Onsite Cybersecurity Tech II: Hardening & Incident Response

Cybersecurity Jobs; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Dental insurance

Job summary

Preferred Business Systems, Inc. seeks a Cybersecurity Technician II in Whippany, NJ to scope, deploy, and harden security platforms across client environments. The role emphasizes hands-on configuration, documentation, and adherence to security baselines.

You will lead security hardening efforts, collaborate with the Cybersecurity Manager, and ensure effective deployment plans across the client base. Strong emphasis on logs, alerts, and incident readiness is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in IT, with at least 2 years focused on security work.
• Hands-on experience deploying and configuring security platforms across multiple environments.
• Experience with endpoint protection or EDR, SIEM, and vulnerability scanning tools.
• Experience administering or securing firewalls and VPNs.
• Experience scoping technical work, including effort estimation, prerequisites, and rollout sequencing.
• Working familiarity with security baselines and CIS Benchmarks.

Responsibilities

• Scope and lead security hardening projects across client environments.
• Evaluate deployment effort, prerequisites, client impact, and rollout sequencing.
• Deploy, configure, and tune security platforms; document configurations and standards.
• Pilot new controls with a subset of clients and report outcomes.
• Monitor and investigate alerts across SIEM/IDS/endpoint platforms and tune rules.

Skills

Security fundamentals

Documentation

Project scoping

Client engagement

Education

CompTIA Security+ or Network+

Cybersecurity coursework

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Firewalls

VPNs

Windows Admin

Active Directory

Linux

Job description

Preferred Business Systems, Inc. seeks a Cybersecurity Technician II in Whippany, NJ to scope, deploy, and harden security platforms across client environments. The role emphasizes hands-on configuration, documentation, and adherence to security baselines.

You will lead security hardening efforts, collaborate with the Cybersecurity Manager, and ensure effective deployment plans across the client base. Strong emphasis on logs, alerts, and incident readiness is expected.