Security Tools Engineer

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Ultra Violet Cyber is a leading platform-enabled unified security operations company providing a comprehensive suite of security operations solutions. Founded and operated by security practitioners with decades of experience, the Ultra Violet Cyber security-as-code platform combines technology innovation and human expertise to make advanced real-time cybersecurity accessible for all organizations by eliminating risks of separate red and blue teams.

By creating continuously optimized identification, detection, and resilience from today’s dynamic threat landscape, Ultra Violet Cyber provides both managed and custom-tailored unified security operations solutions to the Fortune 500, Federal Government, and Commercial clients. Ultra Violet Cyber is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with global offices across the U.S. and in India.

Ultraviolet Cyber is seeking an experienced Security Engineer with a strong technical background in administering, configuring, and maintaining enterprise cybersecurity tools and infrastructure. This individual will serve as a hands‑on technical expert responsible for leading the day‑to‑day operations, configuration management, and deployment of critical security platforms and systems that protect our organization's digital assets. Qualified candidates will possess deep expertise in digital forensics platforms, security orchestration and automation tools, network detection and response systems, and security infrastructure management with a proven track record of maintaining high availability and optimal performance of security technologies.

This role requires a technically proficient professional who can independently manage complex security tool ecosystems, apply technical configurations and patches, troubleshoot platform issues, and collaborate with security operations teams to ensure tools are properly tuned and delivering value. The ideal candidate will demonstrate expertise in forensics platforms including FTK and Magnet AXIOM Cyber, security automation platforms like Cortex XSOAR, network detection tools such as Extra Hop, and forensic workstations including FRED systems.

A successful Security Engineer will exhibit strong problem‑solving abilities, excellent documentation skills, the ability to work in high‑pressure incident response situations, and a commitment to maintaining security best practices while ensuring minimal downtime of critical security infrastructure.

This position will be part of a team that works onsite in Portland, OR. We are looking for an engineer that is excited and ready to work onsite with the team for collaboration and contributing to the team culture.

• Administer and maintain digital forensics platforms including FTK (Forensic Toolkit), Magnet AXIOM Cyber, FRED (Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device) systems, and related forensic investigation tools. Ensure platforms are properly licensed, updated, and available for incident response and investigation activities.
• Manage and configure Cortex XSOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response) platform including playbook development, integration configuration, incident automation workflows, and custom script development to enhance security operations efficiency.
• Administer Extra Hop network detection and response (NDR) platform including sensor deployment, traffic analysis configuration, detection rule tuning, dashboard creation, and integration with SIEM and other security tools for comprehensive network visibility.
• Apply configuration changes across other security infrastructure platforms ensuring changes are properly tested, documented, and implemented following change management procedures. Maintain configuration baselines and version control for all security tools.
• Perform application‑level patching and updates for security tools and platforms, coordinating maintenance windows, testing patches in non‑production environments, and ensuring minimal disruption to security operations during update cycles.
• Assist in the deployment of new security systems and capabilities including requirements gathering, solution design, hardware/software installation,…