Cyber Security Consultant

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $125 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Aston Carter

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1997

🎯 Recruiter

💼 Consulting

🤝 B2B

Recruitment • Consulting • B2B

Aston Carter is a global staffing and recruitment firm that provides contract and permanent talent solutions and consulting services to businesses. The company (an Allegis Group company) focuses on areas including accounting & finance, office & clerical, business transformation, sales & marketing, risk and KYC programs, and interim HR/staffing solutions. Aston Carter emphasizes candidate and client satisfaction, operates across four continents with more than 130 offices, and delivers staffing, contract staffing and specialised consulting services to enterprise clients.

📋 Description

• Review AI-produced cybersecurity materials, including security findings, attack scenarios, and risk evaluations, to ensure technical accuracy, realism, and practical usefulness • Develop and complete hands-on security exercises, labs, and analytical challenges supporting AI model training, validation, and benchmarking • Create technical documentation, security-focused content, and code samples illustrating best practices, sound methodologies, and secure coding techniques • Assess, compare, and provide structured feedback on model-generated responses to improve AI performance, accuracy, and output quality • Test and validate AI systems, following reviewer guidance to refine results, adjust workflows, and iterate on model behavior • Apply cyber defense, cyber risk, and incident response knowledge to design and evaluate realistic security scenarios and solutions • Use Python coding and scripting to build, modify, and troubleshoot code samples, exercises, and evaluation artifacts • Follow project guidelines, documentation standards, coding guidelines, and submission requirements • Manage workload and priorities in a fast-paced, project-driven environment while meeting productivity and quality standards • Work autonomously in a remote setting with minimal supervision • Use cloud-based collaboration tools and code repositories to share work, participate in reviews, and contribute to iterative improvements • Incorporate feedback through multiple review cycles to refine content, code, and documentation

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5+ years of professional, hands-on experience in information security, cyber defense, offensive security, digital forensics, threat research, security operations, or closely related disciplines • Recent individual contributor experience performing technical security work rather than serving exclusively in leadership or people-management roles • Strong cybersecurity experience covering offensive and defensive security concepts, vulnerability analysis, incident response, and secure coding practices • Working coding ability in Python, including writing, troubleshooting, and modifying code for security-related use cases • Proficiency with software development and scripting, including the ability to modify existing applications and work within established code repositories • Comfort with completing technical coding evaluations as part of the role • Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical topics into clear, audience-appropriate explanations and documentation • Strong attention to detail and the ability to interpret documented processes, apply feedback effectively, and maintain high quality through multiple rounds of review • Solid technical aptitude, including familiarity with cloud-based collaboration tools, desktop software installation and configuration, browser management, file sharing, and common document conversion tasks • Ability to dedicate approximately 30 to 40 hours per week over the course of a multi-month (approximately 12-week) project engagement • Residence and work authorization within the United States • Experience gained within government, defense, or military environments in information security, cyber defense, offensive security, digital forensics, threat research, or security operations • Hands-on experience with cyber defense and cyber risk assessment, including designing or evaluating realistic attack and defense scenarios • Familiarity with artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs), and their application to cybersecurity problems • Experience providing remote support and collaborating effectively in distributed teams • Knowledge of scripting for security automation, tooling, and coding purposes beyond Python • Understanding and application of coding guidelines and secure development practices in security-focused projects • Industry-recognized security credentials such as OSCP, GCFA, GREM, CRTO, CEH, or similar; while beneficial, demonstrated technical proficiency and practical experience are prioritized over formal certifications • Ability to work effectively in a self-directed environment, managing priorities and delivering results with minimal supervision

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) • Potential for extension