Senior Security Engineer

Oracle; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Plan with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

Oracle in Reston, VA is seeking a security-focused engineer to design and develop testing tools, perform deep security assessments, and guide compliance efforts. The role requires recognizing and escalating complex security violations and contributing to incident reviews.

The position emphasizes encryption, hashing, masking, and access management to protect sensitive information and maintain regulatory adherence, with onsite work five days a week in Reston, VA.

Qualifications

• Security testing tools and methods for identifying weaknesses.
• Contributes to security compliance assessments and remediation guidelines.
• Provides guidance on data security best practices including encryption, hashing, masking and access control.

Responsibilities

• Plan and perform in-depth security assessments across products and services.
• Create testing tools to identify security weaknesses.
• Review security alerts and provide improvement recommendations.
• Escalate complex violations to senior team members.
• Contribute to post-event reviews to identify improvement areas.

Skills

Security testing

Vulnerability assessment

Data encryption

Access management

Tools

Encryption tools

Hashing

Masking

Compliance tooling

Job description

Job Description

Creates testing tools to help engineering teams identify security-related weaknesses. Recognizes and escalates complex security violations to senior team members. Contributes to compliance assessments to identify gaps and ensure compliance with internal and external obligations. Provides security best judgment and recommends best practices of data security using various tools and techniques such as encryption, hashing, masking, and access management to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information.

Job Description

Creates testing tools to help engineering teams identify security-related weaknesses. Recognizes and escalates complex security violations to senior team members. Contributes to compliance assessments to identify gaps and ensure compliance with internal and external obligations. Provides security best judgment and recommends best practices of data security using various tools and techniques such as encryption, hashing, masking, and access management to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information.

Security Clearance required, onsite 5 days a week in Reston, VA.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Security Monitoring - Security Tool Design and Development:

• Plans and performs in-depth security assessments across a variety of products and services to identify potential vulnerabilities.
• Creates testing tools to help engineering teams identify security-related weaknesses.
• Conducts security design and provides recommendations and guidance for improvement.
• Participates in reviews of security alerts.

Event Response:

• Recognizes and escalates complex security violations to senior team members.
• Follows protocols to take appropriate actions needed to contain and mitigate events.
• Contributes to post-event reviews to identify areas for improvement.

Compliance:

• Contributes to compliance assessments to identify gaps and ensure compliance with internal and external obligations.
• Reviews security compliance deliverables and ensures adherence to policies and industry standards.
• Implements measures to ensure compliance with internal and external obligations , collaborating with relevant stakeholders.
• Maintains inventory systems from a security perspective.

Business Continuity Support:

• Contributes to the development of business continuity and disaster recovery plans, processes, and procedures.
• Ensures the execution of business continuity plans to support critical organizational systems and data in the face of disruptions.
• Participates in assessing readiness for certification and/or audit to identify areas for improvement.

Data Security and Privacy:

• Provides security best judgment and recommends best practices of data security using various tools and techniques such as encryption, hashing, masking, and access management to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information.
• Reviews documentation and procedures to identify areas for improvement in data security practices.

Research and Innovation:

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of industry security practices and seeks opportunities to expand knowledge through self-study and training.
• Stays updated on emerging trends to stay ahead of evolving threats and vulnerabilities.
• Explores novel techniques to solve unique security problems.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

• Independently manages work, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet requirements. Proactively prioritizes work and adapts to resource or timeline shifts, suggesting adjustments to maintain project efficiency.

Collaboration & Partnership:

• Collaborates across teams to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives. Builds and maintains a comprehensive understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build and support effective partnerships. Actively listens to diverse perspectives and asks questions to ensure understanding of others.

Problem Solving:

• Independently identifies and addresses standard and non-standard issues in accordance with standard practices, escalating more complex issues as appropriate. Analyzes data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors. Contributes to knowledge sharing and best practices.

Continuous Learning:

• Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking to build knowledge and new skills and/or tools and staying current with industry trends and best practices. Seeks out and leverages feedback and training to improve skills. Contributes to a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing with team members.

Continuous Improvement:

• Develops ideas and recommends updates to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within a team. Seeks input from team members on alternative approaches and methods for improving work.

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $82,200 - $187,000 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.

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