Senior Security Engineer - Northwest region

GuidePoint Security is growing and expanding and looking for a Senior Security Engineer to support our customers by providing architectural guidance and assist with product recommendations. The Senior Security Engineer will be instrumental in deploying and operationalizing solutions for the various customers throughout the region. This position will require the engineer to spend most of their time focused on designing, architecting and recommending the best technologies to solve our customer’s cybersecurity problems.

Role and responsibilities:

• Serve as our Clients’ primary technical point of contact throughout a project life cycle
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operationalizing security controls across a wide range of IT and enterprise business systems
• Understand and articulate complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects in a fast-paced environment
• Author comprehensive business and technical collateral to support the business that is proficiently tailored to both technical and managerial audiences
• Capable of managing sales activities with multiple Account Managers across Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska and Idaho.

Experience Required:

• Security engineering experience in the Information Security industry OR as a technical lead for an internal Information Security program
• Experience with architecting and recommending Security Technologies such as but not limited to Network, Data Security, SIEM, Endpoint, etc.
• Experience with architecting, Development Security Operation programs, Software Life Cycle Management (SDLC) and strong knowledge of products and capabilities within the Application Security market
• Proficiency in multiple security technologies, including but not limited to: Next-Gen Firewalls, DLP, SASE, NAC, PAM, EDR, NDR, SIEM, APPSEC, CWPP, CSPM, etc.
• Proficiency with networking security concepts such as routing, segmentation, zones, NAT, etc.
• Deep proficiency in client and server operating systems including Windows, Mac, and Linux
• General networking and security troubleshooting (firewalls, routing, NAT, etc.)
• Scripting and development skills (BASH, Perl, Python, PowerShell or Java) with strong knowledge of regular expressions
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP products and security best practices
• Working technical knowledge of advanced security concepts (Defense in Depth, Zero Trust etc.)
• Experience in a consultative or professional services role
• Industry Certifications from ISC2, SANS GIAC, vendor certifications, etc. preferred