Security Engineer, Technical Assurance — Hands-On Defender

Energy Jobline ZR; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR in New York, NY is seeking a Security Engineer for Technical Assurance on a hybrid, Manhattan-based team. You will validate vendor security, test deployments, and patch components to maintain a robust security stack.

You’ll review SOC 2 evidence, assess CVEs, tune DLP, and coordinate external pen tests with remediation. Expected: 7+ years of security experience and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in security with hands-on practice.
• Ability to verify controls and vendor evidence beyond scanners.
• Experience with risk assessment and control remediation.
• Familiarity with NIST CSF, 800-53, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK.

Responsibilities

• Review vendor SOC 2 reports and validate claims with practical testing.
• Test product deployments and patch security gaps (e.g., proxy).
• Tune DLP to reduce false positives and avoid alert fatigue.
• Scope, supervise, and support external pen tests and remediation.

Skills

Hands-on security

Vendor assessment

Threat modeling

Security tooling

Education

CISSP

CISA

CRISC

SANS/GIAC certs

Tools

Splunk

CrowdStrike

Netskope

Qualys

Gurucul

Symantec ProxySG

Swimlane

BlinkOps

Job description

Energy Jobline ZR in New York, NY is seeking a Security Engineer for Technical Assurance on a hybrid, Manhattan-based team. You will validate vendor security, test deployments, and patch components to maintain a robust security stack.

You’ll review SOC 2 evidence, assess CVEs, tune DLP, and coordinate external pen tests with remediation. Expected: 7+ years of security experience and relevant certifications.