Cyber Security Specialist

APN Consulting, Inc. is a progressive IT staffing and services company offering innovative business solutions to improve client business outcomes. We focus on high impact technology solutions in ServiceNow, Fullstack, Cloud & Data, and AI / ML. Due to our globally expanding service offerings we are seeking top-talent to join our teams and grow with us.

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Summary of Position

We are seeking a passionate and hands-on Cybersecurity Engineer III to help drive our security operations forward. In this role, you'll design and implement automation tools, streamline incident response processes, and support threat detection across our cloud and enterprise environments. We're looking for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, thrives in a fast-paced security landscape, and is eager to build scalable solutions that make an impact.

Responsibilities

• Act as a security advisor to IT and business teams, identifying risks and recommending technologies and solutions.
• Design and build automation tools and dashboards to streamline security processes and threat analysis.
• Develop and maintain automation playbooks with a strong focus on usability and scalability.
• Support cloud security assessments and help remediate identified control gaps.
• Implement, maintain, and enforce security standards and processes to protect company data across platforms.
• Troubleshoot and escalate security issues, ensuring system patching and remediation are up to date.
• Stay current with emerging threats and analyze threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Assist in incident triage, containment, and forensic investigations across Windows and Unix/Linux systems.
• Participate in threat hunting activities and continuously develop skills to adapt to evolving threats.

Qualifications expected for the position

• Broad technical security skills in multiple technology areas such as applications deployments, endpoints, data, infrastructure, cloud, DNS, encryption, authentication
• Working knowledge of cloud security, including monitoring and interpretation of cloud logs.
• Working knowledge of vulnerability scanning tools.
• Working knowledge of DLP and SIEM tools
• Working knowledge of incident response phases and concepts
• Knowledge of best practice security frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to build working relationships with a wide range of operational teams

Qualifications preferred for the position

• Previous experience with EDR, Incident response and forensics
• CISSP/ Cloud security certification preferred.
• Microsoft Sentinel

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where individuals from all backgrounds feel valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We strongly encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, abilities, and experiences to join our team and help us build a culture of belonging.