Title: Sr. Software Engineer/Embedded Cont-to-Hire, NWest Suburbs

Software Engineer/Embedded

We are looking for a talented Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer on a 12month Contract-to-Hire basis located in the western Chicago suburbs… 

Become a key member of the software development team and develop test equipment used by engineers for most of all major manufacturers for audio/video and computer devices worldwide.

You will get exposure to new products and technologies years before they reach the market. We have the pleasure of working with technology industry leaders. You should be sharp and understand and define complex architectures and solutions. Work with multiple teams within our engineering team and across Application engineering, Product Management, Operations and Validation teams. 

Duties: 

· Contribute to software design and architecture of various video protocols.

· Design and test software for next generation Test and Measurement Tools.

· Write efficient and scalable code using C/C++.

· Document the design and participate in events with various video standard groups.

· Work with the test engineers to validate your features in a system test environment.

· Reproduce customer environment to reproduce any failures found and determine the cause and update the test procedures accordingly.

Technical Requirements: 

· Demonstrated expertise developing software for embedded platforms with 5-7+ years in C and C++. 

· Linux multi-threaded development experience is required.

· Excellent software engineering skills including architectural definition, task identification, design, implementation, and test – from concept through maintenance.

· Must be comfortable working with hardware development engineers and interfacing to custom hardware devices, including interrupt driven interfaces.

· A background using an efficient development process for high quality deliverables is needed.

· Strong commitment to teamwork and good communication skills.

· Bachelors degree.

· Experience with some Java, Qt and/or Python preferred.

· Linux kernel-level experience.

· Communications protocol experience needed.

Hourly rate: W2 $85-95 hr, Contract to-Hire, On-site Only, Lets discuss your current situation and expectations…

Looking for a Specialist in Cyber Security to work with advanced daily activities responding to customer inquiries having specific SLAs and security alerts via email from our security monitoring systems.  You will be responsible for investigating the security notifications that originate from endpoint and email detection, Identity and Privileged Access Management and Active directory auditing platforms. This person will also have a daily checklist that reviews all security tool platforms to ensure no security events are missed.

 All members of the Security team will have interesting projects to engage on when there are no critical incidents to investigate. These projects will include developing monthly phishing tests for users, conducting security awareness training for users, and performing monthly audits on accounts and devices.  There will also be additional project management assignments to implement new security tools etc.

Most security investigations occur during business hours, however company laptops are brought home and on rare occasions when alerts/detections happen, during off hours, the Cyber Security team must respond immediately.  A personal mobile device is required to receive email and phone call notifications and you’ll be compensated for a portion of this service. The Cyber team utilizes Microsoft Teams for investigative updates on mobile devices for alert triage.

Salary: $90-105k with 10% AIP eligibility In office: Tuesday (projects), Wednesday (meeting with entire IT staff) & Thursday (projects). Location is near western Chicago suburbs, Must be a US Citizen or green card to qualify... 

Job Requirements: 

· Proven experience with malicious email analysis, email security gateways, and troubleshooting email message flow

· Experienced with Security Awareness training platforms for enterprise users. 

· Proven experience with endpoint detection and response and network security monitoring tools

· Experience with vulnerability scanning platforms 

· Strong understanding of IP, TCP/IP, and other network administration protocols 

· Strong understanding of Windows OS, MS 2016-2019, (Linux is a plus)

· Some knowledge of IT administrator auditing procedures. 

· Proven analytical skills to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.

· One or more of the following certifications is preferred.

- CompTIA Security+ or CySA+, EC-Council's CEH or GIAC Certified Incident Handler, or Security Essentials.

- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security or Associate of (ISC)².

· College degree in Computer Science and/or two plus years of Cyber Security experience.