Engineer III - Information Security

Cencora•Carrollton, TX

42d

About The Position

This role involves conducting proactive research to analyze security weaknesses and recommend strategies to strengthen controls. The engineer will assist on security initiatives for various functional areas such as Cyber Operations, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Forensics, Vulnerability Management, and Data Analytics. A key responsibility is to help develop, refine, and implement enterprise-wide security policies and procedures, ensuring compliance. The position requires reviewing technical and functional design documents, and building, maintaining, and implementing cybersecurity, data security, and cloud security solutions. The engineer will contribute to multiple projects, influencing the strategic and tactical direction of cybersecurity initiatives, and will interface with business and IT leaders to communicate security issues and provide assistance. Support will be provided to junior engineers in conducting penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and secure code reviews, as well as remediating identified flaws. The role includes providing security briefings on critical issues, analyzing reporting and metrics for executive review, and working with the Lead Engineer to maintain service-level agreements. Additionally, the engineer will guide, coach, and mentor junior engineers, collaborate with management to identify and implement security solutions and controls, and configure security tooling. Coordination with systems and network engineers is essential to ensure security standards are met and security devices function correctly. The engineer will also engineer security controls to protect data and systems, provide security policy guidance, and collaborate with IT teams to enhance cloud and application security measures and integrate new security applications. Effective communication of advanced information security concepts to clients, peers, management, and vendors is crucial.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related discipline or equivalent related experience.
4+ years of directly-related or relevant experience, preferably in information security.
Network Solutions and Systems
Cybersecurity
Data Security
Cloud Security
IT Risk Management
Root Cause Analysis
Information Security Strategy Standards (SOX, ISO 27001/27002, COBIT, ITIL, NIST, PCI)
Application Architecture
Threat Intelligence and Monitoring
Microsoft Office Suite
Programming and Development Languages - JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, SQL
Security Tools - SIEM, EDR, Email Security Gateway, SOAR, Firewall, Anti-virus, Firewalls, VPN IDS/IPS, AV, proxies, etc.

Nice To Haves

Azure Security Engineer Certification
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
Certification in Information Security Strategy Management (CISM)
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
CompTIA Security + Certification
Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)

Responsibilities

Conducts proactive research to analyze security weaknesses and recommends appropriate strategies to strengthen controls
Assists on security initiatives/issues for one or more Information Security Strategy/Cybersecurity functional areas (e.g., Cyber Operations, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Forensics, Vulnerability Management, Data Analytics)
Assists in the development, refinement, and implementation of enterprise-wide security policies and procedures and ensures they meet compliance responsibilities
Reviews technical/functional design documents, build, maintain and implement cybersecurity, data security, and cloud security solutions
Works on multiple projects as a key contributor and contributes to the strategic and tactical direction and consultation on cybersecurity initiatives
Interfaces with business and IT leaders communicating security issues and responding to requests for assistance and information
Supports Engineers I/II in conducting manual and automated penetration testing, vulnerability, and other security tests on software applications and assists in secure code reviews, and remediating identified programming flaws
Provides security briefings to advise on critical issues that may affect the enterprise
Gathers and analyzes reporting, metrics, and key performance indicators for executive review
Work closely with the Lead Engineer in maintaining service-level agreements (SLAs) to ensure that security controls are upheld
Guides, coaches, and mentors Engineers I/II in executing their tasks
Works with information security and line of business management to identify, formulate and implement information security solutions and controls and to maintain and configure security tooling
Coordinates with systems and network engineers to ensure servers and network devices conform to security standards and that security devices and controls are working as designed
Engineers security controls to protect data and systems and provide security policy guidance and consultation
Collaborates with other IT teams to focus on improving cloud and application security measures and integrate new and support existing security applications
Communicates advanced information security concepts with clients, peers, and all levels of management and vendors effectively