Cyber Security Engineer

Based in Fort Collins, Herontower Security also trains client staff and runs simulated phishing campaigns. Incident response is a big part of the work: ransomware recovery, business email compromise and forensic investigations. We write internal post-mortems after every major engagement, including what went wrong.

Looking for a Cyber Security Engineer who wants to stay somewhere for a while. Security engineering role focused on identity, cloud configuration and detection. You'll work closely with platform and IT. We are headquartered in Fort Collins and have been hiring remotely since 2020. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT.

Duties:

• Respond to security incidents and lead the technical investigation.
• Write secure coding guidelines and run developer training.
• Review code and pull requests for security issues.
• Run threat modelling sessions with engineering teams on new features and architecture changes.
• Maintain EDR coverage with CrowdStrike Falcon or Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
• Coordinate external penetration tests and track remediation.

What we're looking for:

• 2+ years in security engineering, application security or a related engineering role.
• Hands-on cloud security experience in AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Ability to explain security issues to engineers without lecturing them.

Why work with us:

• Company laptop.
• Flexible hours.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Herontower Security, LLC.