Cybersecurity Engineer

Vortalsoft Inc; New Jersey; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vortalsoft Inc in New Jersey is seeking a knowledgeable Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Subject Matter Expert to oversee and execute EDR infrastructure deployments. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience with various EDR tools and a strong background in cybersecurity operations.

This role demands managing day-to-day operations of security systems while ensuring the integrity of corporate and federal assets. Strong project management and delivery experience in a client-facing environment are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of EDR administration experience.
• 5+ years in operational information security disciplines.
• Deep understanding of Cybersecurity Operations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct EDR infrastructure deployments and incident resolution.
• Support design, deployment, and optimization of EDR solutions.
• Manage day-to-day operations of Security Device Management.

Skills

EDR administration experience

Threat Hunting

Cybersecurity Operations

Incident response

Security tool engineering

Tools

CrowdStrike Falcon

VMware Carbon Black

Palo Alto Network Cortex XDR

Microsoft Windows Defender

Cylance

Tanium

Job description

Responsibilities

• The candidate should have a team-oriented, client-facing mindset with proven experience conducting EDR infrastructure deployments. Use deep insights to identify, recommend and execute resolution for malware and other EDR-detected incidents while helping to develop and execute methodologies for EDR deployment, feature enablement and technical integration in a SOC.
• As an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) SME, candidate will play a key role in supporting the design, deployment, configuration, optimization, and operation of a large-scale Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) deployment solution or similar security products, across multiple geographies.
• Candidate shall be responsible for managing day to day operations of Security Device Management SIEM, incident response, threat hunting, Use case engineering, SOC analyst, device integration with SIEM. Also Responsible for identifying, reporting and tracking system vulnerabilities within corporate, commercial and federal assets ensuring the integrity of the environment.

Skills Required

• Project and delivery management experience 3+ years EDR administration (CrowdStrike Falcon, VMware Carbon Black, Palo Alto Network Cortex XDR, Microsoft Windows Defender, Cylance, Tanium etc.)
• 3 + years of working with EDR tools performing requirements gathering, deployment, configuration, and conducting threat hunting
• 5+ years working with operational information security disciplines (e.g. incident response, security infrastructure management, or monitoring services)
• 3+ years security tool engineering and administration (e.g. NGAV, EPP, EDR, SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, Deception, Attack Surface Management, etc.)
• Some of the following EDR experience- Agent deployment, health check and coverage sustainability
• Threat Hunting
• Systems integration
• Comparing vendor functionality
• Mapping EDR capabilities to threat scenarios
• Deploying EDR in a multi-agent (i.e. AV, NG AV) environments
• Deep understanding and proven experience in Cybersecurity Operations (Monitoring, Detection, Incident Response, Forensics)