Information Security Engineer

The Position: The Information Security Engineer position will be responsible for providing technical and business assistance for a wide variety of information security related matters. The Information Security Engineer will assist in the implementation and on-going maintenance/tuning of security systems to protect the organization's networks from cyber attacks. The position helps develop organization wide security policies, standards, procedures, and best practice documentation. It requires monitoring of computer networks for security issues, install security software and document all security issues or breaches found.  

Who should apply?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Cyber Security, or equivalent/related field or equivalent years of experience
• CISSP, CEH, CEPT, GIAC, AZ-500 or similar relevant information security certifications
• 8+ years of technical experience, including 5+ years in an information security technical role
• Experience in securing cloud environments, specifically Azure, and auditing its services and resources against best practices and identify misconfigurations
• Hands-on experience with mitigating security controls (next gen anti-virus, EDR, IPS/IDS, DLP, web and network proxies, URL content filtering, log collection (SIEM), vulnerability management, multi-factor authentication, identity management and conditional access polices, VPN's) and how they work in an overall defense in depth risk assessment methodology 
• Experience writing and updating security policy and documentation
• Experience in the creation of technical documentation including Visio diagrams 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Monitor security solutions for efficient and appropriate operations
• Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings)
• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities
• Conduct and manage security threat and impact assessments and provide input on our overall information security strategy
• Architect, implement, and reevaluate any security service or product in our security stack with little technical guidance
• Script and automate repetitive security related tasks and remediations 
• Identify gaps or opportunities in our detection capabilities and create custom rules and detections for products (EDR, AV, SIEM) across our security stack
• Coordinate with cyber security staff to correlate threat assessment data and validate network alerts
• Pick up service tickets within established SLAs including those that have been escalated to Tier Two/Three as needed
• Working across the security team to help implement various processes and technologies related to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 

ISN Benefits*

• 100% company-paid monthly insurance premiums for employees and dependents
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Employee assistance program
• 4% retirement matching 
• Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Coverage
• Paid time off
• 0-1 year – 15 day (pro-rated first year)
• 1-5 years – 20 days
• 5-10 years – 25 days
• 10+ years – 30 days
• Holidays – 13 paid holidays
• Monthly cell phone reimbursement
• Complimentary parking space or monthly reimbursement for DART public transportation
• Team-building activities and events, including quarterly kick-off meetings and community volunteer day
• Matching charitable gift program
• Professional development & training opportunities
• Wellness Program: Focuses on community, financial, mental, nutrition, physical and social health
• Business casual, jeans allowed

*All benefits are subject to change with notice to the employee

Employees must be within a commutable distance to the Dallas, TX office and be willing to come into the office for required trainings, events, team activities, and meetings. 

All job offers will be contingent on successful completion of a drug screen and background check.

ISN is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.