IT Security Engineer

Tekskills; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills in Bengaluru seeks an experienced security tooling professional to own vulnerability management, patch assurance, and integration of security software across platforms.

You will gather technical requirements, lead end-to-end tool configuration (including Tanium), and collaborate with platform engineering to address legacy Windows 2003/XP controls, while documenting mitigations and enabling smooth handover to BAU teams. 8+ years preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field.
• 8+ years of Security Tooling experience in vulnerability management, patch assurance and remediation.
• Strong understanding of cyber security and challenges in implementing change.
• Analytical, process oriented and collaborative.
• Willing to drive change and challenge existing concepts.
• Hands-on Linux/Windows hardening experience.
• Knowledge of static and dynamic Application Security testing.

Responsibilities

• Understand Application Security service and tooling needs and gather technical requirements.
• Manage the implementation and configuration of patch assurance tooling.
• Manage the implementation and configuration of an end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle mgt tool
• Lead end-to-end integration of security software tools, including design, configuration and testing.
• Provide authoritative advice on test planning and execution.
• Engage with platform engineering to determine controls for obsolete Windows 2003 Server/Windows XP and create a prioritized schedule.
• Document mitigating controls and hand over to BAU teams.

Skills

Security tooling

Vulnerability management

Patch assurance

Windows/Linux hardening

Tanium

DevSecOps

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Tanium

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand Application Security service and tooling needs and gather technical requirements


• Manage the implementation and configuration of patch assurance tooling.


• Manage the implementation and configuration of an end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle mgt tool


• Lead end-to-end integration of security software tools, including definition of integration design, configuration and testing.


• Provides authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of test planning and execution.


• Engage closely with the platform engineering teams to help determine technical controls for obsolete windows 2003 Server and Windows XP platforms and determine a prioritized implementation schedule.


• Document mitigating controls for obsolete windows 2003 Server and Windows XP platforms and facilitate training and capability handover to BAU teams.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

• Security Technology Service domain heads


• Application Security Scanning & Remediation Teams


• Technology Services Infrastructure Engineering and Operations


• Development team leads for various CIO streams

COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS)

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field


• 8+ years of Security Tooling experience in the context of vulnerability management, patch assurance and vulnerability remediation


• Good understanding of cyber security and the challenges around implementing change in this space


• A highly analytical, process oriented, collaborative and creative individual


• An individual that is willing to take ownership for driving change and challenge existing concepts


• Hands on experience with system hardeing for Linux and Windows Platforms via the implementation of controls.


• Detailed working knowledge of various Application Security products covering static and dynamic testing models


• Experience in the configuration and implementation of security management tooling products eg: Tanium.


• Experience in cloud security products and a good understanding of DevSecOps principles

Experience in managing large scale deployments of Application Security products