Remote IT Security Engineer - Protect Systems & Data

ClassLink, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Parental leave

401(k) match

Health coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Volunteer time off

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth programs

Annual company retreats

Job summary

ClassLink, Inc. seeks an IT Security Engineer to protect and strengthen its internal corporate technology environment, spanning endpoints, identity, networks and data security. You’ll own day-to-day operations, monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and policy development.

Join a security-focused Operations team, partnering with Systems Engineering to scale security programs, with primary remote work and up to 10% travel for meetings and events.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of information security experience with hands-on SIEM/EDR and vulnerability management.
• Strong knowledge of endpoint, network, identity, and data security practices.
• Experience with firewalls, VPN, DNS filtering, Zero Trust, MFA, patching, encryption, and DLP.
• Familiarity with NIST, CIS Controls, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and vendor risk assessments.
• Ability to balance daily operations with long-term security initiatives.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage security controls across endpoints, networks, firewalls, VPN, DNS filtering, and Zero Trust.
• Monitor EDR, SIEM, identity management, MFA, DLP, encryption, and related tools.
• Lead incident response, threat hunting, and post-incident reviews.
• Oversee remediation, patching, and configuration drift monitoring.
• Develop security metrics and report risks, trends, and remediation progress.

Skills

Information security

Security monitoring

Incident response

Vulnerability management

NIST/CIS/SOC 2/ISO 27001

Vendor risk assessments

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Operational & strategic balance

Tools

SIEM

EDR

MFA

DLP

Encryption

Patch management

Job description

ClassLink, Inc. seeks an IT Security Engineer to protect and strengthen its internal corporate technology environment, spanning endpoints, identity, networks and data security. You’ll own day-to-day operations, monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and policy development.

Join a security-focused Operations team, partnering with Systems Engineering to scale security programs, with primary remote work and up to 10% travel for meetings and events.