UMUC Ventures is hiring: Senior Security Engineer in Brentwood

The Senior Security Engineer will be responsible for identifying potential threats to the IT infrastructure, recommending enhancements accordingly, and implementing those technologies. The senior security engineer provides support to ensure applicable information protection policies, procedures, guidelines, and best practices are followed. Performs Security Risk Assessments (SRAs) and compliance reviews to ensure applications and services are operating in accordance with established policies and procedures. Educates stakeholders in the assessment process and leads both pre- and post-assessment meetings. RESPONSIBILITIES Serve as a security expert in networks, endpoints, and enterprise applications efforts, helping project teams comply with enterprise and IT security policies, industry regulations, and best practices. Manage vulnerability assessments on various types of networks and topologies; Execute risk and vulnerability assessments and remediation activities. Conduct penetration testing on IT infrastructure. Analyze output from network vulnerability assessments, recommend mitigation strategies and resolve any security incidents through work with pertinent business departments. Review and provide feedback on security plans and procedures regarding all aspects of LAN, WAN or MANs, as applicable; Review and provide input into networks and endpoints designs to ensure compliance with security and enterprise architecture. Review in-house and 3rd-party applications/code for security vulnerabilities and best practices. Build/enhance security architecture and configure networks and endpoints to enhance the security posture of the enterprise. Research, design, and advocate new technologies, architectures, and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers, business partners, and vendors. Participate in Software Development Lifecycle: code review, QA security testing, launches, etc. Develop and/or implement automated security testing tools where possible. Participate in the development of security-related tools and applications, such as multi-platform cookie-based authentication and internal security libraries/frameworks. Train engineers on common security problems and best practices for writing secure code. Perform hands-on testing of applications, as well as building and enforce information risk management requirements and structure, including providing practical secure architecture skills and developing and implementing Information Security best practices. Lead and execute projects on our security roadmap. Adhere to existing risk management frameworks, such as COBIT, ITIL, and ISO 27002. Participate in managing incident response for network security events. Develop and maintain IT security policies. Provide input and visibility into emerging security technologies, deployment strategies and other security protocols to ensure awareness within the IT security branch. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: Formal Education & Certification Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or equivalent. Master's degree desirable Possess at least one professional security certification such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or similar. Knowledge & Experience 7 years or more of professional experience in IT security including security policy development, security architecture models, and information security regulatory compliance 7 years of experience in vulnerability program management and penetration testing Must have the knowledge of IT security technologies such as firewalls, intrusion detections systems, antivirus, patch management, etc., and the interest and experience to work on security policy and architecture Hands-on experience with the following technologies: enterprise system administration across multiple operating systems, IPS management (i.e., Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, TrendMicro), vulnerability scanning applications, Splunk Experience in engineering and enterprise system administration roles. Experience developing a standard set of metrics that measure our security posture on a monthly/weekly basis. Proven experience developing security policies, procedures, risk registers and incident response plans Intermediate to advanced knowledge of information security concepts. Experience with one or more applications development languages such as Python, Go, Ruby on Rails, Java, C/C++, .NET. Solid knowledge of and experience with secure web architectures, tools and processes Knowledge of network architecture and design, network Security, wireless Security and client/server security. Very strong computer networking skills and understanding of networking protocols. Security of virtual machine environments is highly desirable. Expert knowledge and hands-on experience of vulnerability assessment/network discovery and associated tools Understands infrastructure monitoring Expert in securing Linux and Windows systems. Experience with various types of firewalls and technologies Demonstrated process improvement experience Previous application development experience is very helpful for secure code reviews Hands-on experience using multiple Amazon Web Services and Azure technologies to support an enterprise environment. Prior experience as a team lead or role mentoring junior team members. Experience with threat detection and incident management for web applications Skills & Abilities Basic skills needed include: Secure solutions development Middleware security N-tier apps dev infrastructure Compliance - PCI, GLB, GLBA, CMMC. GDPR, etc. Risk management and security risk assessments Code review, reverse engineering API's and protocols Authentication and authorization. SSO (Single Sign On), MFA (Multi- Factor Auth.). Enterprise aware (change control, downstream impacts, understanding of cause and effect, change windows, etc.) Recognized as a strategic thinker and is result oriented Demonstrated effective strong team player and self-motivator. Ability to work and interface internally with IT and other functional support groups with minimal guidance Demonstrated successful experience in a customer-facing role Demonstrated communicator both written and verbal, with effective presentation delivery and meeting facilitation Demonstrated effective time management, organizational, and documentation skills Good analytical and troubleshooting skills with strong attention to detail PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: This job operates in a professional office environment. The employee may be exposed to various components of an office environment such as florescent lighting, pollen, dust, recycled air, cooling fans, semi-enclosed areas, central heating, seasonal warmer temperatures and office noise. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.