Security Engineer - Cloud & Network Defense

American Express; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible benefits

Travel perks

Learning platform access

Inclusion Groups

Job summary

Amex GBT is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer in the United States to design, implement, and manage security controls across enterprise systems and networks. You will deploy technologies such as WAF, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DLP, Proxy, and endpoint protection tools while ensuring high availability.

You will collaborate with CyberSecurity Architects, analyze complex problems, and promote secure design guidelines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cyber security engineering or related roles.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, Cyber Security, or related field (or equivalent like CISSP, CEH, GSEC, CSSP)
• Curiosity and passion for problem solving
• Fluent in English
• Inclusive, collaborative, and able to work seamlessly with a multicultural and international team
• Building real time analytics and data pipeline from different sources
• Developing micro-service using rest framework
• Exposing and consuming data using APIs
• Network security and networking technologies
• Operating system and database security
• Security monitoring and logging tools

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage security controls across enterprise systems and networks
• Deploy and maintain security technologies such as WAF, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DLP, Proxy, and endpoint protection tools
• Configure and troubleshoot security infrastructure to ensure high availability and effectiveness
• Estimate technical effort, work breakdown structure, risks, and dependencies
• Analyze and resolve technical problems
• Establish and promote design guidelines and standards
• Experiment with new and emerging technologies
• Work with CyberSecurity Architects team for the planning, proposal and implementation of security controls and platforms
• Working knowledge in the field of CyberSecurity, including but not limited to Cloud deployments, application integration, and APIs
• Project level experience working in a team environment with multiple parallel workflows, team members, Project Managers, and defined deliverables
• Identify and define system security requirements including requirements for achieving audit requirements
• Preparing and documenting standard operating procedures and protocols for the Projects and workflows that the Engineer is participating in for the team
• Configure and troubleshoot security infrastructure devices as necessary for a smooth and highly available set of controls
• In a team environment, develop technical solutions and deploy security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks
• Troubleshooting and diagnostic skills for the purpose of providing long term actionable solutions and remediation of issues
• Responding to and participating in incidents as a representative of the CyberSecurity Engineering team
• Ensuring that the organization’s data and infrastructure are protected by enabling and maintaining security controls
• Including Gap Analysis as necessary
• Participating in the change management process
• Daily administrative tasks, reporting and communication with the relevant stakeholders, managers and directors
• Delivering comprehensive reports including assessment-based findings, outcomes and solutions for increased system security enhancements
• Working as part of a team with similarly tasked Engineers and Analysts in a diverse, engaging, supportive and respectful manner

Skills

Fluent English

Problem solving

Security fundamentals

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Cyber Security

CISSP / CEH / GSEC / CSSP

Tools

WAF

IDS/IPS

SIEM

DLP

Proxy

Endpoint protection

Job description

Amex GBT is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer in the United States to design, implement, and manage security controls across enterprise systems and networks. You will deploy technologies such as WAF, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DLP, Proxy, and endpoint protection tools while ensuring high availability.

You will collaborate with CyberSecurity Architects, analyze complex problems, and promote secure design guidelines.