Sr. Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management

Highmark Health • Carolina, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Highmark Health is seeking a highly experienced and technically adept Cybersecurity Engineer with a deep specialization in Vulnerability Management and Secure Configuration Management. This pivotal role is responsible for the strategic development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of enterprise-wide security controls and practices that proactively defend against evolving threats and meet critical business and regulatory obligations. As a lead Security Engineer, you will leverage your 10+ years of expertise to design, develop, and implement robust ISRM Infrastructure solutions, ensuring optimal performance, resilience, and security across diverse environments, including cloud security and infrastructure security. You will champion security baselines and configuration management practices for on-premises, endpoint, network, application, and containerized systems. A key aspect of this role involves researching, analyzing and recommending cutting-edge security technologies, threat detection capabilities, and attack surface management solutions. You will be instrumental in driving the adoption of automation, orchestration, and advanced analytics to improve vulnerability management effectiveness, enhance threat visibility, and streamline remediation efforts. Strong scripting skills and experience with system integrations are essential to succeed in this role. This position requires a U.S. Citizen due to contractual and access requirements. If you are a proactive and innovative cybersecurity professional passionate about building and securing critical infrastructure, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

• US Citizen (due to contractual/access requirements)
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field
• 7 years with Information Security and Systems Analysis
• 7 years with Information Security and/or Information Risk Management and/or Information Technology
• 7 years with Operating Systems and Software Administration
• 7 years developing, communicating and presenting Information Security and Risk Management concepts to varying audiences
• 7 years with technologies such as Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), firewalls, endpoint protection, web/email filtering, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), digital rights management, encryption, Security Event and Incident Management (SEIM), and virtualization platforms
• Knowledge of HITRUST CSF, NIST 800-83 cyber security framework, PCI, HIPAA, HITECH, COBIT, ISO 27001/2, and ITIL 3
• Familiarity with secure SDLC best practices
• Knowledge of Microsoft Apps and Suites, Windows server, SharePoint, etc.
• Strong teamwork and inter-personal skills

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security or related field
• 10 years of experience in Information Security
• 5+ years of experience in Vulnerability and Secure Configuration Management engineering, including design, architecture, complex deployments and configuration, API integrations, high availability concepts, vendor communication.
• 3+ years of experience in adjacent Security domains, such as Threat Intel, Application Security, Offensive Security (Penetration Testing, Red/Purple Teaming).
• Outstanding technical acumen across a broad range of cloud and on-premise technologies, architectures, applications and APIs
• Outstanding verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, and interaction skills, including ability to effectively communicate technical issues and engineering concepts to technical and non-technical people
• Demonstrated ability to initiate and guide enterprise technical products and services business cases to successful outcomes at scale
• Demonstrated ability to navigate technical details for enterprise security services, and guide through solution development
• Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP)
• Security +

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in clearly defining requirements, deliverables and timeframes.
• Escalate issues and make recommendations to resolve them to the appropriate audience.
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify and resolve complex problems impacting ISRM Infrastructure.
• Develop and/or deliver technical training in complex technical areas.
• Mentor less senior staff in the execution of their duties.
• Complete project tasks to enable the on time, within budget and scope delivery of ISRM Infrastructure projects.
• Implement, monitor, configure, and maintain security systems.
• Assure compliance to required standards, procedures, guidelines and processes.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Benefits

• Base pay is determined by a variety of factors including a candidate’s qualifications, experience, and expected contributions, as well as internal peer equity, market, and business considerations. The displayed salary range does not reflect any geographic differential Highmark may apply for certain locations based upon comparative markets.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior