Senior Security Engineer: SIEM, Firewalls & Threat Response

Milbank LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Milbank LLP is seeking an experienced security professional to manage and support the Firm's security products, perform incident investigations, and conduct security audits. The role requires hands-on expertise with firewalls, SIEM, vulnerability management and risk assessments.

You will work with consultants and third‑party vendors to ensure security controls, participate in architecture reviews and test new technologies in a fast-paced environment. On‑site in New York, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of security best practices for computers, networks and hardware.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with solution development.
• Passion for security and protecting the firm from cyber threats.
• Customer-service mindset, and ability to balance security with business needs.
• Team player with ability to work under pressure and emergency on-call.

Responsibilities

• Manage security products used by the Firm and provide technical support.
• Investigate security incidents, perform risk assessments and audits.
• Operate SIEM systems and manage privilege account controls.
• Conduct vulnerability scans and maintain information security metrics.
• Collaborate with vendors and participate in security architecture reviews.
• Test and evaluate new security technologies and maintain documentation.

Skills

Strong analytical

Communication

Interpersonal skills

On-call readiness

Team collaboration

Tools

Cisco network devices

Palo Alto firewalls

Illumio micro-segmentation

Microsoft Sentinel

Vectra AI

Nessus/Tenable/Rapid7

Kali Linux/Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

PowerShell

CyberArk/BeyondTrust

Microsoft 365 E5 security

Azure/Azure AD

DMZ/IDS/IPS

Cloud security controls

Job description

Milbank LLP is seeking an experienced security professional to manage and support the Firm's security products, perform incident investigations, and conduct security audits. The role requires hands-on expertise with firewalls, SIEM, vulnerability management and risk assessments.

You will work with consultants and third‑party vendors to ensure security controls, participate in architecture reviews and test new technologies in a fast-paced environment. On‑site in New York, with travel as needed.