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Job Description

We are evolving our security practices as we scale, and we’re looking for a seasoned Security Engineering Contractor who can take the lead in shaping our incident response program, guiding risk management, and improving our overall security posture. This is a hands-on role that will give you the chance to influence tool and process decisions while collaborating with engineering, operations, compliance, and executive stakeholders.

You’ll work across our AWS cloud and on-premises infrastructure, ensuring security events are managed effectively, vulnerabilities are prioritized and addressed, and compliance standards are met.

What You Will Do

• Incident Response Leadership – Design, run, and continuously improve the Security Incident Response program. Develop and tune SIEM use cases, manage SOC alerts, and lead incident escalations.
• Vulnerability Management – Own and drive the vulnerability management program for cloud and on-prem environments.
• Web Application Security – Manage and optimize WAF configurations and rulesets to protect applications from common threats.
• DevSecOps Practices – Work with engineering teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows.
• Security Platform Enablement – Build and improve security tooling and platforms that enable engineering teams to detect, triage, and remediate issues independently.
• Risk Guidance & Reporting – Provide actionable risk guidance and deliver intelligent, contextual reports to leadership.
• Security Operations – Prioritize, categorize, and contain incidents; design and maintain playbooks.
• Cloud Security Posture – Leverage AWS Guardduty and related tools to drive remediation and improvements.
• Compliance Alignment – Guide the company alignment with CIS benchmarks, AWS best practices, PCI DSS, and other relevant frameworks.
  
  

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Skills And Requirements

• 8+ years total work experience, including 6+ years in cybersecurity engineering roles.
• Deep expertise in security incident response management.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM products and SOC operations.
• Hands-on experience with AWS security services.
• Strong knowledge of security standards, frameworks, and best practices.
• Proven track record in vulnerability management.
• Experience with compliance-driven environments (CCPA, GDPR, SOC 2, PCI DSS, etc.).
• Familiarity with Terraform, scripting, and query languages.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
  
  

If you have questions about this posting, please contact [email protected]

Job Tags

Full time, For contractors, Work experience placement,

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