Description

Position at Weisiger Group

Summary

Weisiger Group is seeking a Security Engineer to join the Cyber Security team to drive engineering design, security policy & procedure, implementation and management of security system projects, and act as an escalation point for operations support. The ideal candidate should have advanced experience with Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Cloud security tools, Firewalls, Email Filtering, Endpoint Protection, Vulnerability Management, Group Policy and possess excellent troubleshooting, and communication skills. This role will partner with the Manger - Cybersecurity to drive the company's security strategy, security platform roadmap, and continuous improvement efforts within the areas of his/her responsibility.

The Security Engineer is responsible for design, staging, configuration, implementation, and support for all Cyber Security platforms including Microsoft Entra, Intune, Defender, Purview, Cisco firewalls, IDS/IPS, AV and Malware Protection, URL Filtering, and Disaster Recovery technologies. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership in planning and carrying out security measures to monitor and protect sensitive data and systems from Cyber Attacks. This is a technical role helping assess, plan, and deploy Cyber Security protection platforms. This role will be part of the IT Cyber Security Team, interacting with other IT teams as well as various internal customers and external vendors.

Essential Functions

• Design and implement security systems and tools to protect data, infrastructure, and applications.
• Serve as an escalation path for operational support personnel
• Development of system maintenance and operational standards and procedures
• Educate employees on security awareness and conduct phishing simulations or training campaigns.
• Vendor relationship, strategy, and planning coordination with manager
• Responsible for design, staging, configuration, implementation, and support for Cyber Security platforms
• Manage vulnerability management platform
• Assist with Incident Response Management
• Monitor and Investigate Security Breaches
• Perform Security Infrastructure system maintenances, upgrades and migrations
• Manage endpoint security and threat detection systems.
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualifying individuals to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Certified: Azure Security Engineer, CASP, or other Security certification is required
• 5+ years of Infrastructure Engineering (Network and/or Systems) experience required
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Cloud Security
• Strong understanding of Cisco Networking and Firewalls
• Strong understanding of DNS protection and filtering is required
• Strong understanding of Active Directory and Intune is required
• Strong understanding of Firewall and IDS/IPS is required

Skills

• Experience designing secure networks, systems, and application architectures
• Direct experience with anti-virus software, intrusion detection, firewalls, and content filtering
• Ability to proactively address the cybersecurity demand from the business/industry
• Knowledge of disaster recovery technologies and methods
• Strong troubleshooting ability
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and written
• Team oriented and able to work across other internal departments
• Strong attention to detail and strong documentation

Environment

• Cisco Firepower
• Proofpoint
• Microsoft Defender
• Microsoft Purview
• Microsoft Intune
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Cisco AMP
• Cisco Umbrella
• Tenable
• Office365
• Active Directory

Workplace Requirements

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, pull and /or otherwise move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this Job, depending on site location, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and equipment. The employee may occasionally be exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee may occasionally be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in some work environments is occasionally loud.