Cyber Security Specialist

Location: New York, NY 10001, United States

Salary: $145,000–$185,000 per year

Company

hirify.global Advisors provides professional services and maintains security operations supporting client, audit, and regulatory requirements.

What you will do

• Administer and engineer firewalls, antivirus, web filtering, DLP, IDS/IPS, NAC, DDoS protection, remote access, application control, endpoint detection, and response technologies.
• Manage and tune SIEM platforms, investigate security events, and support incident response through resolution.
• Maintain privileged access management platforms and conduct security, configuration, risk, and architecture audits.
• Execute vulnerability scans across networks, servers, applications, and cloud environments.
• Perform malware analysis, proactive threat hunting, and research emerging exploit techniques.
• Document security processes, prepare operational reports, and collaborate with consultants and security vendors.

Requirements

• 5–7+ years of experience in information security.
• Hands-on experience with incident response, investigations, and forensic analysis.
• Strong knowledge of security practices across systems, networks, and cloud technologies.
• Experience with Cisco technologies, Palo Alto firewalls, SIEM, IDS/IPS, endpoint security, vulnerability management, and privileged access management platforms.
• Knowledge of Windows, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL Server, Linux, system hardening, Python, PowerShell, or VBScript.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent professional experience; GIAC GSEC, PCNSE, and OSCP certifications are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Illumio, Microsoft Sentinel, Vectra AI, Nessus, Tenable, Rapid7, Qualys, Kali Linux, Metasploit, Nmap, Microsoft Defender, M365 E5, and Azure security tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work independently in a fast-moving security environment.
• Collaboration with external consultants and third-party vendors.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and inclusion.