Senior Cybersecurity Program Manager Jobs in Illinois

1 year contract for a Cybersecurity Engineer role with a leading client in Peoria, IL area. APPLY NOW!

Title: Cybersecurity Engineer

Location: East Peoria, IL OR Mossville, IL

Workplace type: 100% onsite (M-F, 40 hour work week)

Type: Contract

Pay: $73-74.77 MAX/hour on w2

IV type: 2 rounds

Length: 12 months- possibility to extend

Screenings: no tech, full panel drug and background once hired

+optional benefits and 401K

Must haves:

• Education & Experience Required: Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years experience in this capacity OR Master’s degree with 8+ years experience in this capacity.
• 8-10+ years in information security or solution development/engineering
• Required Technical Skills(Required) Experience with relevant industry standards, such as:
• EU-CRA
• ISO 27001
• NIST CSF
• NIST 800-82
• ISA 62443
• OWASP
• Experience with a wide variety of information security processes and principles, such as:
• Power BI
• Application architecture and DevOps tooling
• Connected Asset Security
• Developing and deploying services within cloud platforms
• Integration and automation of security into SDLC and CI/CD development processes
• Threat modeling & Risk analysis
• Vulnerability assessment and remediation
• Identity and Access Management standards and best practices
• Defense in depth
• Embedded systems security
• Networking concepts on-prem and cloud
• API & Web services security

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Professional information security certification (CISSP, CCSP, CSSLP, GISCP, GPEN, GWEB, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills; demonstrated ability to communicate highly technical security concepts to non-security audiences.
• Ability to adjust to multiple demands, changing priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change, while multitasking effectively
• Ability to coordinate multiple teams in accomplishing process review and improvement.
• Demonstrated ability in project management and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to develop metrics, perform critical analysis and develop executive decision support content.

Soft Skills (Required)

• Effectiveness Measurement: Knowledge of effective measurement techniques and ability to measure the quality and quantity of work effort for the purpose of improvement
• Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
• Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
• Consulting: Knowledge of techniques, roles, and responsibilities in providing technical or business guidance to clients, both internal and external; ability to apply consulting knowledge appropriately.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
• Information Security Administration: Knowledge of information security administration; ability to develop and apply an organization's information security policies, standards and procedures ensuring the integrity and safety of information.

Job Description

Come work on the (client name removed) IT Digital Technology and Distribution (DT&D) Team as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer supporting (client name removed) Technology in the Autonomy & Automation (A&A) Business Unit. The Autonomy and Automation team is focused on scaling technology solutions in mining, construction, quarry and aggregates and beyond to support customer safety and productivity goals. The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer within DT&D IT is responsible for providing thought leadership associated to embedding all aspects of cybersecurity into our products, solutions, and services. This position will partner with numerous RI, CI, and DT&D business teams as well as (client name removed) IT around the world to develop, socialize, and drive the execution of strategic and tactical cybersecurity initiatives. Strong technical expertise across numerous cybersecurity domains along with modern understanding of information security industry trends are foundational skills required for this position.

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

• Come work on the (client name removed)IT Digital Technology and Distribution (DT&D) Team as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer supporting (client name removed) Technology in the Autonomy & Automation (A&A) Business Unit.
• The Autonomy and Automation team is focused on scaling technology solutions in mining, construction, quarry and aggregates and beyond to support customer safety and productivity goals.
• The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer within DT&D IT is responsible for providing thought leadership associated to embedding all aspects of cybersecurity into our products, solutions, and services.
• This position will partner with numerous RI, CI, and DT&D business teams as well as (client name removed)IT around the world to develop, socialize, and drive the execution of strategic and tactical cybersecurity initiatives.
• Strong technical expertise across numerous cybersecurity domains along with modern understanding of information security industry trends are foundational skills required for this position.

Typical task breakdown:

• Integrate and collaborate with DT&D business partners to ensure understanding of key business strategies and challenges.
• Provide cybersecurity expertise and leadership in defining, prioritizing, and executing key initiatives that deliver cyber safe solutions and enable business strategy.
• Evaluate solutions and identify technical and process improvements that deliver alignment with secure SDLC & DevSecOps best practices and (client name removed) Information Security Directives
• Assist in solution architecture development/documentation and perform architecture security reviews.
• Provide technical and process expertise associated with cyber governance, risk, and compliance activities.
• Drive the remediation of known vulnerabilities while developing and executing strategies that deliver operationally sustainable vulnerability management.
• Identify, track, and report key cyber metrics to business unit stakeholders.
• Develop/own documented strategies to address key cyber risk areas.
• Maintain current knowledge on existing security procedures, directives and technology controls including secure application architecture, threat modeling, attack and penetration testing, data classification and data handling.
• Participate in working groups and provide insights into solution development teams on leading architecture, design, and security practices.

Interaction with team:

• Working with security mgrs. within the business side as well as the (client name removed) cybersecurity team.