Cybersecurity Engineer - New York, United States - Jencap

Description

Job Description

Why Jencap? We are one of the largest wholesale insurance intermediaries in the United States with expertise in wholesale brokerage, binding authority, and program management. The common thread woven throughout our success story is our collaborative and driven team of people. Our teams are empowered and work together to find solutions. We have a passion culture – with teamwork, collaboration and a focus on growing individuals and giving them the tools & development opportunities to have a successful career.

Jencap Partners is comprised of our corporate operations and service teams who support our staff in their commitment to achieve greatness and exceed the expectations of our agency partners. The goal of corporate functions is to provide the necessary infrastructure, expertise, and services that enable our business to thrive, while also contributing to the overall success, efficiency, and sustainability of the organization. We act as partners, aligning support strategies to achieve Jencap's broader objectives.

The Cybersecurity Engineer will work remotely.

The Cybersecurity Engineer will coordinate with the CIO, CISO, and Security Manager in the architectural design and operation of information system security controls and countermeasures. A major focus of this position will be to continually analyze current controls and countermeasures and provide recommendations for updating or replacing as required. This position will be responsible for development of implementation strategies of the system security controls and countermeasures including assistance of their implementation to protect computer systems, networks, and other digital assets from malicious attacks throughout the enterprise.

This role participates in the design and implementation to monitor enterprise-grade secure fault-tolerant infrastructure. This role will utilize OWASP principles to ensure safe and secure practices are utilized for development of key processes. You will define and evolve the build and release best practices by working with teams and educating other stakeholder teams.

Responsibilities:

• Help Administer, configure, and monitor company EDR/MDR, SIEM, DLP, and internet web filtering solutions
• Research threat landscape and conduct vulnerability analysis on emerging risks to provide recommendations regarding readiness and remediation activities
• Develop security engineering elements to mitigate threats as they emerge
• Engineer solutions balancing business requirements with information and cybersecurity requirements
• Participates in company internal audit readiness as required
• Assists the Security manager in effective action plans in response to audit disclosures and compliance violations
• Plans, implements, monitors, and upgrades security measures for the protection of the organization's data, systems, and networks
• Provides countermeasure support to quickly counter cyber threats to enterprise systems while assisting and advising in computer evidence seizure, computer forensics, and data recovery
• Assists the Security Manager in building incident response plans tailored for each customer including runbooks, policies, and procedures for all pertinent parties in a customer's organization
• Administers Risk Registers to document risks and actions to manage risks for customers
• Assists in system assessments and recommending authorization activity guidelines
• Maintains knowledge about Office 365 security, governance, and compliance
• Educates customers on Microsoft 365 products and provides real world use-case scenarios
• Regularly audits privileged user access accounts, end user access accounts and account provisioning/deprovisioning procedures, practices, and policies to identify possible risks
• Help analyze objectives, scope, issues, or organizational impact of information systems
• Monitor system operation to detect potential problems

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of OWASP top 10 principles and design elements for new software/web-based development
• Knowledge, insight, and understanding of business concepts and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the customers' business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations
• Strong analytical ability with the capability to determine the root cause of problems and issues and provide solutions
• Extremely detail oriented
• Excellent work ethic and professionalism
• Ability to train internal customers in security solutions and procedures
• Organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks
• Must be a team player with excellent communication skills and possess the ability to manage assignments independently
• Understanding of IT security needs and procedures

The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors. The base pay range for this position will be $150,000 to $165,000. Discretionary incentive compensation may be awarded. Jencap also offers a range of benefits and programs, based on eligibility, which currently include but are not limited to; comprehensive health care coverage, a 401k plan, and tuition reimbursement. Jencap is an emerging and rapidly growing leader in the industry and as such, we approach talent acquisition as an opportunity to identify the best talent. Therefore, the level of the role and compensation may vary depending upon the best available candidate.

Want the opportunity to build something new? Expand your knowledge and stretch your experience through new and emerging risks? Have your voice heard, your skills properly applied, and to add tangible value to an organization? You're in the right place.

Jencap is dynamic, bold, tenacious, and trusted in the industry. Here, you are not just one of the many, you are one of us. We truly are better together.

Jencap is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital or familial status, disability status, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to fostering a work community where every colleague feels welcomed, valued, respected and heard, as we believe that that creating an environment where every employee feels included and empowered, helps us to deliver the best outcome to our clients.