Job Title: Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Location: St Paul, MN, - Hybrid Duration: 12 months (with temp to hire potential)
Job Summary?
As a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer you will be responsible for working with other Building Automation System (BAS) controls and software engineering team members to identify business, technology and product risks and vulnerabilities in the early stages and embed security requirements to address and validate them.
A lot of this is done by conducting security assessments where the activities will include threat modeling, attack modeling, security DFMEA, vulnerability assessment, triaging, and reporting.
This Sr. Cyber Security Engineer will also collaborate with product architects, system engineers, developers, and testers to implement secure designs by employing secure communications, network/device access control, authentication, authorization, cryptography, audit, forensics, and anomaly and misuse detection to provide information security (integrity, confidentiality, availability, and non-repudiation).
Core Job Responsibilities (others may be added):
Define and develop processes and methodologies for designing secure systems
Engage with teams to conduct security risk assessments and conform to organizational remediation/mitigation timelines in different phases of the secure product development lifecycle
Provide product security support to development teams, including reviewing and explaining security tools and processes, providing vulnerability explanations and remediation guidance
Optimize product/system security by creating and reviewing architecture and detailed design solutions that reflect best practices
Coordinate product security program metrics and reporting
Support ongoing vulnerability and patch management through tracking, triaging and prioritizing across all products to minimize the potential security risk
Help drive system and product requirements to meet the regulatory and compliance requirements (like GDPR, ISO, ISA/IEC, SOC2, FedRAMP)
Assist with training and mentoring of security champions
Partner with third-party vendors to deliver software security tools and services
Provide expert consultation on application security requirements and best practices with vulnerability scanning and secure application design
Partner closely on security operations tasks with cross-functional teammates in IT, DevOps, Engineering, Compliance, and Test
Manage 3rd party partners and vendors supplying cybersecurity-related services
Identify the design implications within a platform and system and work with teams to minimize vulnerabilities Influence program decisions to reduce the risk exposure of the company
Participate in Zero-day remediation, Hotfixes, and Incident Response efforts
Identify and review test coverage for the security aspects of the system
Assist in responses to external audits, customer questionnaires, penetration tests and vulnerability assessments
Self-motivated to stay engaged with the market on new security products, threats and vulnerabilities and to apply innovative approaches in technology, marketing and service operations to meet those needs.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar engineering discipline with an emphasis on cyber security
8+ years of cumulative experience in software development and engineering expertise in Application, Network, Cloud, Mobile, IoT, ICS, Embedded systems, APIs
5+ years of expertise in Product Security, Security Architecture and Security Assessment: Threat Modeling, Secure Development, Risk Assessment, Threat Analysis, DFMEA, Penetration testing, SDLA tools
Strong understanding of operational technology principles, concepts, and techniques
Strong knowledge of current security threats, techniques, and landscape, as well as a self-motivated desire to research current in the cybersecurity landscape
Strong knowledge of OpenSSL, TLS mutual authentication, PKI, digital signatures, and certificate management
Ability to research, develop, and keep abreast of tools, techniques, and process improvements in support of security detection and analysis following current and emerging threats
Implementation experience or knowledge of security controls
Should have good knowledge of security containers, hands-on experience with DevSecOps principles, and a good handle on end-to-end DevSecOps processes
Technical understanding of cloud-native architecture and engineering best practices (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) Working experience with OWASP Top 10 for web applications
Knowledge of penetration testing techniques, application security vulnerabilities, OWASP Top 10, SANS 25, CWE, etc
Knowledge of Security Industry Standards and Frameworks: e.g., NIST, ISA/IEC, GDPR, SOC2
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate to all levels of the organization.
Preferred Qualifications
Familiar with DISA STIG assessment and implementation for Linux and/or Windows systems
Desirable security certification(s): GICSP, GCLD, GSOC, GDSA, or any other relevant certifications.
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. 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: $66.00/daily.
