Join Deloitte’s Cyber Defense & Resilience team as a forward deployed engineer supporting client patching and remediation programs. In this role, you’ll work directly with client infrastructure, endpoint, server, and application teams to reduce exposure and improve cyber resilience. You’ll help translate vulnerability findings into actionable remediation plans, support patch execution across environments, and track progress against risk-reduction goals.
Recruiting for this role ends on 12/31/2026.
Work you'll do
As a Security Engineer II on the Cyber Defense & Resilience Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) team, you will be responsible for…
- Working directly with client teams to plan, track, and execute patching and remediation activities across endpoint, server, middleware, and application environments
- Translating vulnerability findings, asset context, and threat data into prioritized remediation actions
- Supporting patch deployment, validation, and reporting using enterprise tools and client processes
- Maintaining remediation records, exception tracking, and status reporting to measure exposure reduction
- Supporting automation and process improvement activities that increase patching speed, consistency, and coverage
A successful candidate would possess these skills:
- Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
- Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
- Ability to lead projects or workstreams
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to provide clear guidance to others
The team
Deloitte’s Cyber Specialists help organizations manage cyber risk through stronger security, greater visibility, and embedded privacy practices. The Cyber Defense & Resilience team works with clients to design, implement, and operate programs that help protect critical assets, support digital transformation, and respond to evolving threats. Within this practice, forward deployed engineers work alongside client teams to operationalize vulnerability remediation, patching, and exposure reduction across complex technology environments.
Qualifications
Required:
- 3+ years of experience in information technology, information security, vulnerability management, patch management, or a combination of these
- 2+ years of experience supporting forward deployed engineering, remediation delivery, or client-facing technology operations in enterprise environments
- 2+ years of experience executing patching or vulnerability remediation across Windows, Linux, middleware, endpoints, or applications using tools such as BigFix, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, Red Hat Satellite, Windows Server Update Services, Tenable, Rapid7, or Qualys
- 1+ year of experience using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or JavaScript Object Notation for scripting, automation, or configuration activities
- 1+ year of experience using ServiceNow or another Information Technology Service Management platform to track remediation activities, exceptions, and status
- Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, or Physics
- Experience in a consulting environment
- Experience preparing remediation metrics, dashboards, or status reporting
- Experience supporting patch validation, exception management, or change coordination
- Experience with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework, Center for Internet Security, International Organization for Standardization 27001, or Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $110,700 to 218,300.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
This position is aligned with the Core Talent Model. To view the associated benefit package, please reference this document https://resources.deloitte.com/:b:/r/sites/dnet-tod-us/Shared Documents/Benefits/USBenefitsJourneyCDandETAM.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=pKjS1C
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