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Are you ready to elevate your career? Cook Systems, a certified veteran-owned IT consulting firm, has been a trusted partner to businesses of all sizes—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—since 1990. We specialize in cutting-edge application development consulting and talent development through our acclaimed FastTrack program. Our core values—integrity, investment in people, and continuous innovation—fuel our mission to transform businesses and careers.

By joining Cook Systems, you'll be part of a dynamic team that values excellence and growth. We offer a supportive and collaborative environment where every team member can thrive and make a real impact. Come be a part of our exciting journey and take your career to new heights!

We have an immediate need for:

Top Skills Required to Be Successful in this Role:
Identity management and governance
System and network security engineering background
Highly technical and analytical expertise, with a proven deep background (preferred 5 years ITS experience in addition to cybersecurity) in technology, design, implementation, and delivery

• What does the ideal candidate look like? Active participant and lead from their seat to mature the enterprise identity program. Strong emphasis on enterprise identity management and governance. Works well with the identity team and Information Security department. Able to communicate business risk from cybersecurity issues. Experience with SIEM, threat Client platforms, SOAR, IPS/IDS, FIM, DLP, and other network and system monitoring tools. Track record of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, eager to learn, being curious and adaptable, and communicating effectively.

Daily job duties or assignments this contractor would complete.
Daily Identity team queue operational work
Project roadmap work for identity team
Meet with our customers (workforce) to understand their needs and engineer solutions accordingly.
Support additional efforts in the Information Security department based on assignments as a resource.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Responsible for implementing, maintaining, monitoring and managing secure solutions. The engineer delivers these solutions in accordance with the organization's architectural designs, best practices, and regulatory or compliance requirements. Reporting to the Director Information Security and is expected to contribute to the corporate security strategy with security leadership and other senior security technologists. Recipients of the engineer's implementations and management include ITS infrastructure, application development, security operations, security audit and end users. With an emphasis on securing systems, applications, third-party connections, service providers and ancillary systems, the Information Security Engineer is responsible for securing business-to-business initiatives, third-party relationships, outsourced solutions and vendors. Considered a highly knowledgeable individual, the Information Security Engineer is expected to implement, monitor and manage secure solutions that address modern day issues.
Handle day-to-day implementation, monitoring and operational support of hardware, software, customer applications, managed solutions and service provider relationships.
Actively participate and lead security team meetings that facilitate secure design.
Engage in information security projects that evaluate existing security infrastructure and propose changes as defined by security leadership and architects. Additionally, deliver projects on time, within budget and in accordance with service level agreements (SLAs).
Assist with incident response and system stability issues as they occur. This may include involvement outside of regular work hours, and responsiveness is expected.
Work in tandem with architects, the security operations center (SOC), incident responders (in cases of anomalous activity and host compromise), and technology infrastructure and development team members.
Respond to and handle service and escalation tickets within SLA expectations.
Develop security test plans from architectural design. Identify deficiencies and make enhancements to ensure production is not impacted.
Follow security engineering fundamentals and processes as outlined in standard frameworks
Influence the planning and execution of incident response and postmortem exercises, with a focus on creating measurable benchmarks to show progress (or deficiencies requiring additional attention).
Focus on driving security efficiencies, enabling security team members to work on more advanced tasks.
Conduct performance testing to stress the limitations of security solutions while at the same time ensuring business innovation and day-to-day processes are not negatively impacted.
Automated test development Test-driven development

Why Work with Us

At Cook Systems, we prioritize our employees' well-being and future with a comprehensive benefits package. Full-time employees enjoy access to benefits starting the first of the month following their start date. Our benefits include:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance: Choose from two medical plan options and benefit from the extensive BCBS network, ensuring you and your family have access to quality healthcare.
• Life, Critical Illness, and Accident Insurance through Unum: Gain financial security and peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) through Navia: Manage healthcare and daycare expenses with tax-advantaged options.
• Health Gap Insurance through Sunlife: Additional coverage to bridge any financial gaps in your healthcare needs.
• 401(k) Plan with Company Match through The Standard: Start planning for a secure financial future with our company match, available after six months of service.

By joining Cook Systems, you'll become part of a supportive and innovative community where your contributions are highly valued. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

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