Security Engineer and System Administrator

Kforce's client, a US based, mid-size, regulated financial services firm centrally located in NYC, is seeking a hands-on hybrid Security Engineer and System Administrator responsible for both enterprise infrastructure administration and cybersecurity operations who will ensure the availability, integrity and security of Windows and Linux systems. Summary: This role will be responsible for system deployment and hardening, threat detection, incident response, and regulatory compliance, while maintaining critical IT infrastructure (you are not required to know everything listed in the description, as long as you have experience with the majority). This client offers superb benefits, PTO, 401k and more. Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure and Systems Administration incl. support of Windows and Linux environments and applications in these environments (Linux is a nice to have)
• Administer and secure AD/Azure, Group Policy, SaaS products and Identity systems/services
• Maintain infrastructure and system performance, patching and availability
• Support on-prem, virtualization and hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Monitor and maintain endpoints and EDR solution
• Monitor and maintain network and firewall infrastructure
• Monitor and analyze security events via SIEM, EDR, etc
• Develop, tune and improve detections rules and alerts
• Perform vulnerability scanning and remediation
• Investigate, respond, contain and remediate security incidents across the enterprise
• Manage logging, monitoring and secure configurations for both cloud and on-prem services
• Perform root cause analysis and document findings
• Conduct periodic access reviews
• Maintain and improve documentation, policies and support internal/external audits
• Manage backup solution, maintain and test disaster recovery and business continuity processes
• Automate system administration and security processes
• Bachelor's of Science degree preferred
• Relevant certifications (CISSP, Azure Administrator, Azure Security, etc.) preferred
• 5+ years of experience in System and Cloud Administration
• 5+ years of experience in Cybersecurity

Robust hands-on experience with managing the following:

• EDR (Crowdstrike)
• SEG (Mimecast/Barracuda)
• SIEM (Splunk)
• Monitoring/Logging
• Vulnerability scanning
• Scripting/Automation (Powershell, python, etc.)

* WAN/LAN