Kforce's client in Tempe, AZ is seeking a Senior Security Engineer (with 6-7 years of experience) to plan, develop, and execute vulnerability and policy compliance assessments. Summary: The Senior Security Engineer will work with development teams to understand their project(s), analyze the proposed architecture for threat vectors, provide recommendations on how to securely deploy the technology, and provide reporting and metrics to measure the program's success. Skills required are current or previous experience with vulnerability and compliance process and assessment using Qualys, administration preferred. Responsibilities: * Configures enterprise vulnerability assessment tools * Performs internal/external scans * Analyzes detected vulnerabilities * Identifies the relevant threats and eliminates false positives through manual validation * Generates reports on assessment findings and summarizes them to facilitate remediation tasks for other operational teams* Recent hands on experience with QualysGuard Policy Compliance product and building customized controls * Solid working experience and knowledge of *nix operating systems (admin skill in Linux/AIX a plus) * Knowledge of Windows networking, windows domains and active directory, GPOs and end-point security * Must have performed system hardening based on security standards * Ability to perform threat, vulnerability and risk assessments against environment * Experience in preparing reports and metrics on the status of completed assessments, progress of remediation actions and performance of the assessment tools * Knowledge in industry and government security standards (NIST, CIS, etc.) * Familiarity with standard security best practices and vulnerability management processes including compliance reporting