Engineer Level 3 Security Engineer

DescriptionKforce has a client that is seeking an Engineer Level 3 Security Engineer in Blue Ash, OH.Overview:This is a senior-level individual contributor role requiring strong Security Operations experience, critical thinking, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively in high-pressure situations. The ideal candidate will be able to break down complex technical information and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Key Responsibilities:* Lead containment, eradication, and recovery efforts for endpoint, cloud, identity, and other security incidents* Serve as an escalation point for complex security events and incidents* Investigate security events and determine appropriate response actions* Contribute to the development and improvement of security playbooks and runbooks* Provide feedback to the Detection team to improve the quality of detections, enrichment, and automated response* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve logging visibility and response readiness* Contribute to operational maturity through playbooks, mentoring, tabletop exercises, detections, and audits* Mentor junior team members and help build their Security Operations capabilities* Communicate technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholdersRequirements* Strong experience in Security Operations, security investigations, and incident response* Hands-on experience investigating and responding to security events and incidents* Experience supporting containment, eradication, and recovery activities* Experience with security alerts and detections* Experience developing or maintaining security playbooks and/or runbooks* Understanding of Security Operations tooling such as SIEM/SOAR, EDR, email security gateways, and firewalls* Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills* Ability to break down complex technical topics and communicate them clearly to technical and non-technical audiences* Strong written and verbal communication skills* Demonstrated leadership within an individual contributor role* Experience mentoring junior team membersNice-to-Haves:* Experience with detection engineering* Experience with rule or alert tuning* Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework, including mapping security activity or detections to relevant tactics and techniques* Experience with cloud environments such as Azure, GCP, or AWS* Familiarity with Google Security Operations* Experience contributing to tabletop exercises or security auditsJob TypeContractCompensation70 - $76