Security Specialist

Ericsson•Plano, TX

11d•CA$106,000 - CA$139,125•Hybrid

About The Position

Join our dynamic team at Ericsson Fintech, where you will help build, operate, and evolve one of the world’s largest mobile financial services platforms. Our technology enables hundreds of millions of people every day to access essential financial services such as Professional fluency in English., payments, disbursements, savings, and loans. Learn more about Ericsson Mobile Financial Services We are looking for an experienced Security Specialist to join a hands-on security operations team supporting customer production environments. You will help verify secure configurations, apply established security processes, and provide expert support that keeps security standards consistent across live deployments. The role is intended for professional who can take ownership of complex security work, exercise sound risk judgment, and operate independently while engaging the right experts when needed.

Requirements

At least 5 years hands-on experience in security operations, platform security, or a closely related technical security role.
Ability to troubleshoot complex issues in live production environments and investigate problems methodically from symptoms through root cause and corrective action.
Experience with cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or security tooling in distributed production environments.
Strong knowledge of OS, including Linux, hardening, permissions, services, processes, and system logs.
Knowledge of encryption protocols and security technologies, such as TLS, PKI, certificates, SSH, IPsec, key management, and hardware security modules (HSMs).
A clear sense of ownership.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical security topics to both specialists and non-specialist stakeholders.
Professional fluency in English.

Nice To Haves

Practical scripting experience, such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar.
Experience with SIEM platforms and security monitoring.
Working knowledge of IAM, Vulnerability and Compliance Management.
Strong investigation, analytical, and risk-assessment skills, with the judgment to distinguish urgent production risk from lower-priority improvement opportunities.
Confidence working across organizational boundaries in a multinational and cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

Hands-on security support for production environments, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and resolution of complex security-related issues.
Security point of contact across organizations.
Review secure configurations across supported deployments and follow up on identified gaps.
Support, Apply and improve processes related to security.
Use OS knowledge, scripting, and security tooling to automate checks, collect evidence, improve investigations, and make recurring operational work more reliable.
Work with encryption protocols, certificates, public-key infrastructure, key-management practices, and hardware security modules (HSMs) in production security operations.
Maintain and improve runbooks, operational procedures, security findings, knowledge articles, and lessons learned.
Identify opportunities to improve security posture, process adherence, and lead or contribute to prioritized improvement.

Benefits

Choice of 3 medical and dental plan options
Core level medical and dental coverage paid for fully by Ericsson
Group Retirement & Savings Program with automatic 2% company contribution
50% match of employee’s contribution into the Registered Retirement Savings Plan, up to 8% of the employee’s contribution (maximum of 4% match)
Basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage at two-times annual base pay
Short-term disability coverage
Option to participate in Ericsson’s Stock Purchase Plan
18 days of accrued vacation
3 personal days
10 holidays
1 volunteer day
Sick days
Up to 10 weeks of paid maternity leave
6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay
Financial wellness programs
Educational assistance
Matching gifts
Wellness account
Recognition programs
Opportunity for an annual bonus