Cyber Security Engineer (Hybrid)

We're hiring a Cyber Security Engineer to join our team in Columbia, SC. This role offers a hybrid schedule, with onsite work required Tuesday through Thursday.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain a low-level U.S. security clearance, which requires a thorough background screening and U.S. citizenship
• Experience building and working with MLMs (Machine Learning Model)
• AI/ML experience applied to cybersecurity use cases 
• Development experience 
  • Python preferred 
  • PowerShell beneficial 
• Cybersecurity engineering or analyst background 
• Experience integrating or automating security tools

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in network security (Cisco ASA, IPS, VPN, RSA SecurID, PKI, cryptography), security controls for LAN/WANs, client-server, web-based systems, and databases
• Experience with the configuration of security devices, such as firewalls, intrusion prevention, patch deployment, and risk assessment/vulnerability scanners
• Previous SOC analyst/engineer experience
• Certifications related to AI/Machine Learning

Preferred Technologies: 

• Google SecOps 
• CrowdStrike 
• Amazon Bedrock 
• Claude 
• Gemini 
• Other enterprise AI platforms

Key Responsibilities:

• Integrate AI capabilities into existing security platforms 
• Develop AI-driven automation and security workflows
• Build and enhance security playbooks using AI
• Work with both vendor-provided AI capabilities and internally developed AI solutions
• Publish an AI threat detection catalog mapped to telemetry sources and deploy an initial prioritized detection set with a monthly tuning cadence
• Reduce repeat false positives and improve time-to-triage/time-to-escalation for AI-related alerts through enrichment and tuning
• Stand up baseline monitoring and anomaly thresholds for approved AI tools and deliver recurring executive-ready reporting on risky usage patterns and remediation
• Publish AI-focused IR runbooks and validate via tabletop exercises; feed lessons learned into playbooks and detection tuning

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other job-related degree
• Preferred licenses and certificates: CISA, CISM, CISSP

The hourly rate for this position is $61.85.

TM Floyd & Company is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

We offer a generous array of benefits, depending on the length of assignment. We also offer a referral bonus of up to $1,000. Ask us for more details!

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