IT Security Engineer Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a IT Security Engineer to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Serves as project manager for small to medium projects sponsored by the Information Security department;
- Participates in the budget process by specifying Information Security technical, resource and personnel requirements for capital projects;
- Provides information security subject matter expertise in support of projects sponsored by business units and other EIT departments;
- Insures that system implementations conform to established company security standards and/or industry best practices;
- Conducts laboratory and pilot evaluations of security technologies;
- Provide guidelines, requirements, and education to development communities;
- Contribute to development and delivery of security awareness and education programs;
- Lead internal and vendor assessments against established frameworks such as NIST;
- Potential secondary responsibilities (depending on internal demand) may include;
- Define, update, and maintain policies and standards;
- Assist CISO in development of overall strategies;
- Provide consultation to IT team members on alignment with security and compliance requirements;
- Monitor, detect and respond to security violations;
- Follow Environmental, Quality and Safety Management System procedural requirements;
- Lead incident response to security breaches or intrusions, with the goal of minimizing impact and mitigating scope of damage.
Requirements:
- Experience with automation tools;
- Strong understanding of security architecture best practices, standards and frameworks;
- Candidate must have previous experience with IT security and in one or more of the following areas;
- Experience in building and maintaining security systems;
- Experience working in large, geographically dispersed IT organizations;
- Knowledge of Azure Micro-services or AKS;
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with multiple teams;
- Ability to effectively communicate ideas, concepts and information on both user and technical level;
- This position requires a background in information technology along with excellent interpersonal, research, analysis, and communication skills;
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to perform effectively on a team;
- PMP Preferred;
- Experience implementing, managing, assessing, and reporting on controls such as SOX, ITGCs,PCI, GDPR, etc. is required;
- Proven track record with security tools, policy, and troubleshooting techniques;
- Ability to own and drive solutions from conception through completion;
- Strong interpersonal skills.