Jobs · Wisconsin

Senior Information Security Engineer

State of Wisconsin Investment Board · Madison, WI · 3 days ago
$178/hrFull-time

About the role

The Senior Information Security Engineer will design, implement, and improve security capabilities across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments. They will also investigate complex security incidents and implement long-term improvements, build automation, tooling, guardrails, and AI-assisted solutions, and mentor teammates.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement security capabilities across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments

  • Design and improve detection, vulnerability management, and incident response capabilities

  • Investigate complex security incidents and implement long-term improvements

  • Build automation, tooling, guardrails, and AI-assisted solutions that make secure practices the easy path

  • Partner with engineering and business teams to integrate security into platforms, applications, and pipelines

  • Perform security architecture reviews and provide technical guidance on new initiatives

  • Identify opportunities to reduce organizational risk through engineering and automation

  • Develop security-focused technical standards, documentation, and reusable patterns

  • Mentor teammates and promote security engineering best practices

Requirements

  • Enablement mindset and attitude – you win when teams win

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • 8+ years of experience in information security, infrastructure engineering, cloud engineering, or related discipline

  • Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience

  • Strong background in designing and implementing enterprise security solutions

  • Hands-on experience securing hybrid Cloud and on-premises environments (Azure & AWS preferred)

  • Experience designing or implementing security solutions across multiple domains such as cloud, identity, endpoint, network, vulnerability management, or detection engineering

  • Proficiency with PowerShell, Python, or similar scripting languages

  • Experience with automation, Infrastructure as Code, or API-based integrations

  • Experience using AI-assisted tools (such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, or similar technologies)

  • Experience using Git-based workflows

  • Working experience with Agile methodologies

Qualifications

  • Enablement mindset and attitude – you win when teams win

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • 8+ years of experience in information security, infrastructure engineering, cloud engineering, or related discipline

  • Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience

  • Strong background in designing and implementing enterprise security solutions

  • Hands-on experience securing hybrid Cloud and on-premises environments (Azure & AWS preferred)

  • Experience designing or implementing security solutions across multiple domains such as cloud, identity, endpoint, network, vulnerability management, or detection engineering

  • Proficiency with PowerShell, Python, or similar scripting languages

  • Experience with automation, Infrastructure as Code, or API-based integrations

  • Experience using AI-assisted tools (such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, or similar technologies)

  • Experience using Git-based workflows

  • Working experience with Agile methodologies

Benefits

Competitive total cash compensation, based on AON (formerly McLagan) industry benchmarks
Comprehensive benefits package
Educational and training opportunities
Tuition reimbursement
Challenging work in a professional environment
Hybrid work environment

Pay

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Schedule

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