Senior Security Engineer - Houston, TX

Zedcor Security Solutions•Houston, TX

1d•$110,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

Zedcor is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to deploy, operate, and mature security tooling across Azure, Azure Local, Windows, Linux, and AKS environments. This is not an entry-level role. The successful candidate will own hands-on deployment and daily operation of vulnerability management, threat detection, and data protection platforms while supporting SOC 2, FedRAMP, and StateRAMP readiness.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on security engineering experience.
Hands-on experience deploying and operating Tenable or a comparable vulnerability management platform.
Experience securing Azure, Azure Local, and AKS/container environments.
Working knowledge of IDS/IPS, WAF, 802.1X, PKI, and centralized logging.
Ability to troubleshoot complex production issues under pressure.
Experience with ITIL change management and regulated environments (SOC 2, FedRAMP, StateRAMP, or similar).
Strong Windows Server and Linux security hardening experience.
Strong Microsoft security stack experience: Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, Defender for IoT, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender EASM, and Purview.
Local Houston-area candidate able to work in office 5 days per week.

Nice To Haves

Certifications such as CISSP, Security+, SC-200, AZ-500, Tenable, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience supporting a SOC and incident response operations.

Responsibilities

Install, deploy, and operate Tenable Vulnerability Management, including scanning, reporting, and remediation tracking.
Administer Microsoft Purview for data security, classification, DLP, and compliance.
Deploy and manage IDS/IPS capabilities, including Defender for IoT and Defender for Cloud Apps.
Implement and support 802.1X network authentication.
Secure workloads across Azure, Azure Local, AKS, Windows Server, and Linux.
Document security architectures, configurations, standards, and runbooks.
Follow ITIL change management and support incident response, vulnerability remediation, and audit readiness for SOC 2, FedRAMP, and StateRAMP.
Engineer and maintain centralized logging, alerting, and security telemetry.
Manage Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies and monitoring.
Support, tune, and troubleshoot Microsoft Sentinel, including analytics rules, incidents, and log ingestion issues.
Run and monitor Microsoft Defender EASM (External Attack Surface Management) and drive remediation of exposed assets.