Senior Cyber Engineer

Who is Forcepoint?

Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you!

Forcepoint is seeking a full-time professional services engineer to facilitate installation, configuration, integration and training of our commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) cyber products. This individual must be highly motivated, have great interpersonal skills, and be a quick learner. 

The successful candidate will be offered specialized training to support our technologies and is expected to become proficient in all aspects of complex software solution deployment. This position will require up to 25% domestic and international travel. 

Essential Functions 

• Provide engineering, installation, configuration, integration and training of Forcepoint commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) cyber products 

• Provide training, troubleshooting, and on-site support to customers including version upgrades. 

• Prepare technical documentation to include as-built design, requirements, and Standard Operating Procedures 

• Provide technical briefings to customer leadership and Forcepoint corporate leadership as required 

Qualifications/Skills 

• Master’s degree or 8+ years with demonstrated experience in cyber security to include practices/methodologies, associated technologies, application design and development and/or experience in an operational environment. 

• Advance Data Security, CASB, SSE, and network administration knowledge  

• Advance Linux/Unix administration knowledge 

• Basic to Intermediate Windows administration knowledge 

• Intermediate understanding of security design and architecture, Active Directory/LDAP, and computer virtualization, and cloud architecture  

• Must be able to coordinate collaboratively with customers and across multiple internal departments 

• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving installation or application errors 

• Experience with supporting/addressing customer training objectives 

• Must be able to work and collaborate remotely with management and team members 

• Desired Experience 

• Security COTS product integration (e. g. firewall, web gateways, Data Loss Prevention) 

• Python 

• Shell scripting 

• SQL 

• XML 

• Prefer BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security or equivalent work experience 

• Technical certifications preferred 

Don’t meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don’t meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace – so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.

The policy of Forcepoint is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

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