Senior Security Engineer - Atlanta, United States - Brickhouse Resources

Description

Position Title: Senior Security Engineer
Position Location: Atlanta - midtown; hybrid (2 days in office per week)
Position Type: Contract/Contract-to-hire
US Citizens/Green Card Holders only (no C2C)

The Senior Security Engineer is responsible for the management and support of security protection tools such as endpoint antivirus, asset discovery, vulnerability management, email gateway, user access provisioning, intrusion detection, and security information and event management. The engineer should be able to work with the Security Architect and the Infrastructure team during the testing and implementation of security tools. In order to be successful in this role, the candidate needs to be able to work on multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment and be able to learn quickly.
Overall, the position is highly visible throughout the organization and needs someone that can work well with different personality types and technical levels of experience. They will be supported by team members including security operations and security identity management areas. However, the person is required to have a good mix of hands-on experience with Linux and Windows operating systems. The job has a very diverse set of responsibilities, allowing a variety of work from day-to-day.
Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, information assurance, or related disciplines
• 5+ years of experience in information technology roles
• 5+ years of experience in security administration roles
• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems/administration
• Certifications preferred such as GIAC
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with users throughout the organization.

• Monitor, diagnose, troubleshoot and, resolve issues involving security technology tools for abnormal user behavior and policy violations.
• Supports security incident response activities consisting of identifying new issues, gathering information, remediating issues, and reporting to appropriate individuals.
• Researches the development of security technology requirements, evaluations, selection, and deployment. Provides recommendations based on technical aspects of the product and effects of implementation to the Bank.
• Implements security-related projects such as security application upgrades, identity and access management, single sign-on/password administration, and other new security initiatives.
• Creates queries to extract data as needed for reporting and statistical research. This includes reporting on metrics as they pertain to the security area.
• Communicates security bulletins and advisories of vulnerable software from Bank technology vendors and trusted third parties to Information Technology for remediation.
• Performs validation testing of applied security patches, configuration changes and system hardening sin order to resolve reported security findings.
• Performs administrative tasks associated with project management, reporting, system upgrades, technical documentation and procedures. Assists manager in developing and maintaining project plans.