Information Security Engineer

Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Are you passionate about all things Security? When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you'll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We dedicate more than $1 billion to technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we're building a dynamic and diverse team for our future. You may be the ideal candidate if you flourish in a team-oriented atmosphere and want to support the important mission of the Nation's central bank while working within a collaborative and inclusive culture. You will collaborate on an ongoing basis with local and national teams to support detection, triage, incident analysis, containment, remediation and reporting of events/incidents.
You will support reducing risk with programs such as incident response, security awareness, identifying security challenges, and developing creative technical solutions. You will accomplish this while balancing our priorities, new and actual threats, and observing best practices to ensure the availability of information assets.
Responsibilities

• Investigate and conduct analysis of information security incidents and improve as appropriate in accordance with established incident response processes (detection, triage, incident analysis, remediation and reporting) including assessing scope of incident damage and assisting in the determination of incident severity
• Conduct highly technical forensic examinations while using repeatable and defensible procedures, ensuring chain of custody throughout the evidence lifecycle.
• Analyze data produced by the bank's security controls to uncover potentially malicious activity that does not trigger traditional security alerts
• Monitor and follow-up on information security policy compliance and adherence using various security tools
• Assist Information Security leadership with the development, collection, and publication of metrics to improve the way we can measure, monitor, and improve our security program posture
• Participate in activities to promote information security awareness throughout the organization
• Be a technical security advisor in risk management processes evaluating our security products and processes

Your Background

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years of information security experience
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, Center for Internet Security (CIS), MITRE, and others
• High level understanding of information security principles, defense in depth, risk management, and incident response
• Technical expertise in systems administration and security tools and knowledge of security practices and procedures
• Understanding of modern project management and software development practices such as Agile and Scaled Agile
• Exposure to cloud technologies a plus (AWS, Azure, Google)
• Industry recognized security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CCSP, AWS, GCIH, GCFE, EnCe, and others are a plus
• Desire to continuously learn and advance skills

What we offer

• Comprehensive benefits package include medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 401k savings plan, retirement plan, paid time off, transit benefit, onsite gym and subsidized cafeteria
• A continuous learning environment with opportunities to gain new skills and grow your career

Additional Requirements

• All Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and receive a booster shot within 30 days of being eligible to do so, unless the Bank grants an accommodation based on medical condition or sincerely held religious belief.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future
• As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago employees must comply with the Bank's ethics rules, which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics official if necessary. This document indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. An employee's responsibilities, tasks, and duties might differ from those outlined in the job description, and other duties, as assigned, are a part of the job.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reserves the right to modify the elements of this job description, as business needs require. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status
Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Job Category
Information Technology
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.
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