Job Title: Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Job Type: Contract
Responsibilities:Position summary:- As an Infrastructure Security Engineer, you will partner directly with the Cepheid Infosec team to lead the adoption, implementation, and execution of security-related policies, projects, and initiatives. This position sits with the Infrastructure team but will also have a seat at the table with the Infosec team.
- We're looking for someone who is:
- A problem solver. You aren't afraid to go deep, experiment, learn on the fly, and do the work.
- Passionate about turning complex business requirements into working solutions that delight users.
- Humble but opinionated. You have lots of ideas, yet you are happy to shift directions when a better path emerges. You take your work much more seriously than you take yourself.
- An active collaborator. You want feedback on your work early and often, and you get a kick out of a collaborative process because it challenges you to do better work.
- Engaging beyond 1s and 0s. You understand that empathizing with our users, building relationships with your co-workers, and going deep on the product makes you a better teammate and a better engineer.
Essential job responsibilities: - Assess and build requirements for execution of Infosec driven initiatives.
- Understand, implement, and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validations
- Communicate requirements and effort needed to execute on security initiatives to all stakeholders.
- Perform system security administration on designated technology platforms, including operating systems, applications, and network security devices, in accordance with the defined policies, standards, and procedures of the organization, as well as with industry best practices and vendor guidelines.
- Perform installation and configuration management of security systems and applications, including policy assessment and compliance tools, network security appliances, and host-based security systems.
- Execute as an Infrastructure technical lead on small Infosec driven initiatives.
- Act as a project manager to execute larger initiatives when needed, coordinating with all stakeholders, and keeping everyone informed regularly.
- Apply patches where appropriate and, at the direction of Security Architect, remove or otherwise mitigate known control weaknesses, such as unnecessary services or applications or redundant user accounts, as a means of hardening systems in accordance with security policies and standards. Create and maintain standard work documentation for repeatable processes.
- Respond to and, where appropriate, resolve, or escalate reported security incidents.
- Create and maintain documentation for all related infrastructure as needed.
- Communicate and delegate work to both on and offshore contractors to increase efficiencies.
- Assist and train junior team members in the use of security tools, the preparation of security reports, and the resolution of security issues.
- Track work in the Cepheid ITSM solution, Jira, and Innotas.
- Assess infrastructure initiatives to ensure they are following best practice guidelines as well as Infosec policies and procedures.
- Identify and propose new solutions to better our security posture.
- Partner with networking and cloud teams to provide guidance on firewall and security
- configurations.
- Stay up to date on the latest security trends and work with Infosec to help drive
- communications when needed.
Training responsibilities: (required) Complete all assigned and required training satisfactorily and on time
For people managers, ensure your associates attend and complete all required training
satisfactorily and on time.
Minimum requirements:- A minimum of 8+ years of broad IT experience
- Experience with vulnerability management tools and processes.
- Solid understanding of virtualization, server, and storage technologies.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts such as DHCP, DNS, Routing, etc.
- Solid understanding of backup technologies and processes, Commvault experience a plus.
- Experience managing and maintaining Windows and Linux servers in an enterprise environment.
- Experience with AWS or other cloud infrastructure technologies.
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
- A keen interest in new technologies and open source
- Knowledge in Infrastructure automation, build automation and deployment automation
- Any Security-focused certifications are a plus.
Physical requirements/abilities:- (Manufacturing positions only) Must be able to lift 25 lbs. Must be able to stand for several hours. Work may involve repetitive arm/wrist motions.
The statements in this description represent typical elements, criteria and general work performed. They
are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills for this job.
About us:Founded in 2007, InterSources Inc is a Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) & Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Certified Company specializing in providing IT Consulting, IT Staffing Solutions, and Software solutions. We have been recipients of Various Awards under "Fastest Growing IT Consulting and Software Company " and "Excellence in Technology Services "
