Senior Systems Engineer (I.S.)

Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems•Farmington Hills, MI

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Systems Engineer (I.S.) provides operational administration, technical direction, and support for company information security systems. The role supports the IT Security Manager in maintaining company-wide security controls and compliance with parent-company policies, standards, and operating constraints. It is directly responsible for administering, configuring, securing, and supporting company firewall, IDS, and IPS technologies, as well as key identity, network security, cloud security, and infrastructure security systems. The position works with the Network Administrator to secure and maintain Cisco network infrastructure and provides security direction for endpoint protection and business systems such as file sharing, email, databases, and SharePoint where they intersect with network, operating system, or Active Directory security. It manages the integration of Office 365 and Azure security controls with company systems within parent-company requirements. The role also leads or supports incident response, audits, security standardization, vendor-managed security services, policy development, reporting, and technical coordination with North American affiliated companies, and serves as a senior Computer Security Incident Response Team resource. This is a hybrid position based at the SEWS Farmington Hills, Michigan office. Associates must work in the office at least four days per week and may work off-site the remaining time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Seven to ten years of progressive professional experience.
Experience securing Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows Server, authentication, privileged access, and file sharing.
Experience with Microsoft 365, Exchange Online security, Azure security controls, and identity integration.
Experience administering FortiGate firewalls and related Fortinet security products.
Experience with firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, wireless, network segmentation, and security logging.
Experience developing security policies, procedures, standards, technical documentation, and audit evidence.
Experience with security incident response, CSIRT activities, vulnerability remediation, and security audits.
Experience managing third-party security providers, service contracts, projects, and outsourced resources.
Experience supporting multi-site, manufacturing, or affiliated-company IT environments.
Ability to communicate security risks and recommendations to technical teams, senior management, and end users.

Nice To Haves

Preferred certifications: CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Cisco, or Fortinet.

Responsibilities

Manage security for firewalls, IDS/IPS, remote access, internet connectivity, network segmentation, and wireless security.
Lead CSIRT activities, coordinate security incident response, support security audits, and maintain required evidence and documentation.
Develop, maintain, and enforce security policies, procedures, standards, system configuration requirements, and documentation practices.
Manage the security integration of Office 365 and Azure with company systems within parent-company policies, controls, and constraints.
Manage external security service providers, contracts, and outsourced security resources; monitor service delivery and improvement actions.
Work with the Network Administrator to review and improve security of Cisco LAN/WAN, routing, switching, VLAN, and wireless configurations.
Provide security support to North American affiliated companies and communicate security status, risks, projects, and recommendations to management.
Administer and secure Active Directory, Group Policy, authentication, privileged access, and related Windows infrastructure security controls.
Provide security direction for endpoint protection and assist with security controls affecting file sharing, email, SQL, SharePoint, and other business systems.
Perform other duties as assigned.