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title: 'CyberSecurity Engineer | Microsoft at Avertium'
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# CyberSecurity Engineer | Microsoft at Avertium

- **Company:** Avertium
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/avertium/239fa674-6b92-49cb-8536-78eafa25474a

## Job description

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.
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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.

## About Avertium

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Avertium is a managed cybersecurity and compliance services provider that delivers end-to-end security solutions, including Managed XDR, attack surface management, and AI safety, to mid-market and enterprise organizations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by Sunstone Partners)
- **Headquarters**: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (led by CEO Vicente Velez)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Computer and Network Security / Managed Security Services
- **Target Customers**: Mid-market and enterprise organizations across 15+ industries
- **Mission/Purpose**: To deliver a more comprehensive, programmatic approach to cybersecurity that drives action on the ground and influence in the boardroom, enabling clients to focus on growth and innovation while ensuring resilient security infrastructure.

## Products & Services
- **Managed XDR & Security Operations**: 24/7 co-managed threat detection, automated response, and continuous monitoring via Cyber Fusion Centers, including Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel integration.
- **Attack Surface Management**: Consolidation of tools, posture enhancement, and continuous vulnerability testing to reduce risk and exposure.
- **Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)**: Expert-led services for audit, assessment, framework design (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, HIPAA, GDPR), and continuous compliance management.
- **AI Safety & Security**: Readiness and deployment services for Microsoft Copilot for Security, enabling security teams to leverage generative AI at machine speed.
- **Identity & Endpoint Management**: Configuration and management of Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, and Intune, with professional and MXDR support.
- **Data Security, Compliance & Privacy**: Solutions using Microsoft Purview and E5, combined with Avertium’s regulatory expertise.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (Privately held)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $34.4M (estimated); Total Funding not publicly disclosed (backed by Sunstone Partners)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sunstone Partners (parent company); deep partnership with Microsoft (Microsoft security solutions, Defender, Sentinel, Purview, Copilot)
- **Growth Signals**: Over 1,200 customers across 15 industries; 900k+ devices under management; 400+ certifications; 24/7/365 Cyber Fusion Centers; LinkedIn followers grew 29.5% year-over-year.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Assess, Design, Protect Methodology**: A proprietary, flexible framework that adapts to any stage of a client’s security and compliance journey.
- **Microsoft Ecosystem Depth**: Specialized expertise in configuring and managing the full Microsoft security stack (Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview, Copilot), differentiating them from generalist MSSPs.
- **Human + Machine Fusion**: Combines 24/7 human expertise in Cyber Fusion Centers with integrated automation and threat intelligence, not just out-of-the-box tools.
- **Compliance as a Competitive Advantage**: Turns compliance burdens into strategic assets through expert-led, continuous management.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepening Microsoft Alliance**: Maximizing ROI for Microsoft security investments and leading adoption of Microsoft Copilot for Security.
- **AI Readiness**: Helping clients prepare IT environments and teams for generative AI security tools.
- **Mid-Market Domination**: Targeting mid-to-large enterprises with a comprehensive, programmatic approach that larger consultancies may overlook.
- **Continuous Innovation**: Iterating on services to meet evolving threats, with a focus on attack surface management and AI safety.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Mission**: Emphasizes a team-oriented, "no weakness" ethos where employees tackle complex security challenges as a unit. The company values digging deeper and asking tough questions.
- **Growth & Learning**: Strong focus on continuous learning and skills evolution in a fast-changing cybersecurity landscape. Career growth is actively encouraged.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hybrid and remote roles available (e.g., Security Solutions Architect is remote, US-based; some roles are on-site in Knoxville or Guadalajara, Mexico).
- **Employee Ratings**: 4.2/5.0 on LinkedIn (69 reviews), with strong scores for Work-Life Balance (4.6) and Compensation (4.3).
- **Global Presence**: Offices in Knoxville (HQ), Phoenix, and Guadalajara, Mexico, with a distributed workforce across the US, Mexico, and UK.

## Sources
1. [avertium.com](https://www.avertium.com/)
2. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/avertium)
3. [linkedin.com](https://co.linkedin.com/company/avertium-cybersecurity)
4. [avertium.com/leadership-team](https://www.avertium.com/leadership-team)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/avertium)

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