Security Engineer

Security Engineer

Security Engineer

Category

IT/HelpDesk/Tech

Location

New York, New York

Employment Type

Permanent/Hybrid

Salary

$230000 - $0



Job Description:

Responsibilities

* Responsible for operation of vulnerability assessment tools, scanning, researching and analyzing vulnerabilities, identifying relevant threats, recommend corrective actions, summarizing and reporting results.

* Research the latest IT security trends, attack vectors, and methodologies; understand the countermeasures in the industry and engage with stakeholders to resolve identified vulnerabilities within SLAs.

* Administration and daily operation of SIEM technologies, including rule creation, reporting, correlation and performance monitoring.

* Assist with investigations of security events to determine malfunctions, breaches, and remediation steps.

* Monitor systems to identify and respond to anomalous activity such as worms, Trojans, viruses, and malware.

* Plan, test, and deploy security controls to augment network and endpoint security functional areas.

* Support the operations of the SIEM, URL Filtering, Vulnerability Management, Endpoint Protection and Identity

Management tools as requested.

* Perform product evaluations and recommend and assist with the implementation of products/services for information security related hardware and software.

* Collaborate with Applications & Infrastructure teams as needed to ensure security compliance is met.

* Generate security reports and produce quality technical documentation for complex solutions.

* Perform additional duties as assigned



Job Requirements:


Qualifications

* 3-5 years of experience in Information Security with experience in large scale vulnerability and threat management program.


* Hands-on experience in designing and implementing technical solutions of IT Security tools at the enterprise level - e.g. AV, FW, SIEM, IDS/IPS, web and email content filtering, Vulnerability Management Tools, etc.


* Demonstrated experience in vulnerability management, including working with vulnerability management tools such as Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7 etc.


* Experience with SIEM technologies, including administration and analyst operation of SIEM within SOC functionality.


* Knowledge of networking components and various operating systems and cloud environments and understanding their security principles and technologies.


* Understanding of common security device functions, such as IDS/IPS, Network and Host-based firewalls, DLP (Data Leakage Protection), encryption, endpoint security.


* Understanding of malware, emerging threats, attacks, and vulnerability management.


* Excellent communication skills, troubleshooting and analytical thinking skills, self-driven, multi-tasking, work collaboratively in a team environment, and willingness to adapt to change in dynamic, global environment are critical.


* Participate in a 24x7 Incident Response Team and available to work evenings and weekends as needed.