Lead Security Engineer

FINRA • Rockville, MD

2d • $192,500 - $232,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. seeks a Lead Security Engineer in Rockville, MD. Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Summary of Duties: Direct staff in the execution of manual activities and/or automated activities to ensure applications and projects within their portfolio meet defined quality standards. Ensure that security risks are comprehensively and effectively managed through leading the application of established and ad-hoc processes and techniques to identify, validate and prioritize. Lead the identification of security requirement deficiencies, eliciting of security requirements, and the architecture and design of security controls. Develop and implement strategies to promote consistent use of security controls across the enterprise. Lead the operation and monitoring of security controls. Establish, implement, and promote security control operation and monitoring strategies. Ensure that controls are operating effectively; resolve operating discrepancies. Review, triage, and prioritize control output. Lead the identification, evaluation, and recommendation of new security technologies, techniques, and tools. Lead team in defining, reviewing, and promoting information security policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures. Lead and champion efforts to enforce and monitor compliance with internal and external regulations, policies, and standards. Establish and promote strategies to ensure that compliance is effectively monitored and enforced. Direct internal process improvement initiatives. Mentor junior staff. Participate in external process improvement committees as a Quality Assurance representative. Provide backup coverage for next level management. Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls. Will supervise 1 employee.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field or foreign equivalent.
• 7 years’ experience in financial services industry.
• Or, alternatively:
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field or foreign equivalent.
• 5 years’ experience in financial services industry.
• Experience must include:
• Securing networks and systems architecture.
• Design and implementation of application security controls, cloud security controls, and access management controls.
• Secure software assurance.
• Intrusion detection.
• Defense and incident response.
• Security configuration management.
• Access controls design and implementation.
• Security policy and standards development.
• HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/SFTP, SSH, TCP/IP, and DHCP.

Responsibilities

• Direct staff in the execution of manual activities and/or automated activities to ensure applications and projects within their portfolio meet defined quality standards.
• Ensure that security risks are comprehensively and effectively managed through leading the application of established and ad-hoc processes and techniques to identify, validate and prioritize.
• Lead the identification of security requirement deficiencies, eliciting of security requirements, and the architecture and design of security controls.
• Develop and implement strategies to promote consistent use of security controls across the enterprise.
• Lead the operation and monitoring of security controls.
• Establish, implement, and promote security control operation and monitoring strategies.
• Ensure that controls are operating effectively; resolve operating discrepancies.
• Review, triage, and prioritize control output.
• Lead the identification, evaluation, and recommendation of new security technologies, techniques, and tools.
• Lead team in defining, reviewing, and promoting information security policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
• Lead and champion efforts to enforce and monitor compliance with internal and external regulations, policies, and standards.
• Establish and promote strategies to ensure that compliance is effectively monitored and enforced.
• Direct internal process improvement initiatives.
• Mentor junior staff.
• Participate in external process improvement committees as a Quality Assurance representative.
• Provide backup coverage for next level management.
• Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls.

Benefits

• PTO
• Paid leave (military, jury duty, bereavement, voting, care of a family member, & childbirth)
• Paid holidays
• OT
• Bonus
• Health, dental, & vision
• Basic life, AD&D, suppl. life, spouse/DP & dependent life, spouse/DP & dependent AD&D, STD, LTD, LTC, BTA, disability, & legal
• 401(k) w/ match & add’l FINRA-funded retirement contrib.
• Tuition reimb., commuter benefits, & other wellness benefits (adoption asst., backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee asst., & wellness programs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level