Cyber Defense Engineer

Jobtailor; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a cybersecurity professional to investigate and respond to cyber incidents within our network environment. You will collect and analyze data from security monitoring tools, IDS alerts, firewalls, and host logs to inform response actions and risk management.

The role requires experience with incident response, vulnerability management, and security operations across cloud and on-premise environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field with 3+ years of IT security experience
• Proven ability to manage tasks and work in teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with incident response, vulnerability management, IDS/IPS, threat intel, and security operations
• Technical knowledge across cloud and on-premise environments
• Ability to analyze IDS alerts, firewall logs, network logs and host logs
• Ability to support, monitor, troubleshoot and enhance security monitoring and response tools

Responsibilities

• Investigate and respond to cyber incidents within the network environment
• Collect and analyze data from security monitoring tools, intrusion detection alerts, firewall and network traffic logs, and host system logs
• Recommend and document information security requirements and controls
• Provide guidance on information security policies, requirements, and their applicability
• Participate in incident response, risk assessment, risk management, vulnerability assessment, and vulnerability management activities
• Participate in information security projects and initiatives
• Perform operational tasks supporting intrusion detection and prevention, security monitoring, vulnerability remediation, and security incident prevention and remediation
• Support, maintain, monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance security monitoring and response tools, methodologies, software, and hardware
• Analyze information security tool data and provide reports and recommended response actions to management
• Publish regular status reports and submit them to management
• Establish operational plans and develop and implement products, processes, standards, or operational plans impacting functional results

Skills

Task Management

Written Communication

Verbal Communication

Incident Response

Vulnerability Management

Intrusion Detection

Threat Intelligence

Security Operations

Log Analysis

Cloud & On-Premise

Security Monitoring Tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Information Security

Tools

Intrusion Detection Systems

Firewall

Security Monitoring Tools

Job description

• Investigate and respond to cyber incidents within the network environment


• Collect and analyze data from security monitoring tools, intrusion detection alerts, firewall and network traffic logs, and host system logs


• Recommend and document information security requirements and controls


• Provide guidance on information security policies, requirements, and their applicability


• Participate in incident response, risk assessment, risk management, vulnerability assessment, and vulnerability management activities across multiple business units


• Participate in information security projects and initiatives


• Perform operational tasks supporting intrusion detection and prevention, security monitoring, vulnerability remediation, and security incident prevention and remediation


• Support, maintain, monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance security monitoring and response tools, methodologies, software, and hardware


• Analyze information security tool data and provide reports and recommended response actions to management


• Publish regular status reports and submit them to management


• Establish operational plans and develop and implement products, processes, standards, or operational plans impacting functional results

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and three years of related IT experience, including demonstrated technical knowledge in multiple information security domains, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience


• Excellent task management and team participation skills


• Good written and verbal communication skills


• Experience with incident response, vulnerability management, intrusion detection and prevention, threat intelligence, and security operations


• Technical knowledge across cloud and on-premise environments


• Ability to analyze intrusion detection alerts, firewall and network traffic logs, and host system logs


• Ability to support, maintain, monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance security monitoring and response tools, methodologies, software, and hardware

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in incident response, vulnerability management, and security operations, with a strong ability to analyze security data and provide actionable insights. Proficient in supporting and enhancing security monitoring tools and methodologies across diverse environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Incident Response


• Vulnerability Management


• Intrusion Detection And Prevention


• Security Operations


• Data Analysis

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Information Security


• Data Analysis


• Threat Intelligence


• Risk Assessment


• Vulnerability Assessment


• Security Monitoring


• Firewall Analysis


• Network Traffic Analysis


• Operational Planning


• Technical Knowledge

Soft Skills

• Task Management


• Team Participation


• Written Communication


• Verbal Communication

Industry Keywords

• Cybersecurity


• Information Security Policies


• Security Incident Prevention


• Vulnerability Remediation


• Cloud Environments


• On-Premise Environments

Tools & Technologies

• Security Monitoring Tools


• Intrusion Detection Systems


• Firewall


• Network Traffic Logs


• Host System Logs