Security Engineer
Allegheny County · Pittsburgh, PA · Yesterday
Information Technology$95k–$103k/yrFull-time
Overview
Duties:
- Strategizes and designs enterprise security architecture.
- Conducts third-party security reviews.
- Creates enterprise security policies, standards, baselines, guidelines, and procedures.
- Evaluates cloud security posture and contributes to cloud security strategy.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of IT security industry.
- Recommends additional network and cloud security solutions or enhancements.
- Deploys, integrates, and configures new network security solutions.
- Maintains operational configurations of in-place security solutions.
- Makes decisions based on security solution alerts and collaborates with vendors or teams for investigations.
- Manages time effectively and prioritizes tasks.
Knowledge
Knowledge:
- Firewall rule components and construction.
- Networking Protocols: IP, TCP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP and HTTPS.
- Static and dynamic routing, including BGP.
- PKI, encryption, and authentication protocols.
- Cloud security concepts including the shared responsibility model, cloud IAM, network segmentation in cloud environments, and data protection in cloud storage.
- Zero Trust security principles and their application in hybrid cloud environments.
Skill
Skill:
- Microsoft Office products.
- Firewall rule management.
- Incident Response.
- Security tool enhancement such as SIEM tuning.
- Azure Security Concepts and Administration.
Ability
Ability:
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Conduct research into IT security issues and products.
- Present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
- Demonstrate analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment.
- Be self-motivated and self-directed.
- Be team-oriented and skilled working within a collaborative environment.
- Manage time effectively: prioritize, complete assignments in a detail-oriented and organized manner.
Residency
Residency:
Allegheny County within 1 year.
Veterans' Preference
Veterans' Preference:
Will be awarded to eligible candidates.
Equal Opportunity Employer
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - M/F/V/D
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