Senior Cyber Cloud Security Engineer

City of New York•New York City, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Cloud Security Engineer works with New York City agencies to support compliance with NYC cybersecurity policies and standards, industry best practices, and data security practices. The role analyzes identity and access management posture, provides actionable findings in collaboration with the Cloud Security Team, follows up on agency tasks and risk-management strategies, and advises agency resources on security challenges and remediation techniques. The engineer helps integrate, test, operate, and configure cloud and on-premises technologies to support NYC Cyber Command’s defensive objectives. The role also operates strategic defensive technologies and provides security-design guidance, coordinates technical projects with stakeholders, documents deployment plans and execution phases for management, and handles special projects as assigned. Cyber Command protects City systems against cyber threats and supports more than 100 agencies and offices in protecting, detecting, identifying, responding to, and recovering from threats. The position is based in Brooklyn, New York. The stated shift is day, though the position may require various shifts, including nights and weekends, because of technical duties in a 24/7 operation.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to projects and policies required by the position, or equivalent education and/or experience.
Ability to work various shifts, including nights and weekends, may be required due to the position’s duties in a 24/7 operation.

Responsibilities

Ensure cloud and on-premises technologies are integrated, tested, operated, and configured to meet NYC Cyber Command’s defensive objectives.
Operate strategic defensive technologies, including cloud-based security implementation controls and responder environments, network defenses, Citywide email filtering technology, and endpoint protection.
Provide guidance during planning and implementation of security designs, processes, and solutions.
Manage and communicate status across multiple technical projects and stakeholder levels.
Document and report execution phases and project-level solution deployment plans to management, agency technology departments, and executive leadership.
Handle special projects and initiatives as assigned.
Analyze identity and access management posture and provide actionable results with the Cloud Security Team.
Follow up on agency-executed tasks and appropriate risk-management strategies.
Assist agency resources with security challenges and advise on remediation techniques.
Work with NYC agencies to support compliance with cybersecurity policies, standards, industry best practices, and data security practices.