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Cyber Security Engineer

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Cyber Security Engineer Location: Houston, TX

Type: Full-Time

Department: Information Security

Reports to: Security Engineering Manager / CISO

Core Responsibilities

Engineer security controls: EDR/XDR, SIEM rules, WAF, DLP, CASB, IAM policies.

Deploy and tune detection: Splunk, Elastic, Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Defender.

Automate defense: SOAR playbooks (Phantom, Cortex XSOAR), Python scripts, infrastructure‑as‑code security.

Conduct threat hunting: Hypothesis‑driven queries, UEBA, memory forensics, network telemetry.

Respond to incidents: Containment, eradication, recovery, forensics, post‑mortems.

Harden systems: CIS/STIG benchmarks, patch management, secure baselines, zero‑trust microsegmentation.

Secure cloud environments: AWS GuardDuty, Azure Security Center, Google Cloud Platform Security Command Center, CSPM.

Run vulnerability management: Scanning (Qualys, Tenable), risk prioritization, remediation tracking.

Support compliance: SOC2, ISO27001, NIST CSF, PCI‑DSS evidence, audits, control mapping.

Participate in red/blue/purple team exercises and penetration test remediation.

What You Bring Must‑Have

4+ years in cybersecurity engineering, SOC, or SecOps.

Hands‑on SIEM: Splunk SPL, Elastic KQL, or Microsoft Kusto writing detections, not just dashboards.

EDR mastery: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne response workflows.

Scripting/automation: Python (boto3, requests), PowerShell, Bash, regex ninja.

Cloud security: AWS (Security Hub, Macie), Azure (Defender for Cloud), IAM/SCIM.

Networking & OS internals: TCP/IP stack, Windows/Linux privilege models, sysmon, auditd.

Incident response lifecycle: You’ve contained ransomware and preserved evidence.

One of: CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, GNFA, CCSP, or AWS Security Specialty.

Nice‑to‑Have

SOAR development (playbooks, integrations, API orchestration).

Threat intel platforms: MISP, OpenCTI, Recorded Future.

Container security: Docker, Kubernetes, Falco, Aqua, Sysdig.

Reverse engineering or malware analysis (IDA, Ghidra, Volatility).

SASE/ ZTNA: Palo Alto Prisma, Zscaler, Netskope.

Certifications: OSCP, CCSP, GREM, EnCE.

Tech Stack

Detection: Splunk ES, Elastic Security, Microsoft Sentinel

EDR/XDR: CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne

Cloud: AWS (GuardDuty, Inspector), Azure (Security Center), Google Cloud Platform SCC

Automation: Cortex XSOAR, Ansible, Terraform (secure modules)

Vuln Mgmt: Tenable.io, Qualys VMDR

Network: Palo Alto NGFW, Zeek, Suricata

Forensics: Autopsy, Volatility, Velociraptor

Identity: Okta, Azure AD, PingFederate

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