Work Location: Local SOC locations & Home Based 

SOC Locations:Chattanooga, TN, Santa Monica, CA, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Singapore

Travel scope: 25% or less

XeneX.com is looking for a Designated Security Engineer (DSE) to join our team. 

Founded in 2003, XeneX offers the only Ai based cloud security operations center (SOC)-as-a-service with a renowned leadership team and remarkable growth rate. The team at XeneX.com takes pride in delivering personal, predictable protection from cybersecurity threats to the customers we serve across industries and geographies. As a team member, you’ll join the brightest minds in the industry and your unique skills will drive ambitious outcomes whether you support our security intelligence solutions, partnerships, or the XeneX customer or employee experience.

About the Role: 

As part of the Security Services team, the Designated Security Engineer is a role that combines aspects of an IT Security Analyst, Security Architect, Incident Response Consultant, a Security Sales Engineer, and Technical Support. The DSE will be responsible for implementing, overseeing, managing, and supporting the network security infrastructure for multiple enterprises by leveraging XeneX’s cloud infrastructure and their expertise in a wide variety of fields. The DSE works in a team along with an assigned Designated Security Analyst and Customer Success Managers. XeneX DSEs develop strong working relationships with our customers and feel ownership over their security posture.

Your Responsibilities: 

• Creating and maintaining a partnership with our customers 

• Analyze log and system data 

• Interact with, and manage, internal and external stakeholders 

• Communicate, educate, and share information with non-technical people 

• Help our customers diagnose problems as well as support specific customer requests 

• Primary technical point of contact for our customers 

• Champion for our customers within the XeneX Team 

• Mentoring junior analysts with their technical and soft skills XeneX is a fast-growing company, and all DSE candidates should expect to work with many teams within XeneX, including engineering, operations, sales, marketing, and executive management. A positive can-do attitude is a must. A willingness to learn and continuous self-improvement is critical. An ability to deal with uncertainty is a positive. 

Required Skills and Experience: 

• 3+ years in Information Security, Network Security, or Cyber Security 

• 3+ years additionally as a Network Admin, System Admin, Cloud Admin, or similar is strongly preferred 

• Have a detailed understanding of Enterprise IT Security, including: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection, Antivirus, Content Filtering, and Proxies 

• Have an understanding of Enterprise IT Operations, including: Networking, Active Directory, LDAP, Windows Server, and Cloud Infrastructures 

• Analyze log and system data from the above list and other IT systems 

• Know how to use one or more scripting tools and languages such as Python, Bash, and Power Shell 

• Great writing and speaking skills 

• Excellent relationship building skills in a professional context 

• A positive “can-do” attitude 

• A willingness to learn and continuous self-improvement 

• There are no specific degree or certification requirements but degrees in engineering or technology are a plus. Any security or IT certification such as CISSP is also positive. 

Employment Requirements: 

Each successful candidate will be required to pass a criminal background check and an employment verification as a condition of employment. 

Additional skills and experience: 

• Security forensics 

• Malware analysis 

• E-discovery 

• Threat containment 

• Firewall and IDS provisioning 

• Proxy and content filtering provisioning 

• Authentication and identify management 

• Risk and vulnerability Assessment 

• Network and security Auditing 

• Network troubleshooting 

• Penetration testing 

• Attack simulation 

• PowerPoint presentation skills