Senior Information Security Engineer (Cloud)

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role

We are undergoing a strategic transformation to fully embrace the cloud, leveraging its potential to drive innovation and scalability. As a Senior Information Security Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in protecting our cloud environments across Azure, GCP, and AWS. This includes leveraging native cloud security tools and third-party applications, such as CrowdStrike, alongside deploying and managing robust Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities. Your expertise will ensure our web applications and cloud infrastructure are secure against evolving threats and vulnerabilities, enabling a resilient and secure transformation.

A successful engineer is a strong communicator and relationship builder, who uses soft skills to persuade stakeholders to: achieve consensus, obtain commitment, and take action.  The engineer is a de-facto leader in the organization and is committed to directly mentoring junior engineers and technicians, while consistently demonstrating behaviors aligned with our core values. 

The Main Responsibilities

• Perform engineering support for both on prem and cloud environments
• Assess operational business processes to ensure security is appropriately integrated and make Engineering improvements based on those.
• Assess potential risks with new applications and products and provide security requirements and recommendations for risk mitigation to help the business succeed with their projects.

• Directly engages in advanced troubleshooting and delivery with stakeholders, including end customers.

• Consult as security subject matter expert with network architects, engineers, and others on solutions to security problems.
• Recommend new information security systems and controls to mitigate emerging threats and risks across the company.
• Ensure reports and findings are delivered in a timely and appropriate manner to management, operations and executive leadership.
• Recommend new security policy, standards, best practices, and system configuration standards. Consult with internal clients on security topics and policy interpretation.
• Identify higher risk areas of the corporate and carrier infrastructure for assessment.
• Coordinate activities across multiple departments and business units.
• Other duties as assigned.

What We Look For in a Candidate

Required:

• Bachelors Degree
• 6 years of experience, or 4 with Masters degree

Preferred:

• Masters Degree
• Ability and commitment to communicate effectively, consistently chooses communication methods to ensure critical information reaches and persuades intended audience
• Uses strong interpersonal skills to build partnerships with stakeholders and peers
• Possesses leadership qualities and persuades stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes
• Demonstrates a strong sense of ownership and commitment toward leading peers and stakeholders on critical projects and tasks; making, meeting and communicating progress.

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges:

$82,969 - $110,625 in these states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY.
$87,117 - $116,156 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$91,266 - $121,688 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

Learn more about Lumen's:

• Benefits
• Bonus Structure

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Background Screening

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Equal Employment Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.

Disclaimer

The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.

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