Senior information security engineer

job summary:
Information Security Engineer III

Location: Assembly Row, Somerville, MA

Work Arrangement: Hybrid - 1 day per week onsite, with occasional additional onsite days based on business needs

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM or 9:00 AM-5:00 PM; flexible

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Openings: 1

Salary: $93,953.60-$136,739.20 annually, with flexibility toward the higher end for candidates with approximately 6-8 years of experience. Candidates with additional relevant experience may be considered at a higher level.

About the Role

We are seeking an Information Security Engineer III to join an enterprise Information Security Architecture team. This is a senior-level role focused on evaluating a broad range of technologies, business initiatives, operational processes, and strategic projects to identify security risks and provide practical, risk-based guidance.

The ideal candidate is someone who can quickly understand complex and unfamiliar technology environments, analyze security implications, and clearly communicate recommendations to senior leadership and business stakeholders.

Top 3 Qualifications

1. Strong analytical ability across a broad technology landscape

Ability to evaluate a wide range of technologies, systems, business initiatives, and operational processes and identify meaningful cybersecurity risks.

2. Exceptional communication skills

Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts, security risks, recommendations, and tradeoffs both verbally and in writing to senior leadership and business owners who may not have the same level of technical expertise.

3. Ability to do both quickly and effectively

Strong judgment and the ability to rapidly understand unfamiliar technologies and business challenges, assess risk, and develop practical recommendations.

What You'll Do

Evaluate technologies, business initiatives, operational processes, and proposed solutions to identify security risks.

Perform security assessments, architecture reviews, risk analyses, and technology evaluations.

Quickly assess unfamiliar technologies and understand their security implications.

Develop practical, risk-based recommendations and appropriate security controls.

Partner with technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, project leaders, and security professionals.

Research emerging technologies, evolving threats, regulatory requirements, and industry practices.

Develop security assessments, recommendations, standards, reports, and other written deliverables.

Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to engineers, project teams, business leaders, and senior leadership.

Present findings, facilitate discussions, answer questions, and help build stakeholder consensus.

Serve as a trusted cybersecurity advisor to business and technology teams.

Contribute to security standards, methodologies, assessment processes, and best practices.

Mentor junior and mid-level security professionals.

Lead or contribute to cross-functional technical initiatives.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

5-7 years of experience in systems engineering, security engineering, security architecture, cybersecurity consulting, or a related field.

Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, risk management, and security frameworks.

Experience performing security assessments, architecture reviews, risk analyses, technology evaluations, or similar analytical work.

Ability to identify complex security issues and develop practical recommendations.

Strong understanding of enterprise technology environments, including familiarity with:

Cloud platforms

Identity and access management

Networking

Applications

Infrastructure

Security operations

Emerging technologies

Knowledge of Zero Trust, least privilege, defense-in-depth, data protection, secure software development, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

Ability to work effectively in complex and ambiguous environments.

Experience mentoring junior professionals and/or leading cross-functional initiatives.

Work Environment

Hybrid: 1 day per week onsite at Assembly Row in Somerville, MA.

Occasional additional onsite presence may be required based on business needs.

Monday-Friday, either 8:00 AM-4:00 PM or 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, with flexibility.

Full-time, permanent position.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity for a senior security professional who enjoys solving complex problems, evaluating unfamiliar technologies, and serving as a trusted advisor to both technical and business leadership.

The strongest candidates will not simply identify security risks - they will be able to quickly understand the environment, determine what matters, develop a practical recommendation, and explain it clearly to the people responsible for making the decision.

location: Somerville, Massachusetts
job type: Permanent
salary: $45 - 65 per year
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors


responsibilities:
What You'll Do

• Evaluate technologies, business initiatives, operational processes, and proposed solutions to identify security risks.
• Perform security assessments, architecture reviews, risk analyses, and technology evaluations.
• Quickly assess unfamiliar technologies and understand their security implications.
• Develop practical, risk-based recommendations and appropriate security controls.
• Partner with technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, project leaders, and security professionals.
• Research emerging technologies, evolving threats, regulatory requirements, and industry practices.
• Develop security assessments, recommendations, standards, reports, and other written deliverables.
• Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to engineers, project teams, business leaders, and senior leadership.
• Present findings, facilitate discussions, answer questions, and help build stakeholder consensus.
• Serve as a trusted cybersecurity advisor to business and technology teams.
• Contribute to security standards, methodologies, assessment processes, and best practices.
• Mentor junior and mid-level security professionals.
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional technical initiatives

qualifications:
Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

5-7 years of experience in systems engineering, security engineering, security architecture, cybersecurity consulting, or a related field.

Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, risk management, and security frameworks.

Experience performing security assessments, architecture reviews, risk analyses, technology evaluations, or similar analytical work.

Ability to identify complex security issues and develop practical recommendations.

Strong understanding of enterprise technology environments, including familiarity with:

Cloud platforms

Identity and access management

Networking

Applications

Infrastructure

Security operations

Emerging technologies

Knowledge of Zero Trust, least privilege, defense-in-depth, data protection, secure software development, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

Ability to work effectively in complex and ambiguous environments.

Experience mentoring junior professionals and/or leading cross-functional initiatives.

skills:
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).


This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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