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About Eleven Recruiting

We are a specialized technology staffing agency supporting professional and financial services companies. Why do we stand out in technology staffing? We listen and act as advisors for our candidates on how they can best add value, find interesting projects, and pave a path for career advancement. We advocate for best pay, diversity in tech, and best job-fit for every candidate we place.

Our client, an investment firm, is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join their team in New York, NY!

Responsibilities:

• Effectively communicate and interact with colleagues across the Cyber Security team, as well as the broader Global Technology and Infrastructure teams.
• Review CSPM/CNAPP and other tools to identify risks, work to prioritize findings and drive remediation efforts.
• Review firewall requests and provide approvals as appropriate.
• Increase compliance of server backups and adoption of cyber tools on system assets.
• Identify gap areas, platforms, technologies or processes that have opportunity for improvement.
• Work in concert with application, development, infrastructure and product teams to design secure solutions for business-critical platforms and applications.
• Conduct reviews of existing and incoming applications & platforms being onboarded into the environment for design best practices, controls and adherence to standards.
• Collaborate with internal teams to assess security posture and controls, participate in triage for Major Incidents and cyber investigations as directed.
• Stay current with the latest security trends and threats, applying this knowledge to improve our overall security posture.
• Document runbooks, best practices, standards, controls and team initiatives using operationally repeatable patterns.

Qualifications:

• At least 3-5 years of hands-on professional experience in infrastructure security or 5 to 7 years of IT infrastructure systems administration with a security focus.
• Well versed in managing a Microsoft technology stack including Windows Server OS, Active Directory, Group Policy, Exchange/O365, SQL and PowerShell. Experience managing Linux is a strong plus.
• Experience with Azure and VMware vCenter.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Security related field or comparable level of certifications (combination of MCSE, CISSP, CCNA, ITIL, VCP, CompTIA Sec+ etc.).
• Familiarity with systems management, CMDB, ticketing, inventory or SaaS security tools.
• Excellent collaboration, critical thinking skills and the ability to work in a dynamic environment.
• Familiarity with industry security standards and frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001 or MITRE Telecommunication&CK.
• Familiarity with the regulatory environment of the financial services industry or a similarly regulated industry and its impact on infrastructure security is a plus.
• Commitment to staying informed on security trends and threats, using this knowledge to enhance security measures.
• U.S. Citizen, operate in the Eastern Time Zone and able to report to the NYC metro area office(s) as needed.

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