Cyber Security Engineer I

Day (United States of America)

Cyber Security Engineer I

The Security Engineer is responsible for the design, planning, coordination, and execution of security computing environments within Halifax. Supports the Information Security and Risk Management needs of Halifax in order to continually support and improve the controls and security posture within our Information Technology environment.- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of technical certifications and experience.
- One or more Technical or professional certifications such as SANS, CCSA, CISSP, CCSE (Plus), CCNA, CCNP, CCIE.
- Must understand and demonstrate knowledge of risk analysis with IT Security experience.
- Participate in on-call rotation as required.
- Promote and adhere to departmental and organizational information security policies, standards and procedures.
- Skills in the following areas: customer service; project planning; clear and concise written and verbal communication; and ability to complete projects and support activities within the established timeline.
- Ability to work effectively with vendors, staff and users at all IT knowledge levels.
- Knowledge of security vulnerabilities, threats and mitigations of risks for IT systems and networks.
- Perform related duties as required.
- Responsible for engineering solutions, providing support, and deploying all security platforms including but not limited to:
- internal and external facing firewalls
- IPS
- web filtering
- data loss prevention
- end point protection
- secure email
- email firewall 
- multifactor authentication 
- NAC
- SIEM
- vulnerability scanning
- device encryption      
- Maintain awareness of emerging threats, specifically those within the healthcare field.
- Respond to security incidents and perform forensic analysis.
- Assist in internal investigations and compliance requirements.
- Aggregate and analyze security information and data from multiple systems and sources.
- Conduct security reviews of new technologies and software being brought into the enterprise.
- Conduct periodic reviews of the security infrastructure and identify areas where improvements can be made to provide a more secure environment for the organization.
- Strong knowledge and experience in the following:
- Networking protocols such as TCP, UDP, OSPF, VRRP, HSRP, IPSEC, SIP
- Networking hardware such as switches, routers, firewalls, wireless controllers
- Network security controls such as IPSEC VPN gateways, layer 3-7 next generation firewalls, web filters, IPS, ACLs, DLP
- Log management and SIEM solutions
- Network Access Control (NAC) solutions
- Experience with Linux operating system a plus.