Cybersecurity Engineer
- Category: Et cetera
- Deadline: 05th July 20222022-07-05T00:00:00-0700
- Connecticut
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National broker/dealer in the Financial Services industry seeking Cybersecurity Engineer. The position will be responsible to be maintaining the security of our on-premise and cloud environments while also working closely with our Director of Information Security for policy related matters.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBLITIESDuties and responsibilities include the following (other duties may be assigned): The ideal Cybersecurity Engineer has an analytical mind and a detailed understanding of cybersecurity methodologies. Cybersecurity Engineer are expected to have a meticulous attention to detail, outstanding problem-solving skills, work comfortably under pressure and deliver on tight deadlines. This position is not a position with a highly structured nature. The engineer must be comfortable working with a small dedicated team and be able to meet new challenges and projects as they arrive and evolve. To ensure success, the engineer must display an excellent understanding of technology infrastructures using Firewalls, VPN, Data Loss Prevention, IDS/IPS, and Security Audits. The engineer should be comfortable working with a variety of technologies, security problems, and troubleshooting of the network. Primary duties & responsibilities include the following:- Develop, track and manage cyber security initiatives, roadmaps, best practices, etc.
- Manage security configurations for operating systems, networks, applications, and identity management.
- Assess and provide guidance on risks and evolving threats.
- Ensure that firewalls, anti-virmalware, and other security tools are configured correctly.
- Assess security controls and analyze reports related to security deficiencies.
- Collaborate with other teams to put security practices and testing in place.
- Conduct security assessments to identify security gaps or vulnerabilities and recommend and prioritize remediation actions.
- Support the organizations InfoSec and data privacy policy, procedures and controls which includes working with outside audit teams for NIST, SOC and other audits.
- Engage in incident response activities.
- Integrate existing automation, security operations, and monitoring systems.
- Manage SIEM infrastructure design and maintenance.
- Microsoft AD and Azure knowledge.
- Experience working in multiple security domains such as platform hardening, vulnerability management, web application and browser security, penetration testing, applied cryptography, network protocols and secure network design.
- Experience in performing intrusion analysis and forensics in cloud environments.
- Prior experience performing threat hunting operations.
- Understanding of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model and well-known ports and services
- Strong understanding of the TCP/IP protocol and OSI layers; including the use of network protocol analyzers.
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to multitask
- Ability to be detail oriented
- Time management
- Ability to prioritize and meet strict deadlines
- Ability to work independently and take initiative with little direction
- Excellent organization and planning skills
- Strong attention to detail required
- Team player
- Creativity
- Analytical ability
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to quickly learn and apply new information
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Detailed oriented
- Organizational skills
- Ability to work independently with little direction
- Problem solving skills
- Public presentation skills
- Able to travel up to 10% of the time