Senior Remote IT Security Engineer

ClassLink, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer Time Off

Lifelong Learning

Growth & Development

Supportive Culture

Annual company retreats

Job summary

ClassLink is seeking an IT Security Engineer to protect and strengthen its internal corporate environment, covering endpoints, identity, network, and data security. The role focuses on security operations, monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and policy/tool development within the Operations team.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in information security, hands-on SIEM/EDR experience, and knowledge of NIST/CIS/SOC 2/ISO 27001.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, security monitoring, incident response, and vulnerability management.
• Strong knowledge of endpoint, network, identity, and data security practices.
• Experience with firewalls, VPN, DNS filtering, Zero Trust, MFA, patch management, encryption, and DLP.
• Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as NIST, CIS Controls, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
• Experience conducting vendor risk assessments and supporting internal or external audits.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage security controls across corporate endpoints, networks, firewalls, VPN, DNS filtering, and Zero Trust access.
• Administer and monitor EDR, SIEM, identity, access management, MFA, DLP, encryption, and related security tools.
• Monitor systems and network activity, investigate alerts, conduct threat hunting, and coordinate incident response and post-incident reviews.
• Identify and prioritize vulnerabilities, oversee remediation and patching efforts, and monitor for configuration drift.
• Establish and maintain security standards, hardening guidelines, policies, baseline configurations, and technical documentation.
• Conduct access reviews, privileged-account reviews, device compliance audits, and SaaS application permission reviews.
• Support compliance audits and certifications by gathering evidence, documenting controls, and tracking remediation activities.
• Evaluate the security of vendors, SaaS platforms, AI services, browser extensions, integrations, and other technologies before adoption.
• Develop security metrics and report on risks, trends, remediation progress, and the organization’s overall security posture.
• Create security awareness programs and serve as a trusted resource for employees and cross-functional teams.
• Develop and maintain a roadmap for strengthening ClassLink’s internal security environment.

Skills

Information security

Security monitoring

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Zero Trust

MFA

Threat hunting

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in information security

Security certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+)

Tools

Microsoft 365 security

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Intune

Windows

macOS

Google Workspace

Enterprise SaaS security tools

Job description

ClassLink is seeking an IT Security Engineer to protect and strengthen its internal corporate environment, covering endpoints, identity, network, and data security. The role focuses on security operations, monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and policy/tool development within the Operations team.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in information security, hands-on SIEM/EDR experience, and knowledge of NIST/CIS/SOC 2/ISO 27001.