Cybersecurity Specialist 3

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BizTek People, Inc. | APA International Placement Consultants
Portland, PORTLAND, United States
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seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to support cloud security initiatives and ongoing cybersecurity programs. This role will focus on securing Azure environments, automating security processes, and supporting enterprise security monitoring.

++Scope++

The scope includes working with members of the IT&S (Information Technology and Services) Department to:

  • Reduce fragmentation across multiple remote access tools, creating consistent controls, deduplicating capabilities, and reducing operational complexity

    • Configure Azure Cloud Application Security Broker (CASB)
    • Evaluate and secure other access methods in the context of CASB
    • Review vulnerabilities, triage issues, and partner with technology and business teams to drive remediation
    • Ensure secure design, deployment, and documentation for applications and services
    • Collaborate with other technology teams and business units on secure remote access practices

  • Extend automation capabilities to define, prioritize, and develop standardized incident response activities

    • Configure Azure score manager to track historical score data
    • Automate log collection from new Azure subscriptions
    • Normalize Event Hub log collection
    • Automate baseline security configuration and utility deployment using Ansible

  • Scripting KPI and metrics collection and presentation

  • Develop new integrations and vulnerability related alerts in Splunk

Deliverables

  • Documentation

    • Architectural Review Board (ARB)
    • Technical Review Board (TRB)
    • Change Management Review Board (CMRB)
    • Change Advisory Board (CAB)
    • Other documentation as required (e.g., for audits and inspections, updates to standards and procedures, etc.)

  • Consult with project team and other stakeholders, e.g., IT practitioners, the Cybersecurity and Compliance teams, Enterprise Architecture, Applications, Infrastructure, Network, Database, OCM, etc. during testing and implementation.

Requirements

  • 4 years of practical application security experience.

  • 2 years of practical information security experience.

  • Practical experience using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools to sort, analyze, view, and report on data.

  • Knowledge of technology protocols and security concepts.

  • Industry cybersecurity and technology certifications are a plus.

  • Experience working in a regulated utility environment is a plus.

  • Experience working in a remote, cross functional team, with the ability to drive the scope of work.

  • Ability to lead work effort with little day to day supervision. Ability to work through ambiguity and escalate issues to maintain project momentum.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation.

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