Senior Security Engineer - Kansas City - JE Dunn Construction

Description

Senior Security Engineer

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Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places everyday, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.

Role Summary

The Senior Security Engineer will design, install, manage, document, and maintain enterprise security systems and standards across commonly used platforms (e.g. cloud, on-premises), ensuring end-user experience is supported through collaboration across other Information Technology functions. This role will provide specifications, analyze and recommend solutions, and suggest new products and services, delivering results through varied high-impact projects. All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision and values of JE Dunn.

• Autonomy & Decision-Making: Makes decisions on routine matters, provides recommendations to supervisor and refers all exceptions to supervisor.
• Career Path: Security Architect

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

KEY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

SECURITY ENGINEER FAMILY - CORE

• Acts as escalation contact and subject matter expert for security operations and information technology team in relation to security solutions and practices.
• Mentors team members on technical and security methodology characteristics.
• Continuously improving the security program with automation and orchestration scripting for security operations efficiency and effectiveness.
• Acts as primary technical resource for design and implementation projects.
• Drafts and recommends operating procedures and changes to information security practices and solutions.
• Trains and engages operations and support personnel on security solutions.
• Advises on trends, threats, and emerging security risks, relevant to the organization.
• Engineers effective solutions that securely enable and protect in alignment with our organization compliance requirements.
• May be a subject matter expert for a variety of security related systems or applications.
• Communicates with operational groups for collaboration of security program management.
• Advocates secure culture and provides education throughout the appropriate client group.
• Improves maturity capability of processes, procedures, and operations of the security program.
• Communicates intelligence and program effectiveness reports to supervision.

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

In addition, this position will be responsible for the following:

• Designs and implements security solutions for various platforms
• Conducts comprehensive security assessments and audits to determine the effectiveness of security controls
• Assists operations as needed in incident response and contribute to post-incident analysis
• Develops and implements security policies, procedures, and configuration standards to meet regulatory and client security requirements
• Reviews the Governance, Risk, and Compliance platform to determine any opportunities to lower security risk level
• Implements and maintains access control system for any type of new enhancement opportunities
• Collaborates with development teams to ensure secure software development practices
• Monitors and analyzes security events and logs to make sure backend and correlation are implemented and working
• Designs and implements robust security ensuring alignment with industry best practices and organization configurations
• Deploys and helps maintain a secure cloud infrastructure and security controls. This includes network security, security monitoring, data protection, and compliance configuration
• May assist the Security Architect in conducting threat modeling and risk assessments for new projects and cloud initiatives, identifying and mitigating potential security risks
• Builds security automation scripts and tools to streamline security operations and improve efficiency
• Works closely with cross-functional teams to provide security guidance and best practices, ensuring security is embedded in the project lifecycle
• Plays an active role in contributing ideas for security innovations
• Assists in the design and execution of incident response as it pertains to security engineering
• Ensures compliance with security frameworks and regulations by engineering and implementing new security controls to address gaps in the security program
• Implements security technologies with full understanding on accountability and ownership for full deployment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner
• Communication skills, verbal and written Intermediate
• Ability to lead technical projects once assigned
• Working knowledge of NIST cyber security framework, defense federal acquisition regulation supplement, and ISO 270XX
• Ability to solve technical issues - Advanced
• Demonstrated expert knowledge of information security practices
• Substantial knowledge of Python and Powershell scripting languages
• Proficient with multiple IT platforms including Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS, Cisco Networking, Cisco firewalls, intrusion detection and load balancers
• Proficient with multiple cloud platforms
• Technical writing and documentation skills
• Organizational skills
• Ability to quickly and effectively solve complex problems
• Ability to deliver quality through attention to detail
• Ability to work in team and independently
• Ability to work a flexible schedule might be on call in the evenings and weekends
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally

Education

• Bachelor's degree in information security or related field (Preferred)
• In lieu of the above requirements, equivalent relevant experience will be considered

Experience

• 5+ Years information security experience (Preferred)

Working Environment

• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds
• May require periods of overnight travel
• Normal office environment
• Frequent activity: Sitting, Viewing Computer Screen
• Occasional activity: Standing, Walking, Bending, Climbing, Reaching above Shoulder, Pushing, Pulling

Benefits Information

The benefits package aligned to this position is Professional Non-Union. Please click the link below for more details.

JE Dunn Construction is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. JE Dunn provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for a job, please submit your request to JE Dunn Construction Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies.