Security Architect - Consultant

Novalink Solutions LLC•West Columbia, SC

3d•Remote

About The Position

This position serves as a contract Security Engineer within the Department of Administration’s Division of Information Security. The successful candidate will possess extensive experience supporting security automation, custom tool development, identity and access management, Linux systems, and a broad range of enterprise security technologies. This contractor will collaborate with a large enterprise security team, assisting Security Automation Architects, Security Architects, Engineers, Analysts, and Incident Responders with the design, development, implementation, integration, and continuous improvement of security tools, automations, systems, and services supporting multiple state agencies. The role is primarily focused on security engineering, automation, scripting, tool development, system integration, and operational support, with secondary support for IAM, Linux-based security sensors, DSPM, SIEM, XDR, logging, monitoring, and other evolving security technologies. The position requires hands-on experience supporting both security engineering and security operations, including internal applications, APIs, SDKs, dashboards, command-line tools, automations, access controls, platform troubleshooting, system administration, documentation, and analyst enablement. The candidate must be capable of supporting strategic planning, solution design, development, implementation, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and continuous improvement of secure systems and services in a rapidly changing environment. This position is 100% remote and requires participation in an on-call rotation supporting a 24x7 SOC. After-hours maintenance, incident escalation support, and operational handoffs may be required as needed. Preference will be given to candidates residing in South Carolina who can physically assist with equipment and hardware maintenance as needed.

Requirements

Extensive experience supporting security automation, custom tool development, identity and access management, Linux systems, and a broad range of enterprise security technologies.
Hands-on experience supporting both security engineering and security operations, including internal applications, APIs, SDKs, dashboards, command-line tools, automations, access controls, platform troubleshooting, system administration, documentation, and analyst enablement.
Ability to support strategic planning, solution design, development, implementation, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and continuous improvement of secure systems and services.
Must successfully pass a full credit check and criminal background check.
Must obtain and retain annual CJIS certification.
Broad hands-on security engineering experience supporting multiple cybersecurity technologies, systems, integrations, and operational functions.
Experience integrating enterprise technologies using APIs, SDKs, web services, structured data formats, authentication methods, and vendor-supported interfaces.
Strong experience troubleshooting complex technical issues across applications, security platforms, operating systems, networks, identity services, and integrations.
Linux system deployment, configuration, patching, scripting, service management, monitoring, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management.
Experience developing automation and response workflows using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, YAML, and vendor SDKs.
Experience supporting IAM, DSPM, ASM, vulnerability management, email security, endpoint security, SIEM, SOAR, logging, monitoring, cloud security, and other enterprise security technologies.
Bachelor's Degree in an Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Security related field, OR Eight years of relevant work experience.
Five years of experience in supporting large IT environments, security systems, software development, and/or system deployments.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience serving as a security engineering generalist in a large, multi-tenant, shared-services, or managed-service environment.
Hands-on Linux, Docker, security sensor, monitoring, scripting, and platform administration experience.
Experience supporting SOC analysts, security engineers, incident responders, agency customers, and rapidly changing operational priorities.
Familiarity with Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Tenable, Cribl, WUG, or other enterprise security technologies.
Experience developing playbooks, runbooks, procedures, and technical documentation.
Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture, incident response, networking, access control, secure software development, systems administration, and industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks.
Preferred Certifications: CISSP, Security+, GIAC, or other relevant cybersecurity certification.
Preferred Certifications: Linux, Python, Cloud, IAM, or other relevant security engineering or platform certification.
Experience developing or supporting internal web applications, APIs, dashboards, databases, command-line tools, and related software components.
Advanced Python development experience and familiarity with full-stack development, internal web applications, APIs, databases, source control, testing, and software deployment practices.

Responsibilities

Assist in the planning, design, development, deployment, administration, and operational support of enterprise security automations and custom security tools, including Python-based automations, internal web applications, APIs, SDKs, scripts, dashboards, command-line utilities, and system integrations.
Develop automated workflows for alert enrichment, triage, incident response, case management, notifications, containment, escalation, and reporting.
Create custom tools to assist with CVE vetting, vulnerability enrichment, prioritization, tracking, and security decision support.
Assist in the planning, design, deployment, and operational support of a broad range of security platforms, including DSPM, ASM, IAM, vulnerability management, email security, endpoint security, SIEM, XDR, SOAR, logging, monitoring, network security, cloud security, and threat intelligence technologies.
Integrate security platforms with ticketing, case management, notification, identity, data sources, APIs, SDKs, and other enterprise systems.
Support technologies such as Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Tenable, Cribl, Whatsup Gold, and other current or future security products.
Develop, test, deploy, and maintain automated security workflows, applications, and scripts using Python, PowerShell, Bash, REST APIs, JSON, YAML, vendor SDKs, and other appropriate technologies.
Assist with identity and access management functions, including user provisioning, deprovisioning, access reviews, role-based access control, service accounts, API credentials, authentication, authorization, and identity-based system integrations.
Deploy, configure, patch, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot Linux systems supporting security sensors, collectors, connectors, applications, containers, and data-processing services, including Docker-based environments.
Support Security Architects, Engineers, SOC Analysts, Incident Responders, and agency customers through platform troubleshooting, automation development, system integration, technical escalation, knowledge transfer, and operational handoffs.
Monitor and report on automation health, application availability, system performance, sensor status, integration failures, API errors, vulnerability status, platform issues, and other security engineering and operational metrics.
Ensure high availability, resilience, backup, recovery, patching, lifecycle management, secure configuration, and controlled change processes for security tools, Linux systems, applications, automations, and supporting services.
Collaborate with security architects, engineers, analysts, incident responders, and agency stakeholders to align solutions with business goals, industry-standard frameworks, regulatory requirements, and organizational risk tolerance.
Participate in an on-call rotation supporting a 24x7 Security Operations Center.
Perform after-hours maintenance, incident escalation support, and operational handoffs as needed.