CyberSecurity Engineer | Microsoft
The full posting
Avertium is a cyber fusion and MXDR leader, delivering comprehensive security and compliance services to mid-market and enterprise customers. Our unique “Assess, Design, Protect” methodology addresses and improves security strategy, reduces attack surface risk, strengthens compliance, and provides continuous threat protection. Avertium maximizes customer security investments and enables customers to focus on growth, innovation, and business outcomes, while assuring that their security infrastructure is resilient and adaptive to evolving threats. That’s why customers trust Avertium to deliver better security, improved compliance, and greater ROI.
We are looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to join our Managed Security Services Team. In this role, you will focus on providing excellent customer experiences centered on great technical support to our managed service customers worldwide. You will help our customers along their security journey through research, diagnoses, troubleshooting, and resolution of security tool related issues in an accurate and timely manner. You will be responsible for working with different systems, software, and hardware including Microsoft XDR, Sentinel, SentinelOne and cloud environments in Azure and AWS.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance / recommendations to clients to enhance their overall security posture within the managed products. Handles daily proactive maintenance and reactive troubleshooting/repair functions.
- Proactively monitor technical issues pertaining to the services provided for the client and make recommendations to reduce the risk/impact of similar future problems. Monitors health of security systems.
- Utilize SIEM and other tools to assist in network investigations, including firewalls, IDS/IPS and network and system monitoring toolsets.
- Perform post mortem analysis on logs, traffic flows, and other activities to identify malicious activity.
- Research, develop, and stay current on testing tools, techniques, and process improvements in support of security tools and incident response.
- Proactively work with clients in the management of technical issues as well as planning, implementation, skills and knowledge transfer on services provided.
Qualifications for Success
- 3+ years experience in an Engineering or similar role in Cyber Security.
- Experience with security tool application, server, and networking support.
- Experience troubleshooting performance and application-based issues on Windows and Linux environments.
- Some automation or scripting experience with Regex and PowerShell.
- Experience with Kusto Query Language (KQL).
- Experience with Prometheus and Grafana.
- Microsoft Certifications (AZ500,MS500, SC200, SC100) preferred.
- Exposure to MITRE and familiar with TTPs(Tactics Techniques and Procedures).
- Ability to create internal documentation including architectural diagrams.
- Familiarity with cloud administration best practices and principles in AWS and(or) Azure.
- In-depth understanding of networking concepts and technologies.
- Experience using enterprise ticketing systems such as ServiceNow.
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills.
- Ability to provide step by step technical help via phone, remote session, and email.
- #LI-CS1
In addition to a career in the challenging world of cyber security, Avertium offers competitive salaries, full benefits, unlimited paid time off, participation in 401(k), and opportunities for professional growth and development. We offer the opportunity to work with cutting-edge security technologies in a stimulating work environment.
Avertium provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Where you can be based
This position is 100% remote and open to applicants based in Mexico and United States.
Text as Avertium published it; last compared with the original on 13 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details and CV, then 6 questions (1 written).
- 1.What is your age range?Choose one · optional
- 2.Are you willing to undergo a background check, in accordance with local law/regulations?Yes or no
- 3.Will you now, or in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B visa status)?Yes or no
- 4.What is your salary requirement?Written answer
- 5.Are you open to working any shift? 1st: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm Local Time 2nd: Monday - Friday 2pm - 10pm EST 3rd: Rotating on call support Monday-Sunday 10:00 PM EST - 8:00 AM ESTYes or no · optional
- 6.Do you have a shift preference? (Shift preference not guaranteed)Choose one: 1st: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm Local Time · 2nd: Monday - Friday 2pm - 10pm EST · optional
Taken from Avertium's application form as it stood on 13 Nov 2026.
The employer: Avertium
Provides managed detection and response and compliance services to mid-market companies; all eight of its openings are remote security roles in the US or Mexico.
Pay and benefits: Remote client-facing service roles, mostly staff, with one consultant engaged as a contractor.
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