Security Engineer - Iowa

About the role

This is a full-time, onsite position in Des Moines, IA. Candidates must live within a reasonable commute of Des Moines or be able to relocate. The Security Engineer will support Senior Engineers in operational efforts of the security stack, providing infrastructure and security support for the entire virtual server and datacenter environment, including hybrid cloud infrastructure and security.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and track the performance of security measures to protect information and network infrastructure and computer systems.
• Participate in the design of computer security strategy and engineer comprehensive cybersecurity architecture.
• Identify, define, and document system security requirements and recommend solutions to management.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain security infrastructure software and hardware.
• Install and manage software that monitors systems and networks for security breaches and intrusions.
• Monitor systems for irregular behavior and set up preventive measures.
• Respond to incidents and security-related tickets in a timely manner; participate in on-call activities.
• Perform manual validation of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) manually or with Microsoft's Defender platform.
• Perform and monitor remediation of vulnerabilities in collaboration with other teams.
• Administer and troubleshoot Office 365 Cloud applications.
• Participate in licensing and software maintenance activities to ensure compliance, patching, and overall security.
• Perform trouble ticket resolution within defined SLAs and documented procedures.
• Participate in disaster recovery testing exercises.
• Lead security-related implementation projects and manage work efforts of other team members in a cross-functional team environment.
• Assist in planning, development, and implementation of the company's information security strategy.
• Educate and train staff on information system security best practices; develop security training materials and communications.
• Perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.

Schedule

Full-time, onsite in Des Moines, IA. Includes participation in an on-call rotation for critical security event escalations.