Cyber Security Engineer
Waukegan, IL
Onsite
Contract
$60/hr - $75/hr
Immediate need for a Cyber Security Engineer to work for a large, privately held, organization at their campus in Northern IL.
Position Summary:
Manage and support the enterprise, specifically with enterprise network security, network segmentation, vulnerability management, and best practices for overall IT Security.
Position Functions:
Additional Responsibilities:
Required Experience:
- Position Title: Cyber Security Engineer (Also have openings within Security Administration)
- Employment Type: Long-Term Contract / Contract-to-Hire
- Location: Northern, IL - Candidates must be willing to work on-site
- Target Pay Rate: $75/Hr W2
Position Summary:
Manage and support the enterprise, specifically with enterprise network security, network segmentation, vulnerability management, and best practices for overall IT Security.
Position Functions:
- 25% - Provide direction for the secure operation of the enterprise, focusing on security components, risk management, and controls same as Tech/Ops Lead minus the leadership
- 25% - Provide support and engineering for firewalls, network segmentation technologies, web proxies, email proxies, cloud environments, and IDS/IPS
- 15% - Conduct periodic security architecture reviews on existing security technologies to offer actionable recommendations for improvements, and remediations where needed
- 15% - Work with enterprise architects, network engineers, and developers to design optimal security practices for supporting new and existing business processes / applications same as Tech/Ops Lead
- 10% - Mitigate security risks associated with projects, which have a high technical complexity and/or involve significant challenges to the business same as Tech Lead
- 10% - Provide support for daily support requests as required
Additional Responsibilities:
- Communicate technical application security concepts to business users, developers, architects, and managers
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of critical security vulnerabilities
- Provide detailed risk and remediation guidelines, as well as perform remediation activities where applicable
- Ability to interact with technical managers and development teams to articulate requirements and processes while collaborating on design options, implementation, testing and user acceptance
- Demonstrated ability to develop metrics, perform critical analysis, and develop executive decision support content
Required Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree required or relevant experience preferred
- 5+ years' experience in IT in large to enterprise level organizations
- 2+ years' experience in IT Security in large to enterprise level organizations
- CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), Security+, or related information security certifications are preferred
- Experience in PCI compliance, or similar compliance frameworks
- Familiarity with enterprise level network architecture and topologies
- Experience with Cloud and hybrid Cloud / On-premises security designs
- Experience in a large enterprise corporate environment
You will receive the following benefits:
- Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
- Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
- Paid Sick Time Leave
- Legal and Identity Protection Plans
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
- 529 College Saver Plan
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.