Senior Security Systems Engineer

Summary

Join Spreetail as a Senior Security Systems Engineer and leverage your expertise to design and implement security architectures. As the primary security architect, you will lead cybersecurity transformation projects, resolve security design challenges, and ensure seamless integration across teams. You will analyze network traffic, identify threats, and utilize event correlation to assess security measures. This 100% remote position is available in select states. The role requires extensive experience in cybersecurity and a deep understanding of network security principles. Spreetail offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Hold a Technical Cyber Security Certification through one of the recognized bodies (such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, SANS/GIAC, CERT)
• Have 15+ years of relevant experience with 4+ years of experience in enterprise environments
• Possess advanced level knowledge of information technology (IT) security principles and methods, and network traffic analysis methods
• Possess advanced level knowledge of how traffic flows across the network
• Possess knowledge of new and emerging information technology (IT) and cybersecurity technologies and security system design tools, methods, and techniques
• Possess knowledge of what constitutes a network attack and its relationship to both threats and vulnerabilities and defense-in-depth principles and network security architecture
• Possess knowledge of system administration, network, and operating system hardening techniques
• Possess knowledge of different classes of attacks (e.g., passive, active, insider, close-in, distribution attacks)
• Possess knowledge of cyber attackers (e.g., script kiddies, insider threat, nation/non-nation state-sponsored)
• Possess knowledge of cyber attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks)
• Possess knowledge of network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth)
• Reside or be willing to move to one of the specified states for remote work

Responsibilities

• Develop solution architectures and blueprints based on business, technology, and security objectives
• Serve as the primary security architect on all initiatives, resolve security architecture/design issues across multiple teams, and focus on addressing top cyber security priorities and transformation projects
• Operate as a technical subject matter expert and advise project teams regarding integration with multiple cybersecurity technologies
• Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources
• Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack
• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities
• Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, and effects on system and information

Benefits

• Generous vacation policy
• Paid time-off for your wedding week
• Paid parental leave
• Support for parents of growing families
• Special gifts, swag store credit, or donations to a nonprofit of your choice each year
• Spreetail Spotlight Awards
• Affordable medical, dental and vision plans with coast-to-coast coverage
• Free telehealth
• On-demand mental health resources
• Paid time off for community involvement
• Salary range: $126,000 - $150,000 a year
• Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package