Cyber Security Engineer

***This job is not open to C2C or 3rd party agencies***

We are seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to manage and support our client's enterprise, with expertise in enterprise network security, network segmentation, vulnerability management, and overall best practices for IT Security.

Two Locations: Waukegan, IL 60085 or Plesant Prairie, WI 53158

Environment: Fully onsite

Type: Contract-to-Hire

Technology: Zscaler, Sentinal1, QRadar, SIEM - Client wants to start leveraging Microsoft SIEM Sentinel. Moving towards Microsoft E5 licensing and security features and defender for endpoint.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field is required.
• 4 - 7 years' experience in IT Security in large to enterprise level organizations
• 5+ years’ experience in IT in large to enterprise level organizations
• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), Security+, or related information security certifications are preferred
• Experience in PCI compliance, or similar compliance frameworks
• Familiarity with enterprise level network architecture and topologies
• Experience with Cloud and hybrid Cloud / On-premise security designs
• Experience in a large enterprise corporate environment

Essential Role Functions:

• Provide direction for the secure operation of the enterprise, focusing on security components, risk management, and controls same as Tech/Ops Lead minus the leadership
• Provide support and engineering for firewalls, network segmentation technologies, web proxies, email proxies, cloud environments, and IDS/IPS
• Conduct periodic security architecture reviews on existing security technologies to offer actionable recommendations for improvements, and remediations where needed
• Work with enterprise architects, network engineers, and developers to design optimal security practices for supporting new and existing business processes / applications same as Tech/Ops Lead
• Mitigate security risks associated with projects, which have a high technical complexity and/or involve significant challenges to the business same as Tech Lead
• Provide support for daily support requests as required

Supporting Functions:

• Communicate technical application security concepts to business users, developers, architects, and managers
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of critical security vulnerabilities
• Provide detailed risk and remediation guidelines, as well as perform remediation activities where applicable
• Ability to interact with technical managers and development teams to articulate requirements and processes while collaborating on design options, implementation, testing and user acceptance
• Demonstrated ability to develop metrics, perform critical analysis, and develop executive decision support content