Cybersecurity Engineer

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Position Overview 

Align seeks a candidate with a passion for cybersecurity. Ideal candidates will have a degree in an IT or MIS discipline or equivalent experience in cybersecurity. Additionally, the candidate will have 2-5 years of work experience in either incident response or another discipline of cybersecurity. 

The Cybersecurity Engineer will work under the guidance of the NOC Manager. We are looking for someone that can resolve issues, find root causes, develop a plan to eliminate the issue, and learn from the experience to help improve our cybersecurity posture across our Managed Services Clients. The candidate should be up to date on trends in the industry and passionate about maturing their knowledge of enterprise cybersecurity. Candidates must be articulate and can successfully demonstrate their passion and interest.  

• The Cybersecurity Engineer will be based out of our New York City office 

• This is a full-time position offering full benefits, a salary in the $80K to $95K range, paid training, and performance-based bonuses 

Responsibilities 

• Analyze, investigate, respond, and recover from/to cybersecurity incidents, events, and threats as per the incident response lifecycle 

• Remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities and guide engineering teams to take preventative measures 

• Engineer security solutions to mitigate risk and provide strategies to improve the security posture of clients and internal environments 

• Develop and maintain security tools, techniques, and procedures to facilitate security testing, vulnerability detection, validation, and mitigation 

• Working alongside senior engineers and subject matter experts (SME) to evaluate and select assessment tools and other cybersecurity technologies to enhance our security solutions 

• Understand and mitigate security concerns and IT risks as needed. These duties will require the Cybersecurity Engineer to be on-site assisting with professional services project work 

• Work with Align, partner and vendor SMEs to conduct security technology evaluations, security assessments and security program development 

• Collect, report and continually enhance security metrics 

Preferred Qualifications  

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, computer science, computer engineering or related field with a concentration in cybersecurity 

• Any Managed Services (MSP) experience  

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows platform administration.  Azure knowledge is a plus.  

• Interest in obtaining industry certification - CISM, CISSP or similar industry recognized certifications within the next 2-3 years 

Qualifications 

• A minimum of 2-5 years of relevant cybersecurity work experience in cybersecurity. Experience can be in any discipline of cybersecurity, with a preference for incident response 

• Knowledge of network based, system level, and application layer attacks and mitigation methods 

• Knowledge of security topics including network and application security, infrastructure hardening, security baselines, web server, and database security, security testing; security integration and governance; malware analysis; incident response; cloud security or risk and compliance 

• Familiarity or understanding of security standards, access controls and compliance requirements based on industry standards and compliance one or more of the following is preferable is preferable: ISO27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, PCI-DSS-DSS, FINRA, SEC 

• Basic understanding of data security (classification, encryption, DLP) is a plus 

• Any working knowledge of secure network design is a plus 

• Ability to create, maintain and report metrics that measures effectiveness of security controls is a plus 

• Scripting and automation skills wither either Bash, Python, Pearl, etc. is a plus 
• Solutions-oriented with an aptitude for solving problems and acting on own initiative 
• Effective communicator with a positive and confident attitude 

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Align is a premier global provider of technology infrastructure solutions.

Align specializes in designing and deploying technology infrastructure solutions from the desktop to the data center as well as providing managed IT services for clients.

Our professional services team, which includes Workplace Technology, Data Center Solutions and Migrations & Cloud provide strategic consulting, design, project management, engineering, implementation and support. Our best-in-class Managed Services team provides IT services and cybersecurity advisory for clients within the Alternative Investment industry. Align is a Microsoft Tier 1 Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) and Gold Partner.

Our client centric approach and passion for driving IT innovation has enabled us to provide tailored solutions and business transformations for over three decades. Leading firms have relied on Align to provide forward-thinking technology strategies that support their current and future business needs.

Our teams have flawless track records of delivering technical solutions and have established long-standing relationships with an impressive client list of both Global 1000 and SMB clients. We work across a diverse list of industries including financial services, life sciences (pharmaceutical and health care), retail, technology, media and telecommunications.

For more information, visit: www.align.com