Lead Cyber Security Engineer

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Our client in Chicago is looking for hardworking, motivated talent to join their team. Don't wait apply today!


As our Security Engineer, you'll support HID's success by:

• Collaborating with other stake holders, research, design, and support other teams in the administration of cybersecurity controls in hybrid environments (i.e. IDS/IPS, firewalls, CASBs, network and server hardening, next gen AV, web-content filtering, email security, SIEM, two-factor authentication, APT and DLP solutions)
• Educating, advising, and guiding other teams in applying Information Security Best Practices
• Investigate, evaluate, recommend, acquire, plan, design, and test new and emerging security technologies/processes which will prepare HID Global for the future
• Helping define cybersecurity architecture and standards
• Staying abreast of current attack vectors and vulnerabilities and proactively implement strategies to prevent them from compromising our environment
• Leading and Participating in Incident Response and supportive resolution efforts
• Using various security tools to perform monitoring and analysis of security notifications and events to help support the detection and response of security threats
• Developing process to conduct moderately complex cyber forensic investigations including acquiring, collecting, documenting and preserving evidence
• Testing infected systems and use sandboxes and similar technologies to assess threats, activities of suspect processes, lateral movement and root cause analysis
• Staying abreast of industry best practices for information security and the current threat landscape
• Managing and leading the Vulnerability Management Program and related efforts
• Participating in risk assessments and audits
• Creating, updating, and maintaining various forms of documentation for Information Security such as, but not limited to, system manuals, process & procedure documentation, system drawings, network diagrams, and ""How To"" documentation
• Collecting security metrics and create various reports
• Performing threat hunting and red team simulations
• Leading and assisting various projects as defined

What we will love about your background:

• Good understanding of security and encryption support across AWS services
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking
• Strong cryptographic knowledge
• Solid understanding of network protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, and ARP
• Some experience and a solid understanding of performing red team simulation efforts
• Ability to think out of the box and able do after hours on-call
• Ability to travel and fieldwork including international travel

Your Experience and Education include:

• 5+ years' experience in design and implementation of firewalls, IDS/IPS, anti-virus, content filtering, data loss prevention, endpoint security, SIEMs, email security, network vulnerability scanning, incident management, and related technologies and processes.
• 3+ years' experience and a good understanding of AWS architecture, tools and cloud methodologies
• Certifications preferred including those of the EC-Council, Offensive Security, and GIAC

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k
• Weekly pay with direct deposit
• Consultant Care support
• Free Training to upgrade your skills
• Dedicated Career Partner to help you achieve your career goals

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