We are looking for an IT Security Specialist to join a credit union team in Houston, Texas in a contract-to-permanent capacity. This role focuses on protecting systems, data, and infrastructure through hands-on monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and security operations support. The ideal candidate will contribute to day-to-day cyber defense activities while helping strengthen governance, third-party risk oversight, and overall security readiness across the organization.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Monitor security activity, review alerts, and investigate suspicious behavior to identify and respond to potential threats.<br>• Support the full incident response lifecycle, including triage, containment, recovery coordination, and post-incident documentation.<br>• Use security tools, threat intelligence, and forensic techniques to analyze malicious activity and assist with cyber investigations.<br>• Maintain and improve response playbooks, operational procedures, dashboards, and reporting used to track security performance and incidents.<br>• Coordinate vulnerability management efforts by helping identify exposures, validating remediation, and confirming corrective actions are completed.<br>• Administer and support endpoint and network security technologies, including Fortinet solutions such as FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiAuthenticator, FortiClient, and FortiEMS.<br>• Review and verify secure settings across servers, user devices, cloud environments, and network components to promote compliance with security standards.<br>• Assist with risk reviews, audit preparation, evidence collection, and follow-up activities related to internal assessments, external audits, and regulatory examinations.<br>• Evaluate vendor and third-party security documentation, help document associated risks, and support ongoing due diligence and monitoring activities.<br>• Contribute to awareness initiatives, phishing exercises, tabletop sessions, and continuity testing while sharing insights on emerging cyber risks and improvement opportunities.
We are looking for a Network Security Engineer with strong Cloudflare expertise to support a security-focused environment. This long-term contract opportunity is ideal for a hands-on specialist who can maintain and optimize an existing deployment while strengthening network protection across cloud-based infrastructure. The role sits within the energy and natural resources sector and will focus on keeping services secure, stable, and well-supported.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Administer and support the existing Cloudflare environment to maintain secure and reliable network services.<br>• Monitor web application firewall policies and traffic behavior, making adjustments that improve protection and performance.<br>• Troubleshoot network security issues across cloud-connected systems and resolve incidents in a timely manner.<br>• Partner with internal technology teams to provide guidance on Cloudflare capabilities, configurations, and operational best practices.<br>• Review current security settings and recommend practical enhancements that align with business and infrastructure needs.<br>• Support ongoing management of AWS-related network security controls where they intersect with Cloudflare services.<br>• Document configurations, operational procedures, and issue resolution steps to improve continuity and support readiness.<br>• Assist with the transition of Cloudflare platform ownership by providing technical oversight and day-to-day operational support.