Endpoint Security Engineer (remote)

Description

Cognizant's Corporate Security team is chartered with managing and directing the global enterprise physical and information security programs. The team is responsible for the oversight and coordination of security efforts across the company, including information technology, human resources, communications, legal, facilities management and other groups, and is responsible for identifying security initiatives and standards. Corporate Security drives security compliance and serves as the key organization responsible with helping the business appropriately manage security risks.

Coordination and collaboration of IT groups, Information Security teams, business units, and client delivery teams.

This is a remote position open to any qualified applicant in the United States.

Responsibilities:

• The Endpoint Security Engineer will be responsible for the planning, deployment, administration, and maintenance of endpoint security platforms across the full security stack within multiple healthcare enterprise-level environments both within on-prem datacenters and cloud solutions
• Day-to-day coordination and collaboration with a wide array of IT groups, Information Security teams, business units, and client delivery teams.
• Build, maintain hardware, platform, and core application management including upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting of security controls - be familiar with security control frameworks from NIST or HIPAA and PCI
• Monitor, manage and tune core network security controls.
• Develop and deliver required metrics and reports, including vulnerability management and preventive controls like EDR, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Certificate Management, and DLP.
• Develop and maintain process and standard operating procedure (SOP) documentation for core security controls.

Requirements:

• Strong Troubleshooting skills.
• 5-7 years of progressive experience in information technology and 3-5 years of progressive information security experience across 3 or more information security / information technology risk management domains such as but not limited to:

Endpoint Security

• Day to day policy and platform management of the following technologies:
  • EDR tools - Cisco AMP, Tanium, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint/Cloud (Microsoft Defender experience strongly preferred)
  • Certificate Management - Venafi, DigiCert
  • Strong OS security experience (Windows, Linux, MacOS)
  • DLP - Forcepoint
  • MFA - RSA SecurID

Data Security

• Understand how data is identified or de-identified and how DLP works
• Deep knowledge of TCP/IP protocols including routing and subnetting.
• Experience working in Cloud Environments such as Azure/AWS/GCP and On-Prem Environments.
• Knowledge of MFA, including set-up of the console, identity routers, provisioning tokens, and troubleshooting issues.
• In-Depth knowledge and working experience with Layers 2-7 Protocols and security technologies.
• Excellent technical aptitude, resourcefulness, and critical thinking skills
• Ability to identify security risks and weaknesses and provide security mitigation and remediation recommendations
• Demonstrated experience and expertise with multiple security controls within multiple security domains.
• Ability to think strategically with strong attention to detail.
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with global teams across multiple time zones, cultures and languages.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field or equivalent work experience required
• GIAC, CISSP, CISM, or other relevant information security industry recognized certification preferred

Personal Characteristics:

• Ability to think strategically; work with a sense of urgency and detail oriented
• Ability to present complex solutions and methods to a general community
• Strong work ethic
• Willingness to take on new challenges that require extensive learning
• Independent thinking, willingness to "step outside the box" and take reasonable, calculated risks
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills in English
• Strong collaboration skills and willingness to be a team player to solve problems and incorporate input from various sources

***Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to leverage the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence instilled in them through participation in military service.

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Qualifications

Technical Skills

SNo Primary Skill Proficiency Level * Rqrd./Dsrd. 1 Risk Management PL1 Desired 2 Cisco Firewall PL1 Desired 3 Linux PL1 Desired

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level Generic Reference PL1 The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels. PL2 The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects. PL3 The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects. PL4 The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.