Principal Information Security Engineer

Reyes Holdings•Rosemont, IL

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About The Position

This role involves representing the Information Security team by collaborating with business units and IT. The engineer will research, recommend, deploy, and integrate security tools and processes to protect information assets and infrastructure. Key responsibilities include advising on secure application development and infrastructure support, driving the implementation of security recommendations through project teams, and engaging with other Reyes Family of Businesses teams to design and enhance security controls for IT and Information Security products, services, applications, and systems. The position requires strong communication skills to convey ideas to leadership, business stakeholders, and technical resources. The engineer will participate in security governance activities, evaluate security controls for new or modified technology initiatives, and perform Proof of Concepts for security features, ensuring successful implementation. This role also involves leading or assisting in scoping and architecting major change initiatives, conducting strategic options analysis, proposing end-to-end solutions, and highlighting trade-offs. The position demands expert-level analytical and quantitative skills to solve advanced problems in complex situations and develop strategic solutions. The engineer will review ongoing designs to ensure alignment with strategic roadmaps and target architectures, resolve design issues, and conduct in-depth research on industry risks and trends, performing benchmarking analysis. Negotiation and liaison with various business and technology teams are essential, as is providing technical expertise and acting as an escalation point for the Security Team, including root cause analysis and corrective actions. Other projects or duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a technology discipline and with 6 plus years in the IT industry, with experience in Network/Security services or High School Diploma/General Education Degree (GED) with 9 plus years of the above-stated experience
Highly familiar with modern network, security, computing, storage, database, virtualization, cloud, and security technologies
Experience with application management, configuration management, OS baseline configuration, and integration with security tools
Must have knowledge of current and emerging device architectures and security standard methodologies.
Candidate should understand APIs, automated deployment methods, and API security management in a corporate setting.
Proficiency or working knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and methodologies such as NIST and/or ISO.
Participate in an on-call rotation to provide support as needed, which may include off

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree
Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols (Router/Switch, Wireless, Load Balancing, OT/IOT, etc.)

Responsibilities

Represent the Information Security team with the lines of Business by working with the Information Technology
Research, recommend, deploy and integrate the security tools and processes needed to protect the information assets and infrastructure
Advise on secure application development and infrastructure support and drive implementation of recommendations through project teams
Engage with other teams across the Reyes Family of Businesses to help design and enhance the security controls for Information Technology or Information Security products, services, processes, applications, and systems
Communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to leadership, business, Security, and IT sponsor and technical resources in language that is appropriate for each group
Participate in security governance activities as required to evaluate the security controls and protections for new or modified technology business products, services, processes, applications, and systems
Perform Proof of Concept for Security features working closely with the engineering teams and proactively following through to successful implementation in the product
Lead and/or assist efforts to scope and architect major change initiatives, leading strategic options analysis & proposing end-to-end solutions & highlighting trade-offs
Ability to solve advanced problems and deal with various options in complex situations
Requires expert-level analytical and quantitative skills with proven experience in developing strategic solutions for a growing matrix-based multi-industry sales environment
Draws upon the analysis of others and makes recommendations that have a direct impact on the company
Review ongoing designs of initiatives to ensure they align with strategic roadmaps and target architectures and comply with technology resolve design issues during delivery
Performs in-depth research on Network/Security industry risks and trends and performs benchmarking analysis to provide enhanced insights and maturity compared to industry peers and competitors
Negotiating and liaising with different business and technology teams within the organization
Provide technical expertise and support and act as escalation point for the Security Team, to review and resolve technical issues through completion, including root cause analysis and/or corrective action
Other projects or duties as assigned