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Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.
With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest "Canadian-Owned" IT staffing/consulting company.
Procom's areas of staffing expertise include:
Application Development
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Business/Systems Analysis
Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence
Infrastructure & Network Services
Risk Management & Compliance
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Security & Privacy
Specialties Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation)
Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation)
ICAP (Contractor Payroll)
Flextrack (Vendor Management System)

SOC Engineer

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a SOC Engineer for a contract opportunity in Dallas, TX.

SOC Engineer Job Details

We are looking for a Security Operation Center Engineer to work in a newly formed 7X24 Security Operations Center in Dallas, TX.

We are looking for candidates who can provide a professional interface to customers, provide management and oversight (both technically and professionally) to staff, and command a leading presence when faced with a multitude of catastrophic events. An overall flexibility and willingness to work under unpredictable time and project variables is essential.

Responsibilities include the following:

Security Monitoring practice by an intimate knowledge of the SIEM technologies used and the security threat landscape

SOC technology/SIEM/threat intelligence/reporting

Security Monitoring 24x7 operation

Client delivery based on deliverables stipulated in the SLA; including delivery of reports and incident response / forensics for security breaches

Delivery of Managed Security Services (MSS) services and customer satisfaction from the North America Security Operation Center for clients who make use of the Security Operation

Oversee the development and maintenance of standard procedures related to the SOC.

Coordination with other global offices, as well as various customers for escalation of issues Additional responsibilities:

Provide detection and response to security events and incidents within the network as well as various supported customer networks

PCI and Web application vulnerability scanning

Security log management and monitoring

Intrusion detections and prevention systems operations

Vulnerability detection, assessment, and mitigation

Risk assessment and deployment of security patches.

Antivirus management and operations.

Develop and maintaining information security metrics.

Administrative and service account creation.

Provide assistance to core security and incident response teams

Enterprise encryption standards development and support

Development and distribution of various security advisories and awareness messages

Maintain growing knowledge of industry trends relating to security management and services.

 SOC Engineer Mandatory Skills

-Appropriate candidates should possess at least 5-7 years' experience as part of a Managed Security Services offering.

Candidate should possess at least 5-7 years' experience in IT Security management in support of commercial and/or governmental customers.

Candidate should possess at least 5-7 years' experience as an individual contributor in an IT security environment.

Candidate should possess at least 5-7 years performing various levels of support in a Security Operations Center.

Candidate should possess at least 2-3 years performing various levels of support in a Managed Security Services capacity.

Candidate should possess at least 1 security related certification from a reputable certification authority (ISC2, SANS, ISACA etc.)

Required Skills:

PMP and/or ITIL V3 Foundations certifications beneficial.

Candidate should have strong communication skills and exhibit a professional demeanor.

Ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with a minimal impact on reliability.

Excellent project management skills, ability to work in a fast-paced and hectic work environment, ability to prioritize tasks effectively; and an ability to work seamlessly across organizational boundaries.

Must be flexible in outlook and attitude.

Excellent Presentation skills and ability to present to senior management.

Excellent planning/time management skills.

Excellent client-facing skills.

Very good understanding of the compromises between reliability, efficiency and cost.

Candidate should possess an expert Knowledge in the following technical skills: Incident Response, Log Analysis, TCP/IP, Network Traffic Analysis, Antivirus/Malware, Intrusion Detection/Prevention, Security Incident and Event Management Systems (SIEM), Packet Analysis Techniques, Event Correlation, and Incident Triage.

SOC Engineer Start Date

ASAP

SOC Engineer Assignment Length

6 months

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please send your resume in Word format only.