Network Security Engineer: Threat Detection & Incident Response

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in New Jersey seeks a security-focused professional to identify gaps and lead the design, architecture, and implementation of robust security solutions across networks and deployments.

You will partner with Operations, Engineering, and Planning to embed secure patterns, conduct investigations, monitor threats with SIEM, and drive incident response and vulnerability management to enhance the organization’s security posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 3+ years in network security or related field.
• Experience with SIEM tools such as Splunk, QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, or Elastic.
• Strong networking fundamentals including TCP/IP and routing protocols.
• Knowledge of firewalls, encryption, IAM, MFA, and secure management networks.
• Experience with threat hunting, incident response, and vulnerability management.
• Experience with NetFlow/IPFIX and anomaly detection.
• Certifications such as CISM, OSCP, Security+ or CCNA/CCNP are a plus.
• Unix/Linux familiarity and DDoS mitigation experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Identify security gaps and lead the design, architecture, and implementation of security solutions
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Planning to embed secure design patterns into deployments
• Work with lead engineers on strategic security challenges and investigations
• Provide analysis during active incidents
• Support root cause analysis and produce remediation reports
• Conduct regular security control assessments to close gaps
• Communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences
• Advance security posture through real-time threat monitoring and detection using SIEM
• Lead incident response during breaches
• Manage continuous vulnerability management lifecycle across networks and applications
• Define and implement security architecture covering telemetry, ACLs, stateful firewalls, encryption, IAM, and MFA
• Develop and refine threat detection capabilities in SIEM platforms and other tooling

Skills

Security Architecture

Incident Response

Threat Detection

SIEM Tools

Network Security

Vulnerability Management

Automation Scripting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 3+ years in security

Tools

Splunk

QRadar

Microsoft Sentinel

Elastic

NetFlow

IPsec/TLS

IDS

Job description

Jobtailor in New Jersey seeks a security-focused professional to identify gaps and lead the design, architecture, and implementation of robust security solutions across networks and deployments.

You will partner with Operations, Engineering, and Planning to embed secure patterns, conduct investigations, monitor threats with SIEM, and drive incident response and vulnerability management to enhance the organization’s security posture.