Cyber Security Engineer IV

Job Summary: The Cyber Security Engineer IV serves as a subject matter expert for security capabilities and tools used by the Cyber Security Team. Responsibilities include driving the adoption of best practices, advising on technology projects and initiatives, ensuring the CIRT teams have the necessary systems and tools, actively managing security tools and contributing to process improvements.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Supports IT, Governance, Application and Security teams in designing, developing, and documenting technologies to meet their objectives.
• Provides support to the cyber tool administration team, serving as a mentor and point of escalation for issue resolution.
• Drives continuous improvement by understanding, documenting, and suggesting enhancements to processes involving security toolsets.
• Advocates for the implementation and configuration of best practices for cybersecurity capabilities to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness.
• Recommends new or alternative technologies as appropriate to better support company objectives.
• Communicates complex technical information effectively to all levels of personnel, from front-line workers to executive leadership.
• Recommends process and program improvements and leads implementation.
• Mentors other team members and resolves the most complex problems.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cyber security, or related field and 8 years’ experience in a cyber security or systems engineering related positions. Working knowledge with the following technologies required: Firewalls, Routing, SIEM, Identity and Access Management concepts, major public cloud provider and application security tooling.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Understanding of common cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic networking concepts, operating systems, and security fundamentals.
• Familiarity with security tools such as antivirus software, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, etc.
• High attention to detail.
• Demonstrates strong multi-tasking capabilities and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, customer service, cybersecurity, problem solving, teamwork, and written communication

Preferred Equipment or Software Knowledge or Skills: 

• Minimum of eight years of experience.
• Strong networking background with core routing and switching topologies/configuration and troubleshooting
• Hands on experience with cloud-based infrastructure, deployment models, and security technologies.
• Understanding of application/network layer protocols such as HTTPS, SFTP, and SSH.