Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security EngineerPrinceton, NJ 08540 - Remote till Jan 12 + MonthsClient Notes: They had someone develop vulnerability management for them, automating many functions within it. One thing that went well was that this person was a self starter that required minimal supervision. Should work well with others. Communicate clearly and technically. The expectation is that once opens up this person will be onsite with them. Legacy on prem, AWS environment managed by a 3rd party and then another AWS environment that's managed by client. The AWS ETS environment is in the dev sec ops realm so familiarity with that is great. List of preferred skills is focused on application vulnerability management.Responsibilities:Analytical triage and prioritization of concurrent incidents. Analyze, respond to, and lead security incidents, including application and network attempted and realized breaches. Ensure incident response includes host and network-based log analysis, correlation of network indicators, PCAP data, incident timeline generation, and root cause analysis among other data sources. Perform daily in-depth analysis of current network threat activity and trends developing in the future. Perform application penetrations testing as needed and analyze any findings that may result. Perform vulnerability scans as needed and analyze any findings that may result. Correlate event data for IDS systems, firewalls, secure web gateways, SIEMs, and other security systems for potential threats. Experience with tools such as Perl, Python, or other scripting language in an incident handling environment. EnCase, Wireshark, Hex Rays, IDA Pro or Hex workshop, ArcSight.Education, Certifications, or Special Licenses:Industry certifications such as CISSP, GCFE, GCFA, GCIA, GPEN, GWAPT, CEH, EnCE, etc.Required: Experience with SecOps automation and Cloud Security Posture principles and tools AWS Security Hub and AWS Foundational Security Best Practice standards Python 3.x, JSON and YAML Boto3 and basic AWS API familiarity AWS Lambda and related services (CloudWatch, SNS, etc.