Security Engineer - US 100% Remote - ConsultNet

Security Engineer
Remote US
Contract, Through end of 2024
Pay Range: $70-75/hr

Job Description:

We're seeking a Security Engineer with a passion for safeguarding our infrastructure, codebase, applications and compliance posture. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with our engineering team to embed security principles throughout our development lifecycle while driving infrastructure automation, cloud security best practices, and proactive incident response. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys technical implementation, process improvement, and enabling development teams to build with security at the forefront.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure infrastructure and applications using Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible) and security best practices.
• Champion secure cloud practices within our AWS environment, optimizing architecture for security, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Proactively identify security vulnerabilities and risks through assessments, code audits, threat modeling, and research on emerging attack vectors.
• Develop and implement technical solutions to remediate security vulnerabilities across our technology stack.
• Analyze and enhance security within our Ruby, React, Rails, Kotlin, and Swift codebases, promoting secure coding standards.
• Integrate and leverage Datadog monitoring for security insights and proactive threat detection.
• Drive incident response processes: identify security improvement measures, respond to incidents, and coordinate response across teams
• Guide product development with a security-first mindset, ensuring new features and initiatives meet security and compliance requirements (e.g., SOC2, HIPAA).
• Automate security improvements to streamline processes and reduce manual effort.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest security trends, tools, and compliance frameworks.

• Proven experience in infrastructure security, application security, and cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong working knowledge of Ruby, React, Rails, Kotlin, or Swift.
• Solid understanding of security principles, vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and incident response methodologies.
• Experience with compliance frameworks such as HIPAA and SOC2
• Familiarity with Datadog or similar security monitoring solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, ability to work effectively with development teams.

• Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, AWS Security Specialty)

Welcome to ConsultNet and the family of companies, Tekne, SaltClick, TechBridge, and OmniMedia. As a premier national provider of technology talent and solutions, our expertise spans across project services, contract-to-hire, direct placement, and managed services both onshore and nearshore.

Celebrating more than 25 years of partnership with a diverse client base, we've crafted rewarding opportunities for our consultants, fostering high-performing teams that deliver impactful results.

Over the last few years thousands of consultants have found their calling with us in roles that have made a meaningful impact on their lives, enhanced their career, challenged them, and propelled them towards achieving their personal and professional goals. At the ConsultNet family of companies, we believe effective communication is crucial in aligning the right job with your unique skills and professional aspirations. To us, it's all about the personal approach we take and the values we uphold.

Our comprehensive service offerings cover a wide range of technology positions across key markets nationwide. Client more at www.consultnet.com .

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