Senior Information Security Engineer - Incident Response

Lumen

$93K — $124K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred.
  • Minimum 6 years of experience in relevant field, or 4 years with a Master's degree.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to influence stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated leadership qualities and ownership in projects.
  • Ability to mentor junior engineers and foster teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Perform engineering support across various platforms.
  • Evaluate business processes to integrate security measures effectively.
  • Identify risks associated with new applications and recommend mitigation strategies.
  • Engage in advanced troubleshooting with stakeholders and clients.
  • Consult on security solutions with network architects and engineers.
  • Propose new security systems and controls for risk management.
  • Deliver timely reports and findings to stakeholders and executives.
  • Develop and recommend security policies and standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and life benefits.
  • Voluntary lifestyle benefits to enhance wellbeing.
  • Opportunities for various bonus structures based on performance.
  • Remote work opportunity with flexibility for U.S. candidates.
  • Supportive work environment prioritizing physical, mental, and financial health.
Full Job Description
The Role

*The hours for this role are 9am-6pm Pacific Time.

Engineers are expected to identify and design solutions for issues involving: new features, interoperability, vulnerability, system limits and constraints facing the platforms and products. In addition, engineers are responsible to evaluate current capabilities and predict future needs, then work with internal stakeholders, vendors and peers to anticipate, define, and pursue these capabilities.

A successful engineer is a strong communicator and relationship builder, who uses soft skills to persuade stakeholders to: achieve consensus, obtain commitment, and take action. The engineer is a de-facto leader in the organization and is committed to directly mentoring junior engineers and technicians, while consistently demonstrating behaviors aligned with our core values.

Location

This is a remote opportunity open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S.. *The hours are 9am-6pm Pacific Time.

The Main Responsibilities

  • Perform engineering support.
  • Assess operational business processes to ensure security is appropriately integrated.
  • Assess potential risks with new applications and products and provide security requirements and recommendations for risk mitigation to help the business succeed with their projects.
  • Directly engages in advanced troubleshooting and delivery with stakeholders, including end customers.
  • Consult as security subject matter expert with network architects, engineers, and others on solutions to security problems.
  • Recommend new information security systems and controls to mitigate emerging threats and risks across the company.
  • Ensure reports and findings are delivered in a timely and appropriate manner to management, operations and executive leadership.
  • Recommend new security policy, standards, best practices, and system configuration standards. Consult with internal clients on security topics and policy interpretation.
  • Identify higher risk areas of the corporate and carrier infrastructure for assessment.
  • Coordinate activities across multiple departments and business units.
  • Other duties as assigned.


What We Look For in a Candidate

Required
  • Bachelors Degree
  • 6 years of experience, or 4 with Masters degree

Preferred
  • Masters Degree


  • Ability and commitment to communicate effectively, consistently chooses communication methods to ensure critical information reaches and persuades intended audience
  • Uses strong interpersonal skills to build partnerships with stakeholders and peers
  • Possesses leadership qualities and persuades stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes
  • Demonstrates a strong sense of ownership and commitment toward leading peers and stakeholders on critical projects and tasks; making, meeting and communicating progress.


Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges

$84,629 - $112,838 in these states: AL AR AZ FL GA IA ID IN KS KY LA ME MO MS MT ND NE NM OH OK PA SC SD TN UT VT WI WV WY
$88,860 - $118,480 in these states: CO HI MI MN NC NH NV OR RI
$93,092 - $124,122 in these states: AK CA CT DC DE IL MA MD NJ NY TX VA WA

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process. Learn more about Lumen's:Benefits
Bonus Structure

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Requisition #: 343406

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