Sr. Level CyberSecurity Engineer

Valiant Technologies LLC; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 81,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC in The Woodlands, TX is seeking a Sr. Level CyberSecurity Engineer for a 16-month engagement. You will act as a Tier 3 escalation point for security incidents and optimize security tools across the enterprise.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience and strong skills with Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Proofpoint, and SIEM. You will lead vulnerability management, threat hunting, and create runbooks and incident response procedures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity roles.
• Strong experience interoperating with MSSPs, third-party security vendors, and/or clients.
• Solid understanding of network security, endpoint protection, and cloud security principles.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and documentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Tier 3 escalation point for security incidents and investigations.
• Manage and optimize security tools and platforms across the enterprise.
• Create, review, and troubleshoot Palo Alto Next-Gen Firewall rulesets.
• Administer and monitor CrowdStrike EDR and Proofpoint Email Security solutions.
• Operate and fine-tune SIEM platforms, including alert use case creation and optimization.
• Leverage Microsoft Cloud Security Tools to secure cloud environments.
• Lead the Vulnerability Management program, including scanning, prioritization, remediation coordination, and reporting.
• Collaborate with and delegate tasks to MSSPs, ensuring SLAs and quality standards are met.
• Conduct threat hunting, vulnerability assessments, and risk analysis.
• Develop and maintain security documentation, runbooks, and incident response procedures.
• Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

MSSP collaboration

Security incident response

Threat hunting

Cloud security principles

Analytical and problem solving

Documentation and communication

Tools

Palo Alto Next-Gen Firewall

CrowdStrike EDR

Proofpoint Email Security

SIEM platforms

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Defender for Identity

Microsoft Purview

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Job Title:Sr. Level CyberSecurity Engineer

Duration: 16 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $69/hour (C2C)

Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a Tier 3 escalation point for security incidents and investigations.
• Manage and optimize security tools and platforms across the enterprise.
• Create, review, and troubleshoot Palo Alto Next-Gen Firewall rulesets.
• Administer and monitor CrowdStrike EDR and Proofpoint Email Security solutions.
• Operate and fine-tune SIEM platforms, including alert use case creation and optimization.
• Leverage Microsoft Cloud Security Tools (Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Purview, etc.) to secure cloud environments.
• Lead the Vulnerability Management program, including scanning, prioritization, remediation coordination, and reporting.
• Collaborate with and delegate tasks to MSSPs, ensuring SLAs and quality standards are met.
• Conduct threat hunting, vulnerability assessments, and risk analysis.
• Develop and maintain security documentation, runbooks, and incident response procedures.
• Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity roles.
• Strong experience with:
• Proven experience interoperating with MSSPs, third-party security vendors, and or clients.
• Solid understanding of network security, endpoint protection, and cloud security principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.