Tier 2 Soc Engineer

Title: TIER 2 SOC ENGINEER

Location: Fulton, MD (HYBRID) 2 days a week onsite

Duration: Initial 12-month contract with potential extensions

Compensation: $55.00 - $70.00/hour

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Join our team as a Sr/Mid-level Security Engineer and put your analysis, monitoring, triage, and infrastructure skills to work. In this role, you will:

• Assist with the Management/Implementation of mission-critical infrastructure
• Participate in analysis of environments and come up with suggestions for improvements to existing processes as well as provide feedback for creating new ones
• Audit environments on an ongoing basis as a means of implementing security best practices
• Act as a point of escalation for SOC analysts
• Provide mentorship to the SOC analysts as needed for help with security analysis/investigation
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of web application security scanning
• Assistance with learning/piloting new tools as and when needed

• A strong interest in hands‑on security monitoring demonstrated by work experience, academics, and security certifications
• Experience with CSPM tools
• Experience with Vulnerability Management
• Experience with compliance frameworks
• Experience with Jira and case management is a plus
• Experience with Azure Office 365 and Share Point
• Basic Windows Server administration skills
• Basic Linux server administration skills
• Mid to Advanced knowledge with AWS/Azure
• Splunk or other SIEM Experience

• Experience in handling and investigating incidents
• Strong interest in hands‑on security monitoring demonstrated by work experience, academics, and security certifications

• Knowledge of services like Lambda, ECR, IAM, Kubernetes, Azure Event Hubs, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint & Identity
• Infra‑automation & Containerization is a plus
• AWS Certified Security/AZ‑500 or AZ‑306
• Proficiency in languages such as Python and Terraform is a plus
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems/processes

• Experience with Wiz or similar tools like Prisma Cloud
• Experience with Tenable or similar tools like Qualys
• Ability to understand and analyze findings in CSPM tools
• Compliance Knowledge (NIST 800‑171.2)
• Ability to identify the difference between true and false positives

• Experience mentoring juniors in various disciplines – a plus

• Ability to take initiative in an agile environment
• A focus on customer service and customer relations
• Strong communication skills, Team player mentality

• Strong knowledge of security best practices inside and outside of the cloud
• Hands‑on experience with SIEM tools (running queries and creating alerts) is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational, and problem‑solving skills

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay
• 401(k) retirement plan
• …and much more!

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities.

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