IT Applications - Security Engineer

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OVERVIEW
The IT Security Engineer is responsible for designing and effectively implementing enterprise security strategies, architectures, and solutions that guide IT security direction. They are accountable for the security architecture across a variety of applications or domains and assigned to project/initiatives of large size, complexity, and risk. The IT Security Engineer develops actionable security blueprints, principles, models, designs, standards and guidelines to ensure enterprise information technology architecture is consistent, usable, secure and adds value to the business. Interacts with vendors, IT and business area contacts to facilitate flexible, scalable and cost-effective security solutions.


People Relationships and Leadership:

Reports to IT Security Manager

Collaborates with Business Managers/Users, IT leadership, colleagues and peers

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Responsible for design and implementation of security strategy, architecture, and platforms.

Responsible for enterprise due-diligence activities including security monitoring and security metrics to evaluate effectiveness of the enterprise security program and established controls.

Accountable for adhering to enterprise architecture standards, ensuring security technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization and contributing to enterprise architecture strategy-setting.

Responsible for developing and maintaining minimum security standards for Cadre entities outside of the Safariland domain.

Responsible for ensuring necessary security controls are part of technical designs.

Participates in security governance processes.

Participates in IT security efforts across all business areas.

Troubleshoots, recommends and executes action plans for issue resolution.

Serves as security architecture subject matter expert to business areas, project teams and vendors to apply and execute appropriate use of technology solutions and lead efforts to examine technology vision, opportunities and challenges.

Builds consensus around principles of security architecture and interprets and clarifies these principles.

Participates in the evaluation, selection and implementation of technology solutions including providing detailed analysis of pros and cons and build vs buy options.

Provides technical guidance and supervision to less experienced Security Analysts as the team expands.

Participates in project teams contributing input about security standards and the impact on existing technology.

Investigates and reports on security threats and incidents.

Conducts post-event reviews of security incidents.

Maintains operational, architectural and design documentation including procedures, task lists, and architecture blueprints.

Evaluates strengths and flaws in Security Architecture designs including performance, confidentiality, integrity, availability, access and total cost of ownership.

Facilitates project handoffs including preparing documentation, educating and supporting to ensure smooth transitions.

Optimizes cloud resources, while focused on performance and cost

Works with IT team members and necessary providers to implement projects ensuring security and compliance are aligned with industry’s best practices, across the cloud and on-premises environments

Support team resources to meet departmental and company objectives and goals.

Actively participates in weekly change management meetings. Stay abreast of all changes.

Fosters an environment of accountability and adherence to process.

Supports strategic vision across the IT Department.

Keeps abreast of developments and trends in the information technology space.

Solution focused, with a strong emphasis on process and continuous improvements.

Learn new systems, methods, and/or processes, as needed.

Performs other duties assigned by the IT Leadership Team.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Highly developed proficiency in creating architectural designs for gradually complex designs

Highly adept at consulting, negotiating, communicating, consensus building, presentation and facilitation

Demonstrated ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback to improve performance

Experience and understanding of a variety of operating systems

Highly adept at innovating and thinking beyond established standards and processes

Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated experience applying current and emerging technology security solutions and trends including security and regulatory industry requirements

Demonstrated effective decision-making skills related to implementing security architecture and design