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Job Details Embedded Sys / Software Eng Cyber Security Engineer Palo Alto, CA Posted: 12/18/2024 Job Number: 353718 Category: Embedded Sys / Software Eng Duration: 12 months Pay rate: $78.87 /hr. Location: Palo Alto, CA Zip Code: 94304 Start Date: Right Away Job Description Provide immediate and ongoing support to maintain and enhance cybersecurity across corporate environments, with a strong emphasis on automation, tool development, and proactive security enhancement. This role will prioritize building robust, scalable, and efficient cybersecurity solutions to secure email systems, endpoint security, and other user-facing platforms, ensuring they are well-integrated and aligned with the broader cybersecurity strategy. Key Responsibilities Develop and implement automated security solutions to streamline cybersecurity processes, minimize manual interventions, and enhance operational efficiency across digital workplace and end-user platforms (email, endpoints, etc.). Design, configure, and integrate security tools with a focus on creating reusable, code-based solutions that scale across environments and adhere to best development practices. Proactively build and optimize scripts and applications to improve the effectiveness of cybersecurity controls, ensuring they remain resilient against emerging threats. Provide immediate 'break glass' support to maintain stability and efficiency of cybersecurity services, prioritizing development solutions to prevent future occurrences. Continuously assess and improve email and endpoint security measures through automated monitoring and response frameworks to quickly adapt to new threat landscapes. Foster seamless integration and communication between cybersecurity tools, end-user platforms, and IT teams, leveraging APIs and custom integrations where applicable. Conduct regular audits and refinements to security operations, ensuring alignment with evolving cybersecurity standards, company strategy, and development best practices. Qualifications Strong programming background in object-oriented languages (Python, Go, Java, etc.) and SQL, with experience building maintainable, scalable solutions. Proven experience with security tool development and integration (e.g., endpoint protection, email security, datalake, SOAR) including API utilization, custom scripting, and tool configuration to automate security processes. Background in automation and orchestration frameworks, with the ability to build reusable, code-based security solutions that minimize manual tasks and are scalable across environments. Experience with security data engineering or working in a DevSecOps environment, emphasizing automation, security telemetry, and scalable security infrastructure. Experience with modern cybersecurity technologies and platforms, including but not limited to endpoint security, email security platforms, EDR, SOAR, and datalake tools. Solid knowledge of endpoint and email security principles and a record of implementing and maintaining security controls in corporate environments. Comprehensive knowledge of RESTful APIs and data integration techniques to enable efficient, secure, and scalable data flow and communication between security systems and user-facing platforms. Strong familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible to automate and standardize security configurations across diverse environments. Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (e.g., Git), and modern software development practices to ensure high standards of consistency, quality, and automation in deploying and updating security tools. If you are interested in this role, please apply via the apply now link provided. Our overriding goal is to provide quality staffing solutions that help people, organizations, and communities succeed. Belcan is a leading provider of qualified personnel to many of the world's most respected enterprises. We offer excellent opportunities for contract, temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct assignments. We are the employer of choice for thousands worldwide. For more information, please visit our website at Belcan.com

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