Senior Cyber Cloud Security Engineer

City of New York•New York, NY

3d•$125,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Cloud Security Engineer will work with New York City agencies to ensure compliance with NYC cybersecurity policies and standards, industry best practices, and data security practices. The role analyzes identity and access management posture and provides actionable results in collaboration with the Cloud Security Team. It follows up on agency tasks to ensure appropriate risk management strategies are undertaken, assists agency resources with security challenges, and advises on remediation techniques. The position supports Cyber Command’s efforts to protect City systems, including systems that deliver vital services to New Yorkers. It involves integrating and operating cloud and on-premises technologies, supporting strategic defensive technologies, and guiding security design and implementation across agencies. The role is based in Brooklyn, NY. Due to the technical duties of a 24/7 operation, various shifts, including weekends and nights or evenings, may be required.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to projects and policies required by the particular position, or equivalent education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Ensure cloud and on-premises technologies are integrated, tested, operated, and configured to meet NYC Cyber Command’s defensive objectives.
Operate key strategic defensive technologies, including cloud-based security implementation controls and responder environments, network defenses, Citywide email filtering technology, and endpoint protection.
Provide guidance at various stages of planning and implementing security designs, processes, and solutions.
Pivot between multiple technical projects and communicate status to stakeholders at different levels.
Document and report to management on execution phases and project-level solution deployment plans, leveraging NYC agencies’ technology departments and executive leadership.
Handle special projects and initiatives as assigned.
Analyze identity and access management posture and provide actionable results in collaboration with the Cloud Security Team.
Follow up on tasks executed by agencies and ensure appropriate risk management strategies are undertaken.
Assist agency resources with security challenges and advise on remediation techniques.