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JPC Partners

Security Engineer

JPC Partners, Providence, Rhode Island, us, 02912


The Senior Security Engineer will work in conjunction with a team of IT operations professionals to ensure the company’s data, computer systems, and infrastructure are secure through analysis, testing, and investigation. The Security Engineer will take a lead role in performing necessary installations, upgrades, and improvements for the company’s current cybersecurity infrastructure.Primary Responsibilities:

Collaborate with Information Technology leadership to develop and update strategy to support the Firm’s security architecturePartners with various business groups to ensure security best practices are followed in the design and implementation of new projectsAdministers vulnerability management platform, including configurations, vulnerability scanning, reporting, and endpoint agent updatesAdministers EDR platform, including event investigations, alert and report design, policy configurations, and endpoint agent updatesWorks with Cloud Engineer and Operations staff to ensure Microsoft cloud design and implementation follow security best-practicesConducts regular audits to ensure EDR and vulnerability scanning applications are installed and functioning as expectedMonitors SIEM and Microsoft Azure environment for evidence of current or previous security events, as well as performs improvements to Splunk alerts, reports, and dashboardsLeads incident response in cases of confirmed security incidents, including minimization of business impact, communication of findings and mitigation, forensics collection, and hardening recommendationsMonitors outside threat intelligence sources for both general industry and the legal industry and makes recommendations to ensure the company is well positioned against future threatsWorks with technical operations teams to ensure security controls such as firewalls, MFA, and NAC functioning as expectedPrepares reports of security performance metrics, events, incident findings, and other security related outputsWorks with Risk and Audit teams to ensure all relevant certification tasks and client inquiries are addressed in a timely mannerQualifications:

Bachelor's degree preferredCurrent security certifications preferred3 – 5 years of work experience as a security analyst or information security engineerHands-on experience in security software and systems including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus/EDR software, identity monitoring solutions, authentication platforms, log management, web-content filtering platforms, and vulnerability management systemsSplunk, CrowdStrike, and Qualys software experience preferredAzure cloud security experience is a plusAbility to work in complex IT environments with minimal supervision and collaborate effectively with multiple teams in a dynamic environmentExperience in project task planning, implementation, and documentation

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