Icon International Group

Role: Security Engineer

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Contract

This is Sr Engineer,  Security (Detection, Remediation & PKI) Willing to work onsite 3x a week. 1 virtual, 1 Onsite interview Not open to visa candidates at this time

Top Requirement:

5+ years in security engineering with demonstrated independent project ownership (not queue-based SOC analyst experience), including hands-on PKI engineering

 

Self-directed detection engineering & investigation — Microsoft Sentinel, KQL/query and rule authoring, dashboards, and end-to-end security event investigation, driven independently with strong written documentation (not queue/triage-based SOC work).

PKI engineering (not just certificate consumption) — demonstrable understanding of PKI solution design and operations: enrollment protocols (SCEP, EST), Certificate Policy / Certification Practice Statement (CP/CPS), trusted roles, Levels of Assurance, NIST SP 800-63, and real use cases such as certificate-based authentication and software signing/validation.

 

Description:

• Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes)according to organizational standards and practices
• Solves technical problems and builds components/libraries with far-ranging impact
• Delivers high quality work and coaches more junior engineers on technical craftsmanship
• Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
• Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
• Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementationsConsistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
• Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
• Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
• Consistently reflects on squad delivery practices throughout their span of of influence, recommends improvements to leadership and drives their implementation
• Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
• Thoughtfully measures and assesses team and identifies areas of development for individuals
• Explores emerging technologies, leads development of prototypes with little or no guidance and incorporates into architectural solutions where appropriate