
• 5+years of relevant systems administration experience.
• Unified Cybersecurity. Proactive Protection. Complete Peace of Mind.