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Careers

At Sovereign Technologies, we understand that your career is one of the most important parts of your life. We also recognize that you are an individual with your own skills and needs. That’s why our recruiters only consider opportunities for you that fit your unique skills, personality and goals. We offer many exciting opportunities for candidates seeking direct hire, right-to-hire and consulting positions. Sovereign can help you build your best future!

 

Current Openings - Security

Systems Engineer – Data Security – 150291

Location: St. Louis, MO
Categories: Database Security, Security

Description: This is a direct hire position in St. Louis, MO. You will operate the information security systems related to database and other data security management systems. The person in this position: Administers, monitors, maintains, and troubleshoots the data security platform; performs configuration and reporting. Performs backups and restores. Identifies and investigates anomalies. Writes scripts to automate reports and...
Description: This is a direct hire position in St. Louis, MO. You will operate the information security systems related to database and other data security management systems. The person in this position:
  • Administers, monitors, maintains, and troubleshoots the data security platform; performs configuration and reporting.
  • Performs backups and restores.
  • Identifies and investigates anomalies.
  • Writes scripts to automate reports and alerting activities.
  • Collaborates within the organization for security configuration recommendations and implementation.
Qualifications: Education/Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in CS, MIS, related field, or equivalent experience
  • 2+ years of related experience
  • Intermediate level of shell scripting
  • Knowledge of operating systems internals, communication (and networking) protocols and system utilities
  • Understanding of patch management processes
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • System monitoring responsibilities based upon investigations and incident reporting
  • Knowledge of securing applications through RBAC and audit controls
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
This candidate will be part of a growing team and may have opportunity for advancement. Security is valued in our organization. This candidate will have the opportunity to contribute on meaningful work.

Cyber Data Analytics Lead – 150281

Location: st. Louis, MO
Categories: Information Security, Network Security, Security, Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)

Description: Local St. Louis technology group seeks a Cyber Data Analytics Lead to join its Enterprise Analytics Team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Cyber Security Intelligence Team in IT to rapidly advance the use of Predictive and Prescriptive analytics for cyber security. We are seeking candidates with passion to learn and implement cutting-edge...
Description: Local St. Louis technology group seeks a Cyber Data Analytics Lead to join its Enterprise Analytics Team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Cyber Security Intelligence Team in IT to rapidly advance the use of Predictive and Prescriptive analytics for cyber security. We are seeking candidates with passion to learn and implement cutting-edge technology and methodologies, as well as the ability to work in both an individual and group environment. This position requires a highly-motivated individual who will relish working to improve the organization’s use of data and reduce risk as part of a business-aligned, threat-based cyber intelligence program. Responsibilities Include:
  • Work with Data Scientists to develop advanced analytic techniques for security analysis, including anomalies, intrusion detection, etc.
  • Work with strategic partners to identify opportunities to further enhance cyber security using advanced security analytic techniques that preempt threats utilizing social, behavioral, geopolitical information, etc.
  • Define and manage the process to onboard new systems into our security analytics portfolio.
  • Lead creation of standard analytic dashboards for use by intelligence and operational teams.
  • Work with information security personnel and application development teams to define and implement standards for access and activity logging to support our operations and security analytics practices.
  • Define models that describe appropriate and inappropriate use of information systems.
  • Maintain and enhance a framework for measuring risks associated with lack of visibility into system access and activity.
  • Work with external partners – peer companies and security providers – to implement information sharing patterns and processes to identify shared threats and manage risks.
  • Provide senior leadership teams with insight as information security transforms to implement a comprehensive data-driven, intelligence-based cyber security program.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems or CISSP certification strongly preferred.
  • Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered. Candidates with no degree must have a minimum of 10 years relevant work experience.
  • 5 -10 years of information security experience.
  • Minimum 2 years experience of utilizing Machine Learning statistical analytics techniques for anomaly, intrusion detection, social and behavioral analysis, etc.
  • Advanced knowledge of network security concepts, best practices, and procedures.
  • Expert-level knowledge of security architectural designs, requirements development, and solutions definition.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), log management, or threat monitoring systems.
  • Strong working knowledge of system and application logging.
  • Experience with Perl, R, Python, and the use of regular expressions.
  • Experience in Information Security Incident Response, intrusion detection, and firewall technologies.
  • Strong working knowledge of Windows Client/Server, Unix/Linux Systems, Mac OSX, and VMware.
  • Strong working knowledge in cloud solutions and security (e.g. Infrastructure as a Service, Software as a Service).
  • Knowledge of collaborative research tools (e.g. CRITs) and data exchange formats (e.g. TAXII, STIX).
  • Experience working with data in NoSQL database platforms.
  • Experience with building and designing useful and actionable dashboards.
  • Expert-level understanding of all layers of the OSI Model.
  • Ability to learn complex computing environments quickly.
  • Broad understanding of all aspects of IT and enterprise systems interoperability.
  • Experience managing and developing a team is preferred.
  • Multinational enterprise is preferred.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, problem solving, and analytical skills, including the ability to produce usable and maintainable documentation.
  • Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing environment.
  • Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical personnel.
  • Time management skills with proven ability to effectively coordinate multiple tasks under pressure.
  • On-call support may be required as Tier 3 support. Some off-hours work to be performed.
What are the 3-4 non-negotiable requirements on this position?
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems or CISSP certification strongly preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered. Candidates with no degree must have a minimum of 10 years relevant work experience.
  • 5 - 10 years of information security experience. Minimum 2 years experience of utilizing Machine Learning statistical analytics techniques for anomaly, intrusion detection, social and behavioral analysis, etc.
  • Advanced knowledge of network security concepts, best practices, and procedures. Expert-level knowledge of security architectural designs, requirements development, and solutions definition. Expert-level knowledge of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), log management, or threat monitoring systems.

Sr. Information Security Analyst – 150268

Location: St. Louis, MO
Categories: Security

Description: This position will be responsible for scheduling and performing quarterly vulnerability scans using Metasploit and Nexpose. The security engineer will need to take the output from the scans and compile it into a document that will be reviewed each quarter in order to determine what vulnerabilities need to be corrected. They will submit the request...
Description: This position will be responsible for scheduling and performing quarterly vulnerability scans using Metasploit and Nexpose. The security engineer will need to take the output from the scans and compile it into a document that will be reviewed each quarter in order to determine what vulnerabilities need to be corrected. They will submit the request to the correct group and then track the status until completion (vulnerability correction). They will also coordinate third-party vulnerability scans. The ideal candidate has strong security experience with a background in networking that enables them to interpret scans and understand how remediation will be accomplished in technical terms. Our client is looking to move toward their ISO 27002 certification. There is quite a bit of documentation and policy that will need to be created or modified in order to get to this level. This person will be responsible for documenting the processes and putting the policy and procedures together if it does not formally exist. A gap analysis will need to be performed initially in order to identify which items are missing for certification, and then a plan put together to achieve certification. PCI compliance is another project that will fall to this person's responsibility. They will need to understand the requirements for PCI and communicate what that means for the client's environment in order to meet compliance. This position will not be responsible for configuring network devices or firewalls and will not have write access to these devices. Required:
  • Policy/procedure experience  (PCI and ISO 27001/27002)
  • Metasploit experience
  • Nexpose experience
  • SIEM (client has McAfee so that would be preferred)
Essential Duties:
  • Provides technical guidance regarding risks and control measures associated with new and emerging technology.
  • Prepares and periodically updates information security policies, architectures, standards and /or other technical documents to ensure all resources are adequately protected.
  • Interprets information security policies, standards and other requirements as they relate to internal information systems.
  • Assists in the selection, installation, and adoption of automated tools that enforce or monitor the compliance of information security policies.
  • Participates as a technical advisor for a variety of ad-hoc information security projects as dictated by business and technology developments.
  • Recommends new approaches that allow greater standardization and more effective management of information security.

Sr. Security Analyst – 150225

Location: St. Louis Region, MO
Categories: Security

Description: Our client is one of the best companies to work for in St. Louis. If you are more of an engineer than an operator, and like to be hands-on, this may be just the position for you! You will be responsible for the development and implementation of information security procedures and technology required to protect...
Description: Our client is one of the best companies to work for in St. Louis. If you are more of an engineer than an operator, and like to be hands-on, this may be just the position for you! You will be responsible for the development and implementation of information security procedures and technology required to protect company information assets and resources. Provides project management level guidance and acts as liaison between other organizational units for security-related projects.   Required Minimum Qualifications: Five or more years of experience in the support, development and implementation of security technologies relating to mainframe and distributed environments. In-depth knowledge of security concepts and risk analysis. Must-Have Skills: Palo Alto firewall and VPN experience DNS Active Directory CCNA Good-to-Have Skills: CCNP Symantec O365 security Compliance F5 Global Traffic Manager Also Required: Bachelors in Computer Science, Data Processing, or related field; or, an equivalent combination of education and relevant business experience. Performance history of effective leadership and meeting and exceeding business objectives. Detail-oriented with ability to take initiative. Highly organized and able to set priorities effectively. Essential Duties: Provides technical guidance regarding risks and control measures associated with new and emerging technology. Prepares and periodically updates information security policies, architectures, standards and /or other technical documents to ensure all resources are adequately protected. Interprets information security policies, standards and other requirements as they relate to internal information systems. Assists in the selection, installation and adoption of automated tools that enforce or monitor the compliance of information security policies. Participates as a technical advisor for a variety of ad-hoc information security projects as dictated by business and technology developments. Recommends new approaches that allow greater standardization and more effective management of information security.

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