Our well established, New York City healthcare client is expanding its IT team and is looking for a talented InfoSec Engineer.

This is a direct-hire role with our client and includes a very competetive compensation package along with a benefit program that focuses on the employee well-being. Voted as one of the Best Places to work in IT, these is where you want to be.

The chosen candidate will be able to work REMOTELY for the most part but there could be an occasional need to be on-site so they will need to be within a commutable distance to Manhattan. While local candidates are preferred, if you are a great match and have always wanted to live in NYC, let's discuss what is possible.

The Senior Security Operations Engineer operates and maintains the InfoSec team’s portfolio of vulnerability management, automation, and other authentication tools.  You will be vital in the implementation and and support of our clients SIEM tool, to include the inclusion of data sources and any applicable monitoring agents.

This role will focus heavily on operational and strategic level tasks, provide counsel and guidance to the junior level security engineers in the department, and guide other departments in the improvement of their security posture.  Additional tasks include forensic recovery/support, event management, spam investigation, incident response, threat feed management, penetration testing, proactive defense, and security event management.

To be considered you should have...

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline; or equivalent experience
• At least 6 years of technical experience in an IT related field
• Exposure to SIEM tools such as Splunk
• Knowledge of Data Loss Prevention systems and safeguarding sensitive data
• Extensive systems and network engineering experience related to Windows OS’s, MacOS, and Linux/Unix OS’s
• Extensive experience using the Kali Linux platform and toolsets
• Knowledge and experience with vulnerability management platforms such as Nexpose, Tenable, Qualys, etc
• Knowledge and experience with network security platforms including SIEM, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, web proxies and internet content filtering, and EDR/XDR.
• Knowledge of cryptography and encryption products, data loss prevention, mobile device management.

To get a special look you will have...

• CISSP
• CEH
• OSCP
• Functional and practical experience with scripting and automation techniques