Cyber Security Platform Engineer – Cyber Defense
Location
Michigan
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
$97.1K - $190.5K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Systems or related field.
- 6+ years of overall software engineering experience
- 2+ technical experience designing and maintaining scalable security data architectures.
- Skilled in configuring cloud-native security & SIEM/SOAR platforms.
- Experience with security logging, data sources, log parsing & tuning and industry best practices for log ingestion
- Experience administering cloud-native security platforms, with a specific focus on maintaining platform health, troubleshooting configuration issues, and managing complex IAM roles to ensure granular access control.
- 2+ years hands-on development experience on cloud-native platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform.
- Even better, you may have...**
- Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Go, Java, or Bash for automation, data manipulation, and integration tasks.
- Hands-on experience setting up CI/CD pipelines. OpenShift Tekton, or GitHub Actions or similar.
- Knowledge of secure coding practices
- Experience setting up serverless functions using GCP Cloud Run or Cloud functions, and configuring the respective service for scaling
- Robust knowledge of system design principles including reliability, availability, and scalability
- Experience setting up logging and monitoring services (Dynatrace, GCP Ops Suites)
- Strong understanding of network security, log analysis, threat detection, and incident response.
- Knowledge of RESTful APIs, data integration techniques, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
- Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills:
- Ability to analyze complex data systems, identify improvement opportunities, and translate business requirements into detailed technical designs.
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail for solving complex problems with many variables.
- Communication and Collaboration:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate technical issues, collaborate with stakeholders, and create comprehensive documentation.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and interact with various internal and external teams.
- Comfortable supporting multiple client environments and balancing delivery with operations.
- Security & Cloud skills:
- Familiarity with security concepts, cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK threat hunting, and cyber threat intelligence.
- Strong technical experience working in multi-cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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