Security Architect - Consultant

After-hours maintenance, incident escalation support, and operational handoffs may be required as needed.

Please Note: This is a repost of posting ID 13280 - DO NOT submit resources that were previously submitted to posting 12380. Interview feedback from posting ID 13280 is included in the SOW attachment.

Full job description attached & required/preferred skills are stated below.

Scope of the project:

THIS POSITION WILL SERVE AS A CONTRACT SECURITY ENGINEER WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION’S DIVISION OF INFORMATION SECURITY. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL SHOW EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING SECURITY AUTOMATION, CUSTOM TOOL DEVELOPMENT, IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT, LINUX SYSTEMS AND A BROAD RANGE OF ENTERPRISE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES. THIS CONTRACTOR WILL WORK WITH A LARGE ENTERPRISE SECURITY TEAM AND ASSIST THE SECURITY AUTOMATIONS ARCHITECT, SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ANALYSTS AND INCIDENT RESPONDERS WITH THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, INTEGRATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF SECURITY TOOLS, AUTOMATIONS, SYSTEMS AND SERVICES SUPPORTING MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE: THIS CONTRACTOR WILL BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON SECURITY ENGINEERING, AUTOMATION, SCRIPTING, TOOL DEVELOPMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT WHILE ALSO PROVIDING SECONDARY SUPPORT FOR IAM, LINUX-BASED SECURITY SENSORS, DSPM, SIEM, XDR, LOGGING, MONITORING AND OTHER EVOLVING SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES. THE ROLE REQUIRES HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING BOTH SECURITY ENGINEERING AND SECURITY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING INTERNAL APPLICATIONS, APIS, SDKS, DASHBOARDS, COMMAND-LINE TOOLS, AUTOMATIONS, ACCESS CONTROLS, PLATFORM TROUBLESHOOTING, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYST ENABLEMENT. THE CANDIDATE MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING, SOLUTION DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, TROUBLESHOOTING, PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF SECURE SYSTEMS AND SERVICES IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

MANDATORY SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:  THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE STRICTLY ENFORCED AND NON-NEGOTIABLE.  NO EXCEPTIONS CAN BE GRANTED.  CANDIDATES WHO CANNOT PASS THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR HIRE.  ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUCCESSFULLY PASS A FULL CREDIT CHECK AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK DURING THE INITIAL HIRING PROCESS.  ONCE ONBOARD, THEY MUST OBTAIN AND RETAIN ANNUAL CJIS CERTIFICATION AS PART OF THE ONGOING EMPLOYMENT PROCESS.

OTHER: THIS POSITION IS 100% REMOTE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN ON-CALL ROTATION SUPPORTING THE 24X7 SOC. AFTER-HOURS MAINTENANCE, INCIDENT ESCALATION SUPPORT AND OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS WILL BE REQUIRED AS NEEDED. PREFERENCE WILL BE SHOWN FOR CANDIDATES PRESENTLY RESIDING INSIDE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT CAN PHYSICALLY ASSIST WITH EQUIPMENT AND HARDWARE MAINTENANCE AS NEEDED.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

THIS POSITION IS 100% REMOTE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN ON-CALL ROTATION SUPPORTING A 24X7 SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER SERVING MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES. OTHER AFTER-HOURS WORK MAY BE REQUIRED AS NEEDED.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

PRIMARILY ASSIST IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF ENTERPRISE SECURITY AUTOMATIONS AND CUSTOM SECURITY TOOLS, INCLUDING:

PYTHON-BASED AUTOMATIONS, INTERNAL WEB APPLICATIONS, APIS, SDKS, SCRIPTS, DASHBOARDS, COMMAND-LINE UTILITIES AND SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS

AUTOMATED WORKFLOWS FOR ALERT ENRICHMENT, TRIAGE, INCIDENT RESPONSE, CASE MANAGEMENT, NOTIFICATIONS, CONTAINMENT, ESCALATION AND REPORTING

CUSTOM TOOLS TO ASSIST WITH CVE VETTING, VULNERABILITY ENRICHMENT, PRIORITIZATION, TRACKING AND SECURITY DECISION SUPPORT

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

-- SECONDARILY ASSIST IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF A BROAD RANGE OF SECURITY PLATFORMS, INCLUDING: DSPM, ASM, IAM, VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT, EMAIL SECURITY, ENDPOINT SECURITY, SIEM, XDR, SOAR, LOGGING, MONITORING, NETWORK SECURITY, CLOUD SECURITY AND THREAT INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATIONS WITH TICKETING, CASE MANAGEMENT, NOTIFICATION, IDENTITY, DATA SOURCES, APIS, SDKS AND OTHER ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS AS NEEDED SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PALO ALTO NETWORKS, PROOFPOINT, TENABLE, CRIBL, WHATSUP GOLD AND OTHER CURRENT OR FUTURE SECURITY PRODUCTS.

-- DEVELOP, TEST, DEPLOY AND MAINTAIN AUTOMATED SECURITY WORKFLOWS, APPLICATIONS AND SCRIPTS USING PYTHON, POWERSHELL, BASH, REST APIS, JSON, YAML, VENDOR SDKS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES.

-- ASSIST WITH IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING USER PROVISIONING, DEPROVISIONING, ACCESS REVIEWS, ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL, SERVICE ACCOUNTS, API CREDENTIALS, AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND IDENTITY-BASED SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS.

-- DEPLOY, CONFIGURE, PATCH, MONITOR, OPTIMIZE AND TROUBLESHOOT LINUX SYSTEMS SUPPORTING SECURITY SENSORS, COLLECTORS, CONNECTORS, APPLICATIONS, CONTAINERS AND DATA-PROCESSING SERVICES, INCLUDING DOCKER-BASED ENVIRONMENTS.

-- SUPPORT SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SOC ANALYSTS, INCIDENT RESPONDERS AND AGENCY CUSTOMERS THROUGH PLATFORM TROUBLESHOOTING, AUTOMATION DEVELOPMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION, TECHNICAL ESCALATION, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS.

-- MONITOR AND REPORT ON AUTOMATION HEALTH, APPLICATION AVAILABILITY, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, SENSOR STATUS, INTEGRATION FAILURES, API ERRORS, VULNERABILITY STATUS, PLATFORM ISSUES AND OTHER SECURITY ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONAL METRICS.

-- ENSURE HIGH AVAILABILITY, RESILIENCE, BACKUP, RECOVERY, PATCHING, LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT, SECURE CONFIGURATION AND CONTROLLED CHANGE PROCESSES FOR SECURITY TOOLS, LINUX SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, AUTOMATIONS AND SUPPORTING SERVICES.

-- COLLABORATE WITH SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ANALYSTS, INCIDENT RESPONDERS AND AGENCY STAKEHOLDERS TO ALIGN SOLUTIONS WITH BUSINESS GOALS, INDUSTRY-STANDARD FRAMEWORKS, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL RISK TOLERANCE.

Required Skills

(Ranked by Importance):

-- BROAD HANDS-ON SECURITY ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CYBERSECURITY TECHNOLOGIES, SYSTEMS, INTEGRATIONS AND OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS.

-- Experience integrating enterprise technologies using APIs, SDKs, web services, structured data formats, authentication methods and vendor-supported interfaces.

-- Strong experience troubleshooting complex technical issues across applications, security platforms, operating systems, networks, identity services and integrations.

-- LINUX SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT, CONFIGURATION, PATCHING, SCRIPTING, SERVICE MANAGEMENT, MONITORING, TROUBLESHOOTING AND LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

-- Experience developing automation and response workflows using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, YAML and vendor SDKs.

THIS POSITION WILL SERVE AS A CONTRACT SECURITY ENGINEER WITHIN THE

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION’S DIVISION OF INFORMATION SECURITY.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL SHOW EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE

SUPPORTING SECURITY AUTOMATION, CUSTOM TOOL DEVELOPMENT,

IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT, LINUX SYSTEMS AND A BROAD RANGE

OF ENTERPRISE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES. THIS CONTRACTOR WILL WORK

WITH A LARGE ENTERPRISE SECURITY TEAM AND ASSIST THE SECURITY

AUTOMATIONS ARCHITECT, SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ANALYSTS

AND INCIDENT RESPONDERS WITH THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT,

IMPLEMENTATION, INTEGRATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF

SECURITY TOOLS, AUTOMATIONS, SYSTEMS AND SERVICES SUPPORTING

MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE: THIS CONTRACTOR WILL BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED

ON SECURITY ENGINEERING, AUTOMATION, SCRIPTING, TOOL DEVELOPMENT,

SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT WHILE ALSO PROVIDING

SECONDARY SUPPORT FOR IAM, LINUX-BASED SECURITY SENSORS, DSPM, SIEM,

XDR, LOGGING, MONITORING AND OTHER EVOLVING SECURITY

TECHNOLOGIES. THE ROLE REQUIRES HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING

BOTH SECURITY ENGINEERING AND SECURITY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING

INTERNAL APPLICATIONS, APIS, SDKS, DASHBOARDS, COMMAND-LINE TOOLS,

AUTOMATIONS, ACCESS CONTROLS, PLATFORM TROUBLESHOOTING, SYSTEM

ADMINISTRATION, DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYST ENABLEMENT. THE

CANDIDATE MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING, SOLUTION

DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, TROUBLESHOOTING,

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF SECURE

SYSTEMS AND SERVICES IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

MANDATORY SCREENING REQUIREMENTS: THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE

STRICTLY ENFORCED AND NON-NEGOTIABLE. NO EXCEPTIONS CAN BE

GRANTED. CANDIDATES WHO CANNOT PASS THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT

BE ELIGIBLE FOR HIRE. ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUCCESSFULLY PASS A FULL

CREDIT CHECK AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK DURING THE INITIAL

HIRING PROCESS. ONCE ONBOARD, THEY MUST OBTAIN AND RETAIN ANNUAL

CJIS CERTIFICATION AS PART OF THE ONGOING EMPLOYMENT PROCESS.

OTHER: THIS POSITION IS 100% REMOTE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN ON-CALL

ROTATION SUPPORTING THE 24X7 SOC. AFTER-HOURS MAINTENANCE,

INCIDENT ESCALATION SUPPORT AND OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS WILL BE

REQUIRED AS NEEDED. PREFERENCE WILL BE SHOWN FOR CANDIDATES

PRESENTLY RESIDING INSIDE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT CAN

PHYSICALLY ASSIST WITH EQUIPMENT AND HARDWARE MAINTENANCE AS

NEEDED.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

THIS POSITION IS 100% REMOTE AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN ON-CALL ROTATION

SUPPORTING A 24X7 SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER SERVING MULTIPLE STATE

AGENCIES. OTHER AFTER-HOURS WORK MAY BE REQUIRED AS NEEDED.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

PRIMARILY ASSIST IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT,

ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF ENTERPRISE SECURITY

AUTOMATIONS AND CUSTOM SECURITY TOOLS, INCLUDING:

PYTHON-BASED AUTOMATIONS, INTERNAL WEB APPLICATIONS, APIS, SDKS, SCRIPTS,

DASHBOARDS, COMMAND-LINE UTILITIES AND SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS

AUTOMATED WORKFLOWS FOR ALERT ENRICHMENT, TRIAGE, INCIDENT RESPONSE,

CASE MANAGEMENT, NOTIFICATIONS, CONTAINMENT, ESCALATION AND REPORTING

CUSTOM TOOLS TO ASSIST WITH CVE VETTING, VULNERABILITY ENRICHMENT,

PRIORITIZATION, TRACKING AND SECURITY DECISION SUPPORT

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

-- SECONDARILY ASSIST IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATIONAL

SUPPORT OF A BROAD RANGE OF SECURITY PLATFORMS, INCLUDING: DSPM, ASM,

IAM, VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT, EMAIL SECURITY, ENDPOINT SECURITY, SIEM,

XDR, SOAR, LOGGING, MONITORING, NETWORK SECURITY, CLOUD SECURITY AND

THREAT INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATIONS WITH TICKETING, CASE

MANAGEMENT, NOTIFICATION, IDENTITY, DATA SOURCES, APIS, SDKS AND OTHER

ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS AS NEEDED SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PALO ALTO

NETWORKS, PROOFPOINT, TENABLE, CRIBL, WHATSUP GOLD AND OTHER CURRENT

OR FUTURE SECURITY PRODUCTS.

-- DEVELOP, TEST, DEPLOY AND MAINTAIN AUTOMATED SECURITY WORKFLOWS,

APPLICATIONS AND SCRIPTS USING PYTHON, POWERSHELL, BASH, REST APIS, JSON,

YAML, VENDOR SDKS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES.

-- ASSIST WITH IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING USER

PROVISIONING, DEPROVISIONING, ACCESS REVIEWS, ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL,

SERVICE ACCOUNTS, API CREDENTIALS, AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND

IDENTITY-BASED SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS.

-- DEPLOY, CONFIGURE, PATCH, MONITOR, OPTIMIZE AND TROUBLESHOOT LINUX

SYSTEMS SUPPORTING SECURITY SENSORS, COLLECTORS, CONNECTORS,

APPLICATIONS, CONTAINERS AND DATA-PROCESSING SERVICES, INCLUDING DOCKER-

BASED ENVIRONMENTS.

-- SUPPORT SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SOC ANALYSTS, INCIDENT

RESPONDERS AND AGENCY CUSTOMERS THROUGH PLATFORM TROUBLESHOOTING,

AUTOMATION DEVELOPMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION, TECHNICAL ESCALATION,

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS.

-- MONITOR AND REPORT ON AUTOMATION HEALTH, APPLICATION AVAILABILITY,

SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, SENSOR STATUS, INTEGRATION FAILURES, API ERRORS,

VULNERABILITY STATUS, PLATFORM ISSUES AND OTHER SECURITY ENGINEERING AND

OPERATIONAL METRICS.

-- ENSURE HIGH AVAILABILITY, RESILIENCE, BACKUP, RECOVERY, PATCHING, LIFECYCLE

MANAGEMENT, SECURE CONFIGURATION AND CONTROLLED CHANGE PROCESSES

FOR SECURITY TOOLS, LINUX SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, AUTOMATIONS AND

SUPPORTING SERVICES.

-- COLLABORATE WITH SECURITY ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ANALYSTS, INCIDENT

RESPONDERS AND AGENCY STAKEHOLDERS TO ALIGN SOLUTIONS WITH BUSINESS

GOALS, INDUSTRY-STANDARD FRAMEWORKS, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND

ORGANIZATIONAL RISK TOLERANCE.

Required Skills

(Ranked by Importance):

-- BROAD HANDS-ON SECURITY

ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

SUPPORTING MULTIPLE

CYBERSECURITY TECHNOLOGIES,

SYSTEMS, INTEGRATIONS AND

OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS.

-- Experience integrating enterprise

technologies using APIs, SDKs, web

services, structured data formats,

authentication methods and vendor-

supported interfaces.

-- Strong experience troubleshooting

complex technical issues across

applications, security platforms, operating

systems, networks, identity services and

integrations.

-- LINUX SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT,

CONFIGURATION, PATCHING,

SCRIPTING, SERVICE MANAGEMENT,

MONITORING, TROUBLESHOOTING AND

LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

-- Experience developing automation and

response workflows using Python,

PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON,

YAML and vendor SDKs.

-- Experience supporting IAM, DSPM, ASM,

vulnerability management, email security,

endpoint security, SIEM, SOAR, logging,

monitoring, cloud security and other

enterprise security technologies.

Preferred Skills

(Ranked by Importance):

-- HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

SERVING AS A SECURITY

ENGINEERING GENERALIST IN A

LARGE, MULTI-TENANT, SHARED-

SERVICES OR MANAGED-SERVICE

ENVIRONMENT.

-- Hands-on Linux, Docker, security

sensor, monitoring, scripting and

platform administration

experience.

-- Experience supporting SOC

analysts, security engineers,

incident responders, agency

customers and rapidly changing

operational priorities.

-- Familiarity with Palo Alto

Networks, Proofpoint, Tenable,

Cribl, WUG or other enterprise

security technologies and

experience developing playbooks,

runbooks, procedures and

technical documentation

-- Strong understanding of enterprise

security architecture, incident response,

networking, access control, secure software

development, systems administration and

industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks.

Required Education:

-- BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AN INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE

ENGINEERING OR INFORMATION SECURITY

RELATED FIELD

-- EIGHT YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

(EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED IN LIEU OF

EDUCATION)

-- FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING

LARGE IT ENVIRONMENTS, SECURITY SYSTEMS,

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND/OR SYSTEM

DEPLOYMENTS

Preferred Certifications:

CISSP, Security+, GIAC OR OTHER

RELEVANT CYBERSECURITY

CERTIFICATION

LINUX, PYTHON, CLOUD, IAM OR

OTHER RELEVANT SECURITY

ENGINEERING OR PLATFORM

CERTIFICATION

Work Address: Choose an item.

Identify on-site, hybrid or fully remote?

• If hybrid, provide telecommuting

schedule.

• Fully remote

THIS POSITION IS HOUSED 100% REMOTE AND WILL

PARTICIPATE IN A MONTHLY ON-CALL ROTATION

SUPPORTING THE 24X7 SOC. AFTER-HOURS

MAINTENANCE, INCIDENT ESCALATION SUPPORT AND

OPERATIONAL HANDOFFS MAY BE REQUIRED AS

NEEDED. ALL WORK MUST BE PERFORMED WITHIN

THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES. PREFERENCE

WILL BE GIVEN TO LOCAL SOUTH CAROLINA

BASED CANDIDATES CAPABLE OF FIELDING

SERVICES IN-STATE. CORE HOURS OF 0830-

0500 ET.

VPN or state equipment?

VPN

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/DUTIES:

-- Experience developing or supporting

internal web applications, APIs, dashboards,

databases, command-line tools and related

software components.

-- Advanced Python development experience

and familiarity with full-stack development,

internal web applications, APIs, databases,

Interview Feedback from posting

13280:

Resources did not demonstrate

the depth or precision required for

this position. Resources struggled

with the automation workflow

exercise, provided incorrect

responses regarding Bash support

on Windows and several answers

related to API throttling and data

ingestion did not fully address the

technical concepts being

evaluated. Need detailed

experience with workflow and

error handling, the recurring-

report response lacked the

expected technical integration

approach. Responses regarding

Cisco Umbrella/Secure Access also

did not demonstrate the expected

DNS security knowledge.

Interviews did not demonstrate

sufficient hands-on automation,

IAM and security engineering

depth for this position. Interviews

did not demonstrate the required

level of hands-on automation and

source control, testing and software deployment

practices.

engineering proficiency for this

role.