Principal Engineer, Network Security Engineering

Cencora; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision care

Professional development

Mentorship programs

Parental leave

Job summary

Cencora is seeking an experienced Information Security Engineer to lead security controls, incident response, and risk management across multiple platforms. You will drive policy implementation, mentor engineers, and coordinate with IT leaders to ensure compliant security posture.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product teams and external partners to protect critical assets and data while advancing enterprise security strategies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of directly-related or relevant information security experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Analyze trends in threat and compliance environment and advise management; develop risk mitigation plans.
• Oversee response to information system security incidents and coordinate with third-party responders.
• Recommend security controls across acquisition, development, and change management lifecycles.
• Develop methodologies to monitor and respond to security events and support remediation.
• Provide guidance to network and system administrators and automate security posture improvements.
• Mentor ISO Engineers and oversee SLA maintenance for security controls.
• Lead enterprise security policy implementation across platforms to meet compliance.
• Coordinate with IT leaders to communicate security issues and requests for assistance.

Skills

Network Solutions and Systems

Cybersecurity

Root Cause Analysis

Information Security Strategy

Advanced Encryption

Application Architecture

Identity and Access Management

IT Risk Management

Threat Modelling

Microsoft Office

Programming (JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Py,

SQL

SIEM/EDR/SOAR/Firewall

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

• Root Cause Analysis

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

Job Details

• Analyzes trends, news and changes in threat and compliance environment with respect to organizational risk; advises organization management and develops and executes plans for compliance and mitigation of risk; oversees risk and compliance self-assessments and engages and coordinates third-party risk and compliance assessments.
• Oversees the response to information system security incidents, including investigation of, countermeasures to, and recovery from, computer-based attacks, unauthorized access, and policy breaches; engages, interacts and coordinates with third-party incident responders.
• Analyzes and recommends security controls and procedures in acquisition, development, and change management lifecycle of information systems, and provides oversight to ensure compliance.
• Formulates methodologies to monitor for as well as respond to security related events and assist in remediation efforts of cyber security incidents.
• Provides technical guidance to the network administrators and system administrators, monitors and maintains the current infrastructure, improves system performance, and automates system administration from security perspective application environments to meet compliance responsibilities.
• Provides technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other ISO Engineers in executing their tasks & responsibilities
• Oversees the maintenance of service-level agreements (SLAs) to ensure that security controls are upheld
• Leads implementation of enterprise-wide security policies, procedures, and standards across multiple platform and application environments to meet compliance responsibilities
• Interfaces with business and IT leaders communicating security issues and responding to requests for assistance and information
• Develops, refines, and implements security policies, procedures, and standards across multiple platforms and application environments to meet internal and external compliance responsibilities
• Coordinates with other senior technical executives in testing, development, and other IT teams to design, develop and implement security systems that protect company physical and intangible assets effectively
• Reviews technical/functional design documents, build, maintain and implement cybersecurity, data security, and cloud security solutions
• Consults with other business and technical staff on potential business impacts of proposed changes to the security environment
• Provides security briefings to advise on critical issues that may affect the enterprise
• Analyzes and generates insights from the metrics and KPIs gathered for executive review
• Monitors and analyzes emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits relevant to the company’s infrastructure and products
• Works closely with information security and line of business management to identify, formulate and implement information security solutions and controls and to maintain and configure security tooling
• Coordinates with systems and network engineers to ensure servers and network devices conform to security standards and that security devices and controls are working as designed
• Communicates advanced information security concepts with clients, peers, and all levels of management and vendors effectively
• Researches and deploys various tools to help with Cyber Operations, Threat Hunting, Vulnerability Management and Offensive Security, Email Security, Mobile, IoT, Distribution centers and Cloud arenas
• Responds to security alerts and escalates critical incidents to correct support teams and participates in incident response exercises
• Serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for product research and development teams, working closely with software engineers, product management and development, and divisional and corporate information system
• 8+ years of directly-related or relevant experience, preferably in information security.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related discipline or equivalent related experience.

Preferred Certifications

• Azure Security Engineer Certification
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• Certification in Information Security Strategy Management (CISM)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• CompTIA Security +
• Certification Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)

Technical Skills

• Network Solutions and Systems
• Cybersecurity
• Root Cause Analysis
• Information Security Strategy Standards (SOX, ISO 27001/27002, COBIT, ITIL, NIST, PCI)
• Advanced Encryption
• Application Architecture
• Identity and Access Management
• IT Risk Management
• Threat Modelling Tools Knowledge:
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Programming and Development Languages - JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, SQL
• Security Tools - SIEM, EDR, Email Security Gateway, SOAR, Firewall, Anti-virus, Firewalls, VPN IDS/IPS, AV, proxies, etc

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation