Remote‑Eligible Security Engineer: Cloud & On‑Prem Defense

Polsinelli; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Sick time off

Referral program

Medical insurance and benefits

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

AD&D insurance

ID Theft insurance

Long-term disability benefits

Short-term disability benefits

Parking/Transit reimbursement

401(k) benefits

Employee assistance benefits

Job summary

Polsinelli is hiring a Security Engineer for any of our offices, with the option to work remotely. However, our preference is for this role to be based in Kansas City.

Security Engineers are responsible for the secure operations of infrastructure, platforms, and software, including the installation, maintenance, and improvement of hybrid (on‑premise and cloud) computing environments. They also help develop new designs and security strategies across all applications, including infrastructure,

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in on-premises environments focused on security.
• 2-4 years of experience in security engineering.
• 2-4 years of experience with Metrics, Events, Logging, in an environment similar to Splunk.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience.
• Microsoft Active Directory with Azure experience.
• Ability to perform detection engineering to interrogate computer logs to identify anomalous behavior.
• Develop workflows within a SIEM to automate detections and actions taken.
• Demonstrative knowledge/experience with scripting languages like Python and PowerShell.
• Demonstrative knowledge and expertise with common enterprise-grade security solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Configure business operating environments securely using CIS best practices.
• Perform penetration testing and threat hunting to identify potential risks.
• Monitor for and respond to incidents in the Firm’s hybrid environment.
• Keep infrastructure current, making recommendations and continually improving security technologies.
• Analyze, design, and develop programs, shell scripts, tests, and infrastructure automation capabilities.
• Work with analysts and engineers across the organization to continually improve cyber resilience.
• Provide support to understand and develop system requirements and technical solutions for cybersecurity engineering based on system architectures (CIS Controls, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, and NIST Cyber Security Framework).
• Support the maturation of the enterprise architecture to align with the Firm’s information security and risks to the organizational operations, organizational assets, and individuals.
• Develop alternatives of system designs and/or architecture, which consider trade-offs between security requirements, functional/operational requirements, and cost.
• Identify and define the requirements of the overall security of the network.
• Plan, engineer, and monitor overall security implementation of network systems.
• Support in configuring and implementing network security tools.
• Test and provide solutions for system weaknesses, threats, and security issues.
• Research and identify latest suitable technologies and processes that will improve the overall security of the system.
• Regularly audit the existing network configuration and provide improvement recommendations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Security engineering

SIEM workflows

Threat detection

Python

PowerShell

Azure AD

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure Active Directory

MITRE ATT&CK

NIST Cyber Security Framework

Job description

Polsinelli is hiring a Security Engineer for any of our offices, with the option to work remotely. However, our preference is for this role to be based in Kansas City.

Security Engineers are responsible for the secure operations of infrastructure, platforms, and software, including the installation, maintenance, and improvement of hybrid (on‑premise and cloud) computing environments. They also help develop new designs and security strategies across all applications, including infrastructure,