Security Engineer

About Novawatch
The Novawatch team is here to assist you through your entire managed security process. Novawatch provides customized 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) services from our state-of-the-art security operation center located in Scottsdale Arizona. Our team is composed of solution experts that will ensure you are protected from threats and intruders.

Headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, we are looking to add an experienced Account Executive to our growing team.

Position Summary

Keeps the organization’s proprietary and sensitive information secure. Works inter-departmentally to identify and correct flaws in the company’s security systems, solutions, and programs while recommending specific measures that can improve the company’s overall security posture. May be assigned to function as a supervisor, expert, or project leader.

Responsibilities

• Design and build security tools and processes for integration and deployment to systems across the enterprise
• Develop and support integration and automation within security, monitoring, reporting, and ticketing platforms
• Design, implement, and support cloud-based systems security solutions for both public and private cloud infrastructures
• Research and development of modern/next-gen systems security toolsets to augment existing controls
• Design and build hardened configuration requirements for Linux and work with multiple teams to help implement suggested solutions
• Review and analyze existing processes and suggest improvements for increased security, including operationalization of process and standard improvements
• Conduct security research to keep abreast of the latest security issues and help communicate and respond internally to mitigate any identified vulnerabilities

Requirements

• Experience in deploying and maintaining security controls within various public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google)
• Experience in deploying and maintaining security controls within on-premises data centers and physical server infrastructures
• Experience developing automation solutions in scripting/programming languages such as Perl and Unix shell such as Bash (Python a plus)
• Experience with Splunk, RASP technologies, Endpoint security software, and other advanced security and system security tools
• Familiarity with different styles of source control, automation technologies (such as Puppet, Ansible, Terraform and CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience deploying security agent software for Linux systems and other enterprise technologies
• Proficient in documenting and building detailed systems security diagrams and related documentation
• Understanding of various architectural frameworks and controls
• Understand information security concepts, protocols, “industry best practices”
• Ability to translate infrastructure technologies such as network, database, server issue into risks for threat assessments and monitoring
• Experience performing systems security analysis, baselining, hardening, and automation across a large diverse set of systems
• 2– 5 years of secure system design responsibility including practical experience with system security compliance requirements (PCI, SOX, HIPAA, etc.) in a high-volume e-commerce or enterprise environment
• GCUX, CISSP, GSEC, or similar security / Unix professional certification

Requirements

• Full Time
• Compensation Range for this role is based on the national averages. The actual salary offer will be based on experience and expertise of the successful candidate