Job Title-: Cyber Security Engineer II Location-: Columbia, SC (Partial Onsite: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Onsite and as Needed) Duration-: 12 Months Hours: 8AM – 5PM – M-F - Possible, but likely rare: overtime, travel, weekends, off hours C2 Eligibility is Required
Required Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Snformation Technology or other job related degree. or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experiencience, Ice plus an associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree.
Required Work Experience: 6 years of job related technical experience.
Interviews: In Person preferred - Remote ok
The Team: Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) - 13 people, half analysts, half engineers. Currently continuing to integrate new SIEM with multiple platforms and roll out new AI security initiatives
Required: Security operations/detection engineering/IR experience with SIEM/SOAR workflows; automation/scripting skills (e.g., Python, KQL/SPL). Working knowledge of AI/ML risk patterns (prompt injection, data leakage, and over-trust of outputs).
Nice To Have: Previous SOC analyst/engineer experience Certifications related to AI/Machine Learning
Things we are looking for person to do: Detection catalog in production: Publish an AI threat detection catalog mapped to telemetry sources and deploy an initial prioritized detection set with a monthly tuning cadence. • Faster, cleaner triage: Reduce repeat false positives and improve time-to-triage/time-to-escalation for AI-related alerts through enrichment and tuning. • Monitored guardrails: Stand up baseline monitoring and anomaly thresholds for approved AI tools and deliver recurring executive-ready reporting on risky usage patterns and remediation. • Validated response capability: Publish AI-focused IR runbooks and validate via tabletop exercises; feed lessons learned into playbooks and detection tuning.
Soft Skills: Communication skills and leadership skills. Will be working across teams that include execs, architects, senior technical staff
****Not looking for auditors or compliance specialists. This is a very technical hands on AI focused engineering position
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 55.00/hr.
