Sr. CrowdStrike Engineer | Remote, USA

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S. 
At Optiv, we’re on a mission to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We’re one of the fastest growing companies in a truly essential industry. In your role at Optiv, you’ll be inspired by a team of the brightest business and technical minds in cybersecurity. We are passionate champions for our clients and know from experience that the best solutions for our client’s needs come from working hard together. As part of our team, your voice matters, and you will do important work that has an impact, on people, businesses, and nations. Our industry and our company move fast, and you can be sure that you will always have room to learn and grow. We’re proud of our team and the important work we do to build confidence for a more connected world. Sr. Endpoint Engineer, Cyber Operations is responsible for post-sales product, service implementation and service delivery.  Sr. Endpoint Engineers are responsible for completing assigned projects in a manner consistent with the team’s Operational Standard, which emphasizes the importance of providing exceptional customer service.   

How you'll make an impact

• Develop, test, and deploy actionable high fidelity XDR detections to enable a world class Managed Detection and Response team 
• Build and operate detection-as-code CI/CD pipelines 
• Code reviews and testing to ensure high quality and high fidelity detections 
• Threat research and threat hunting to identify emerging tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to build detection requirements using an intelligence driven approach 
• Collaborate with Security Analysts to create playbooks for triage and response for actionable high fidelity detections 
• Collaborate with SIEM architects to develop and define best practices for parsing data and normalizing data to a common event schema 
• Build and maintain utilities and tools to enable the managed services team to operate quickly and at a large scale 
• Develop and maintain processes and documentation 
• Refer potential add-on sales opportunities to either account managers or solutions engineers. 
• Maintain quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards. 
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations such as ISSA. 
• Obtain and maintain vendor certifications. 
• Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting. 

What we're hiring for

• 2 - 5 years of experience as a detection engineer, security engineer, security analyst, threat intelligence analyst, or related field 
• Knowledge of current cyber threats and how to detect them using SIEM and XDR technologies  
• Relevant industry certifications, i.e. (GCTI, GCDA, GDAT, etc) 
• Experience working with SIEM solutions (LogScale, Splunk, SumoLogic, Sentinel, QRadar, LogRhythm, etc) 
• Proven ability to code and script 
• Ability to effectively communicate, mentor and tutor  
• Detailed writing skills 
• Ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas. 
• Strong interpersonal skills. 
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in parallel. 
• Advanced/Expert knowledge of CrowdStrike 
• Currently holding CrowdStrike certifications (CCFA, CCFR, CCFH) 
• Additional Endpoint technologies a plus (McAfee, PowerTech, Trend Micro etc.) 
• Additional SIEM technologies a plus (Splunk, LogRhythm, QRadar, Sentinel, etc,) 
• Hands-on experience with Linux and/or AIX operating systems. 
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If you are seeking a culture that supports growth, fosters success, and moves the industry forward, find your place at Optiv! As a market-leading provider of cyber security solutions, Optiv has the most comprehensive ecosystem of security products and partners to deliver unparalleled services. Our rich and successful history with our clients is based on trust, serving more than 12,000 clients of varying sizes and industries, including commercial, government, and education. We have the proven expertise to plan, build, and run successful security programs across Risk Management, Cyber Digital Transformation, Threat Management, Security Operations - Managed Services, and Identity and Data Management.
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