Description
Location: Remote
Shift: Afternoon Shift (2 PM - 10 PM IST). Flexible to have overall of 4 hours with PST.
Responsibilities
- Develop capabilities of security tooling and configuration to better protect systems, improve organization and structure of security tools especially Microsoft Defender, vulnerability management and remediation.
- Diagnose and fix issues with security tooling and configuration on Windows workstation including performance issues, loss of functionality, creating exceptions.
- Analyze and report on vulnerability and hardening compliance.
- Document procedures and processes.
- Lead initiatives to develop and build security utilities and tools that will enable others to operate more efficiently and securely in cloud environments.
- Work across cloud, business systems, and product teams to enhance and evangelize security in infrastructure.
- Research emerging technologies and maintain awareness of current security risks in support of security enhancement and development efforts.
Minimum Qualifications
- Hands-on endpoint systems administration experience Windows 10/11. Windows Server experience also preferable.
- Proven ability to diagnose tough Windows technical problems and find elegant solutions or workarounds.
- Experience with security management tools, including Microsoft Defender, vulnerability management, update management.
- MacOS systems administration experience preferable.
- Experience with enterprise systems management, such as Active Directory, group policy, Azure Active Directory, Intune.
- 5+ years of experience in the field of information security in the following areas: Windows and MacOS security, vulnerability management and remediation, securing system configuration, e.g., CIS benchmarks and hardening.
- Experience supporting security initiatives and projects by effectively communicating with stakeholders, tracking progress, and organizing processes.
- Advanced people skills to effectively promote ideas and collaboration at the various levels of the organization.
- Excellent analytical skills, organizational skills, ingenuity, and the ability to work as part of a team or autonomously.
- Experience with Excel or other analytical tools.
- Experience automating processes with scripting or other tools.
- Ability to find security gaps and propose solutions to remediate.
- Ability to design, drive, and manage projects of moderate size and complexity.
Preferred Qualifications
- CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) from ISC2, GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials Certification) from the SANS Institute or CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
- Knowledge of AWS and Azure cloud computing concepts and security
