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Job Summary:
Hyundai AutoEver America is a leading IT provider in the automotive industry, dedicated to enhancing operational efficiency and innovation. The Security Engineer II role is crucial for protecting the organization’s information systems and networks, with responsibilities that include implementing security technologies, conducting risk assessments, and supporting incident response efforts.
Responsibilities:
• Design, build, test, and deploy new security technologies, including developing operational documentation and runbooks.
• Evaluate, recommend, integrate, and automate security tools and processes to enhance the protection of corporate assets and infrastructure.
• Conduct security risk assessments, exposure analyses, and security architecture reviews to ensure secure and cost‑effective system and network performance.
• Lead or assist in producing periodic or ad‑hoc security reports that provide situational awareness to senior stakeholders.
• Analyze network security elements and architectural designs to maintain optimal performance, security, and operational resilience.
• Monitor and manage networks, systems, and infrastructure for attacks, malware, intrusions, and vulnerabilities, including full remediation of impacted systems.
• Implement, operate, and tune enterprise security technologies (e.g., IPS/IDS, vulnerability scanners, encryption, endpoint protection).
• Support security audits, compliance reviews, and risk‑management activities, delivering required documentation and remediation follow‑up.
• Participate in or lead incident response activities and provide rotational after‑hours on‑call support.
• Develop and maintain cybersecurity policies, procedures, and controls, including risk management and incident response plans.
• Conduct security assessments and penetration tests to identify and evaluate vulnerabilities across systems and networks.
• Manage, configure, and monitor security tools and technologies such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, and antivirus platforms.
• Investigate, contain, and remediate cybersecurity incidents, including breaches, malware, and other threats.
• Provide cybersecurity training to employees, promoting security awareness and safe practices.
• Stay current on emerging threats, trends, and best practices through continuous learning and industry engagement.
• Incidents Prevented/Mitigated: Measures effectiveness of implemented security controls.
• Detection & Response Time: Evaluates speed and efficiency of incident response processes.
• Employee Security Awareness Rate: Assesses success of security training efforts.
• Vulnerabilities Identified & Remediated: Reflects the impact of security assessments and corrective actions.
• Cybersecurity Budget Utilization: Indicates organizational commitment and investment in security.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of hands‑on Security Engineering, Security Planning, or Security Operations experience.
• 2+ years of network administration/engineering experience and 2+ years of system administration experience.
• Advanced knowledge of security technologies with experience operating in medium to complex computing environments.
• Hands-on experience with two or more enterprise security technologies, such as IPS/IDS, VPNs (SSL/IPsec), firewalls, NAC, Windows/Linux OS, packet inspection, or directory services (LDAP/AD).
• Strong understanding of network architecture and concepts, including routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, subnetting, and security dependencies across server/VM environments.
• Experience implementing security technologies, conducting risk assessments, and integrating security controls into operational frameworks.
Preferred:
• Professional security certifications such as Security+, CISSP, CISSP‑ISSAP, or SANS.
• Experience with endpoint security solutions (EDR, AV, DLP) and web filtering tools (e.g., Palo Alto, Forcepoint, Sophos).
• Strong technical documentation skills (e.g., reports, proposals, SOWs, white papers).
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while managing multiple tasks in a team environment.
Company:
Hyundai AutoEver is an automobile sales internet company. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Fountain Valley, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.