Security Engineer

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About the role:

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain required security controls for employees, focusing on Microsoft Azure and on-Premise technologies, antivirus/antimalware, and remote monitoring and auditing.
• Develop, deploy, and operate required security solutions across a highly distributed, global platform deployed across Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Lead our vulnerability assessment program and conduct penetration testing with support from external vendors.
• Monitor, triage, and remediate security issues and support security incident response program.
• Respond to events and alerts and resolve security issues.
• Perform security design reviews and provide deep and technical subject matter expertise to teams of software engineers and developers.
• Maintain Information Security Team ticket queue for daily Security Team operations.
• Identify and assist with remediation of security issues, misconfigurations, and vulnerabilities related to cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
• Contribute to creation of runbooks and standard operating procedures

Requirements:

• Three or more (3+) years of experience with Information System roles
• A Bachelors degree of technical skills and acumen:
• Experience implementing and managing security solutions within Azure cloud computing environments
• Experience with IDS/IPS, event logging and monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and endpoint security management in a Microsoft Azure environment
• Working knowledge of host, network, and application exploitation techniques
• Security industry certifications are preferred but not required
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills
• Ability to influence outcomes without direct authority
• A proven track record of complex problem solving and cultivating strong collaboration across organizational boundaries
• A reliable self-starter who makes sound, well-informed and objective decisions and works independently with the ability to manage complex situations and solve problems
• Ability to participate in on call rotation.