Security Engineer (Senior Consultant)

Description SRAs mission is to level up every day to protect our clients and their customers.

This begins with our team members and their experience.

SRA prides itself on maintaining a culture where team members have a shared sense of support and belonging, consistent with our Its Personal company value.

At SRA, we prioritize transparent career pathing, varied DEI programming and community groups, competitive benefits including mental health support, and an emphasis on a sustainable, healthy, and engaging work culture.

SRA has twice been named a Best Place to Work by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

These Essential Functions, Requirements, and Skills are guidelines.

If you are a candidate who does not meet this exact job description but can demonstrate excellent organization, attention to detail, professionalism, flexibility, and self-direction in your professional background, we hope you apply.

SRA values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply.

Summary / Objective?

SRA is looking for a Senior Security Engineer (Senior Consultant) position to join our Advisory practice.

Our style of consulting is dynamic, innovative, fast-paced, and highly rewarding for both our clients and our team.

This is an outstanding opportunity to work with a wide variety of tool sets and across various well-known client organizations.

Candidates with experience as Systems Administrators, Systems Engineers, and / or IT Engineers are well-suited for this role and encouraged to apply.

• ?? Essential Functions?

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Engineer and implement cybersecurity solutions to meet client needs.

Document evidence of work in reports and status updates.

Effectively communicate findings and strategy to client stakeholders including technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel.

Requirements Required Education and Experience?

Bachelors degree in Information Technology, IT Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

1 - 3 years professional experience in information security / cybersecurity engineering, systems administration, network security, or related field.

Punctuality and timely attendance to external client and internal stakeholder needs.

Desired Technical Knowledge and Skills Knowledge of Microsoft Security Tools SIEM : Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, QRadar, Log Rhythm, Microsoft Sentinel).

Knowledge of log collection, parsing, and correlation rules.

Cloud Security : Experience securing AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud environments.

Knowledge of programming or scripting languages.

Familiarity with cloud-native security tools (e.g., AWS Security Hub, Defender suite).

Understanding of IAM (Identity and Access Management), conditional access policies, and secure by default concepts.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) : Hands-on experience with EDR platforms (e.g., Crowd Strike Falcon, Microsoft Defender ATP, Sentinel One).

Ability to analyze and respond to endpoint threats and incidents.

Knowledge of malware analysis and forensic investigation.

Understanding of Windows, Linux, and mac OS security hardening.

Windows Administrative Experience : Group Policy or Microsoft Intune.

Familiarity with how group policies are applied / managed and can be used to enforce security controls.

Familiarity with the Microsoft Intune suite and how endpoints in a Microsoft environment can be natively cloud managed.

Understands concepts like ring testing and can explain ways to mitigate change risk in an environment Knowledge of Windows and

Knowledge of networking fundamentals and common attacks / defenses.

Desired Project Management and Communication Skills Flexibility to accommodate changing schedules of client and project needs and willingness to work extended hours when needed.

Strong problem-solving skills to reduce problems into smaller, more manageable sizes.

Aptitude for technical writing, including assessment reports, presentations, and operating procedures.

Experience communicating with clients and independently managing client projects.

Experience managing multiple projects at once.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

Strong written / verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Excellent organization skills.

Not applicable.

Work Environment?

This job operates in a professional office environment or remotely as needed / required.

This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands?

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee frequently is required to stand and walk.

This is a largely sedentary role.

Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply and email with any questions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable disabled individuals to perform the essential functions of this role.

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work?

This is a full-time position and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday 8 : 30am to 5pm.

Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

You will be working on U.

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projects, but during Ireland business hours.

This is a remote role but ideally the person we hire will be able to work from our Kilkenny office occasionally.

Travel?

Willingness to travel occasionally, both domestically and internationally.

Other Duties?

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement?

Security Risk Advisors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind.

All employment decisions at SRA are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, disability, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or any similar category protected under relevant laws.