Cybersecurity Engineer: Remote Day & Strong Security Impact

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF); Oak Brook (IL); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension benefits

Medical and dental insurance

35-hour work week

One remote day per week

Paid vacation and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Business casual attire

Job summary

IMRF, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to ensure SOC1 and security best practices across the System Development Lifecycle, aligned with NIST and regulatory requirements. The role involves monitoring security consoles, managing access, and driving vulnerability remediation.

The engineer will implement, maintain, and enhance security tools such as SIEM, endpoint protection, and IAM; participate in risk assessments and DR readiness; stay current with threats and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or similar discipline.
• Currently certified in GSOC OR CompTIA Security+ OR CompTIA CySA+ OR similar discipline
• 3+ years experience working with enterprise security tools and technologies

Responsibilities

• Monitor security consoles (SIEM, NAC, Firewall, Email, A/V, vulnerability) to log devices, investigate activity, and determine remediation options.
• Provide team support analyzing and responding to escalated cybersecurity issues/incidents.
• Provision user and vendor access to Line of Business applications per business roles.
• Assist in vulnerability management activities, including scanning, prioritization, and remediation tracking.
• Assess, validate, and implement system patches across all IMRF environments on a monthly or as-needed basis.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Incident response

Event monitoring

Automation scripting

Security frameworks

Security tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/InfoSec

Security certifications (GSOC/CompTIA Security+/CySA+)

Tools

SIEM

NAC

Firewalls

Endpoint protection

IAM solutions

Python

PowerShell

Job description

IMRF, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to ensure SOC1 and security best practices across the System Development Lifecycle, aligned with NIST and regulatory requirements. The role involves monitoring security consoles, managing access, and driving vulnerability remediation.

The engineer will implement, maintain, and enhance security tools such as SIEM, endpoint protection, and IAM; participate in risk assessments and DR readiness; stay current with threats and