IT Security Engineer

Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Vaco is on the market with a local client to hire two IT Security Engineers. In this role, you will represent security and mitigate risks throughout the company to improve and mature our security posture. You will bring a well-rounded background in IT and a working knowledge of security best practices, security tools, and cloud and on-premises infrastructure. This client is going through a major transformation across their technology platforms and looking for the best and brightest to join the squad. Please reach out to the Vaco team immediately if you are interested in learning more.

You are:

A team steward, you are motivated to do your best work and strive to elevate the entire team

A creative problem solver, you are energized by roadblocks and have a knack for troubleshooting problems in stride and solving them in a calm, cool, and collected manner.

An efficient worker, you enjoy having multiples priorities at one time and multitask and without breaking a sweat.

What you'll do: You proactively maintain our security stack (SIEM/EDR/NDR/VM/WAF/firewalls/email security/browser security/IAM/etc.) within security leadership objectives.

Actively resolve security alerts, meet internal SLA, and escalate as needed.

Initiate the creation, prioritization, and execution of security projects in alignment with leadership.

Follow the process of planning, executing, and documenting work.

Manage security vulnerabilities.

Participate in security incident management when needed.

Create and maintain security policies and procedures.

Integrate security with DevOps, data, developers, engineering, IT Operations, and fraud teams to incorporate security best practices

Perform audits and assess, document, and mitigate risk.

Keep up to date on current and emerging security technologies and threats. Champion where we can benefit from these new technologies.

Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation to support essential business clients and emergencies.

You should have: 5 years in IT with 3 years in an IT Security role.

Security cert (within 3 months of hire). CISSP or AWS Security is preferred.

Hands on experience with as much of the following specifics as possible: Palo Alto firewall rules

Palo Alto Global Protect with Prisma

Imperva cloud WAF

Rapid7 SIEM and Vulnerability Management

Qualys inventory and VM

CrowdStrike

Darktrace threat detection and email filtering

Okta and/or Auth0

DLP

Browser security

SSL certs

Encryption

Microsoft GPOs

Active Directory (Azure AD)

Endpoint hardening to a standard

AWS security

Code vulnerability management

Web application security

PCI, CCPA, GDPR, Law 25 compliance

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to: the individual's skill sets, experience and training;

licensure and certification requirements;

office location and other geographic considerations;

other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.