Senior Security Engineer
Remote - North America
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Symend
Symend helps top enterprises deliver digital experiences that are hyper-personalized based on the science behind consumer behaviour.The Opportunity
The Senior Security Engineer handles the digital security for Symend and their client groups. Their duties include building digital security protocols, operating a cyber security system and maintaining an IT security infrastructure for their organization or their clients’ organizations.
The Senior Security Engineer is a flexible and multi-skilled individual. They may primarily be an engineer, but their tasks may range from Security Operations to Security Architecture, as dictated by the cyber landscape. We are looking for attitude and ability to adapt. No candidate is going to have all of the skills listed, but we are looking for difference makers who feel they are a jack of all trades Security Engineer.
What You'll Be Doing:
Security Engineers are the first line of defense against malicious actors in the IT industry. They screen their company’s critical IT infrastructure for weaknesses and create robust countermeasures to prevent future incidents. Security Engineers also train employees on security best practices and advice management on investments to safeguard the company’s computer and network systems.
Roles and Responsibilities could include:
- Develop, execute and track the performance of security measures to protect information and network infrastructure and computer systems.
- Design computer security strategy and engineer comprehensive cybersecurity architecture.
- Identify, define and document system security requirements and recommend solutions to management.
- Configure, troubleshoot and maintain security infrastructure software and hardware.
- Install software that monitors systems and networks for security breaches and intrusions.
- Analyze security systems and seek improvements on a continuous basis.
- Find cost-effective solutions to cybersecurity problems.
- Align security services and activities to business objectives.
- Monitor systems for irregular behavior and set up preventive measures.
- Plan, develop, implement and update company’s information security strategy.
- Educate and train staff on information system security best practices.
- Develop a set of security standards and practices.
- Create new ways to solve existing production security issues.
- Recommend security enhancements to management.
- Install and use software, such as firewalls and data encryption programs.
- Assist with installation or processing of new security products and procedures.
- Conduct scans of solutions and networks to find vulnerabilities.
- Conduct penetration testing.
- Monitor networks and systems for security breaches or intrusions.
- Install software that helps with notification of intrusions.
- Developing automation scripts to handle and track incidents.
- Test security solutions using industry standard analysis criteria.
- Supervise changes in software, hardware, and user needs.
What You'll Need:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related field or relevant experience.
- A minimum of 5 years’ work experience as a Security Engineer.
- Familiarity with major regulatory frameworks like ISO, SOC2, GDPR.
- Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols.
- Proven experience implementing, integrating, and maintaining security systems.
- Extensive knowledge of operating system and database security.
- Hands on experience in security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc.
- Proficiency in networking technologies, network security and network monitoring solutions.
- Knowledge of security systems including anti-virus applications, content filtering, firewalls, authentication systems and intrusion detection and notification systems.
- Familiarity with web related technologies (Web applications, Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures) and of network/web related protocols.
- Critical thinking skills and ability to solve complex problems.
- Basic coding skills for performing integrations, implementations, admin, etc.
- Experience in building and maintaining security systems.
- Experience at a Telco or FI is a nice to have.
- International Exposure and Experience is an asset to support with Host Country Processing setup.
Suggested Security Knowledge Areas:
Identity & Access Management
- Auth0
- Azure Identity Management
- Azure AD Premium features; Privilege identity management, entitlements, access reviews
- Azure Information Protection/RMS
- Advanced Threat Analytics/Protection
- X-API keys
- DKIM
Perimeter Security
- Imperva
- Azure NSGs and Firewalls
Office 365 Security
- Azure Information Protection/RMS
- Advanced Threat Analytics/Protection
- Email Management
Endpoint Management:
- Microsoft Defender
- Microsoft Intune
- Mobile Application Management
- Configuration Manager
- Windows Autopilot
- Conditional access policies
Nice to Haves:
- Active Directory Domain Services
- Active Directory Certificate Services
- Azure AD Connect
- Microsoft Identity Manager
- Windows Server Operating Systems
- Azure Security
- Securing Windows Servers and Clients
- Office 365 Security
- Windows 10 Security
At Symend, we believe that all customers should be treated with empathy and dignity. That’s why we leverage our deep understanding of consumer behavior to create personalized interactions that better engage and empower customers at all points of the customer journey. Our digital engagement platform uses behavioral science, data science and advanced analytics to help our clients build stronger relationships with their customers. Symend: The science of engagement.™
* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
Tags: Active Directory Analytics APIs Automation Azure Computer Science Encryption FinTech Firewalls GDPR Intrusion detection IT infrastructure Monitoring Network security Pentesting Privacy Security strategy SOC 2 Strategy Vulnerabilities Windows
Perks/benefits: Competitive pay Flex hours Flex vacation Gear Team events
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