Associate Security Engineer

Summary

Join GuidePoint Security as an Associate Security Engineer and drive complex security deployments of Splunk or ArcSight, collaborating with clients to solve their unique security challenges. You will support security deployments, leverage Splunk's potential, and collaborate across the organization to deliver innovative solutions. Responsibilities include understanding client security postures, unlocking Splunk's capabilities, and enabling clients to solve future security questions independently. This role requires a strong understanding of cyber threats, 1+ years of Splunk experience, proficiency in log ingestion, and general networking and security troubleshooting skills. The position is primarily remote, with potential travel for certain roles. GuidePoint offers competitive benefits, including health insurance, dental insurance, paid time off, and a retirement plan.

Requirements

• Must have an understanding of cyber-based threat techniques and procedures to compare industry related events, exposures, and incidents with open source and gathered intelligence research to determine threat capability and intent, and the potential impact of the threat on customer network architecture and operations
• 1+ years of Splunk architecture, implementation, and troubleshooting experience
• Proficiency developing log ingestion and aggregation strategies
• Familiarity with key security events on common IT platforms
• General networking and security troubleshooting (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)
• Ability to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects

Responsibilities

• Drive complex security focused deployments of Splunk or ArcSight while working side by side with the customers to solve their unique problems across a variety of use cases
• Work with our customers to understand their security posture and requirements
• Support our security deployments by unlocking the potential of Splunk to assist our customers in achieving their Cyber Security strategy
• Collaborate across the entire organization to bring access to product and technical teams to get the right solution delivered and drive innovation gathered from customer input
• Leverage previous experiences, share best practices and create innovative solutions to push user adoption and maximize the value of Splunk
• Enable customers to solve the next wave of questions on their own

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with Configuration and Administration with Enterprise SIEM and experience in the Integration of multiple SIEM tools into a Single Architecture
• Working Knowledge of Operating System Auditing (both Syslog and Window Event Log) preferred
• Splunk Enterprise Security experience
• Splunk Certifications such as Splunk Certified Consultant, Splunk Enterprise Security Implementation, and Splunk Certified Architect
• Experience authoring security runbooks, policy, and best practice documentation, and implementing SOAR platforms such as Phantom (Splunk SOAR), or Demisto (XSOAR)
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience

Benefits

• Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
• Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family) and GPS will contribute in one lump sum: ($500 per EE annually / $1000 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
• Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
• 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
• Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
• Pet Benefit Option