Security Engineer

NetCov; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NetCov in the United States is seeking a Security Engineer to secure client environments, deploy security solutions, and serve as an escalation point for our reactive security team. The role emphasizes meticulous attention to detail, strong time management, and clear internal and client communication through a security-focused lens.

The candidate will ensure proper deployment, ongoing health of security solutions, and effective vulnerability management, while collaborating with cross-functional

Qualifications

• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication for client interactions.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams under pressure.
• Knowledge of security incident response processes.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as needed.

Responsibilities

• Deploy our managed security tools as part of client onboarding or one-off projects.
• Meet communicated project timelines and deadlines.
• Ensure appropriate documentation of solutions.
• Send appropriate internal and client communication throughout deployment.
• Monitor health and remediation of security solutions.
• Quarterly review of solutions adapting the Continuous Improvement Model.
• Conduct recurring vulnerability scans of client environments.
• Communicate findings and remediation steps to clients.
• Ownership of remediation steps.

Skills

Organization

Communication

Team Collaboration

Decision Making

Adaptability

Networking Concepts

Email Security

Tools

EDR

MDR

SIEM

Vulnerability Scanners

Windows OS

Microsoft 365

Azure Active Directory

IDS/IPS

VPN

Routers/Firewalls

Job description

At NetCov, we specialize in delivering cutting-edge IT and cybersecurity solutions designed to protect and optimize the digital infrastructure for the industries we serve. We differentiate ourselves from our competition through our deep and intimate knowledge of our customers' business.

About the Role

The Security Engineer plays a vital role in proactively securing our client environments. The role is perfect for someone who is detail oriented, effective with time management, and has strong internal and client facing communication skills all while processing everything they do through a strong security focused lens. The right candidate will ensure the proper deployment and ongoing health of our security solutions, and serve as an escalation point for our reactive security team.

Accountabilities

Primary Accountability 1: Security Solutions Deployment

• Implement our managed security tools as part of client onboarding or one-off projects.
• Meet communicated project timelines and deadlines.
• Ensure appropriate documentation of solutions.
• Send appropriate internal and client communication throughout deployment.

Primary Accountability 2: Ongoing Solution Health

• Monitoring and remediation of solution installation and functionality
• Quarterly review of solutions adapting the Continuous Improvement Model

Primary Accountability 3: Vulnerability Scanning

• Conduct recurring vulnerability scans of client environments.
• Communicate findings and remediation steps to clients.
• Ownership of remediation steps.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) Required

• Organization Skills: Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Communication: Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to manage client communications and team interactions proficiently.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment, including cross functional teams.
• Decision Making: Ability to make informed and timely decisions in high-pressure situations, such as during a security incident.
• Adaptability: Ability to adapt to new security challenges, technologies, and industry trends.
• Security tools such as EDR, MDR, SIEM, and vulnerability scanners
• Windows desktop and server operating systems
• Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory.
• Understanding of networking concepts, familiarity with routers, firewalls, access points, IDS/IPS and VPN.
• Familiarity with Email threat protection tools and concepts.

Role Logistics

• This is a full-time position
• Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM [9 hour shift]
• Reliable personal transportation for use in traveling to clients' offices is essential if ever needed (Although rare)
• Due to the nature of the work, you may be required to fulfil on-call, incident response duties as part of a night and weekend rotation. Additional work hours may also be required during incident remediation events.
• This position may require travel to industry events, Network Coverage office locations, and Network Coverage events where locations will vary.