Senior Security Engineer

Oracle • Reston, VA

102d • $82,200 - $187,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on enhancing security by creating testing tools for engineering teams to identify weaknesses. The engineer will escalate complex security violations, contribute to compliance assessments, and implement data security best practices using techniques like encryption, hashing, masking, and access management to ensure confidentiality and integrity. The position requires a security clearance and is an onsite role, 5 days a week in Reston, VA.

Requirements

• Security Clearance required

Responsibilities

• Plans and performs in-depth security assessments across a variety of products and services to identify potential vulnerabilities.
• Creates testing tools to help engineering teams identify security-related weaknesses.
• Conducts security design and provides recommendations and guidance for improvement.
• Participates in reviews of security alerts.
• Recognizes and escalates complex security violations to senior team members.
• Follows protocols to take appropriate actions needed to contain and mitigate events.
• Contributes to post-event reviews to identify areas for improvement.
• Contributes to compliance assessments to identify gaps and ensure compliance with internal and external obligations.
• Reviews security compliance deliverables and ensures adherence to policies and industry standards.
• Implements measures to ensure compliance with internal and external obligations, collaborating with relevant stakeholders.
• Maintains inventory systems from a security perspective.
• Contributes to the development of business continuity and disaster recovery plans, processes, and procedures.
• Ensures the execution of business continuity plans to support critical organizational systems and data in the face of disruptions.
• Participates in assessing readiness for certification and/or audit to identify areas for improvement.
• Provides security best judgment and recommends best practices of data security using various tools and techniques such as encryption, hashing, masking, and access management to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information.
• Reviews documentation and procedures to identify areas for improvement in data security practices.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of industry security practices and seeks opportunities to expand knowledge through self-study and training.
• Stays updated on emerging trends to stay ahead of evolving threats and vulnerabilities.
• Explores novel techniques to solve unique security problems.
• Independently manages work, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet requirements.
• Proactively prioritizes work and adapts to resource or timeline shifts, suggesting adjustments to maintain project efficiency.
• Collaborates across teams to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.
• Builds and maintains a comprehensive understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build and support effective partnerships.
• Actively listens to diverse perspectives and asks questions to ensure understanding of others.
• Independently identifies and addresses standard and non-standard issues in accordance with standard practices, escalating more complex issues as appropriate.
• Analyzes data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors.
• Contributes to knowledge sharing and best practices.
• Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking to build knowledge and new skills and/or tools and staying current with industry trends and best practices.
• Seeks out and leverages feedback and training to improve skills.
• Contributes to a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing with team members.
• Develops ideas and recommends updates to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within a team.
• Seeks input from team members on alternative approaches and methods for improving work.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed