Senior Information Security Engineer

Coforge; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Coforge seeks a Senior Information Security Engineer to advance enterprise security operations, vulnerability management, IAM, and cloud security initiatives. The role protects on‑prem and cloud assets through proactive controls, continuous monitoring, and governance.

Strong fundamentals and hands-on security experience are essential for success in this enterprise role. The candidate will engage across AWS, Azure, and GCP, align with ISO/NIST, and drive secure configurations and incident

Qualifications

• Strong security fundamentals and enterprise security operations experience.
• Experience with vulnerability management, IAM, and cloud security initiatives.
• Hands-on exposure to modern cybersecurity technologies.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and support enterprise security infrastructure and controls.
• Investigate security alerts, threats, and incidents.
• Support security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response activities.
• Collaborate with business and technology teams to address security risks.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and validate remediation.
• Track remediation activities and verify closure of findings.
• Support risk assessment and mitigation initiatives.
• Monitor security posture across infrastructure and cloud environments.
• Support IAM solutions, access controls, and governance across cloud environments.

Skills

Information Security

PowerShell

Security Operations

Networking & Infra Security

Identity & Access Management

Risk & Compliance Management

Security Monitoring Tools

Cloud Security Concepts

Job description

• Role: SeniorInformation Security Engineer
• Skills: Information Security, Power Shell, Security Operations, Networking & Infrastructure Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Risk & Compliance Management, Security Monitoring Tools, Cloud Security Concepts
• Experience: 5+ years
• Location: Chicago IL - Day 1 onsite

Job Description:

Role Summary:

We are seeking a skilled Information Security Engineer to support enterprise security operations, security validation, vulnerability management, identity management, compliance monitoring, and cloud security initiatives.

The role is responsible for protecting enterprise infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, and data assets through proactive security controls, continuous monitoring, risk identification, and security governance practices.

The ideal candidate will possess strong security fundamentals, experience in enterprise security operations, and hands-on exposure to modern cybersecurity technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Security Operations

• Monitor and support enterprise security infrastructure and controls.
• Investigate security alerts, threats, and incidents.
• Support security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response activities.
• Collaborate with business and technology teams to address security risks.

Vulnerability & Risk Management

• Perform vulnerability assessments and validation activities.
• Track remediation activities and verify closure of security findings.
• Support risk assessment and mitigation initiatives.
• Monitor security posture across infrastructure and cloud environments.

Identity & Access Management

• Support IAM solutions and privileged access controls.
• Validate authentication, authorization, and access provisioning processes.
• Review access controls and compliance requirements.
• Ensure least-privilege and segregation-of-duty principles are followed.
• Support security governance across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
• Review cloud configurations and identify security gaps.
• Monitor cloud security controls and policy compliance.
• Support secure cloud adoption and cloud governance initiatives.

Security Compliance & Governance

• Support compliance initiatives aligned to ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, SOC2, and internal standards.
• Participate in security audits and control assessments.
• Maintain security documentation, evidence, and reports.
• Support implementation of security best practices and policies.

Security Automation

• Automate security monitoring, reporting, and validation activities.
• Develop scripts and automation solutions to improve security operations efficiency.
• Support integration of security controls within DevOps and CI/CD processes.