Security Engineer 2 - Cyber Security

Role overview

Security Engineer 2 – Cyber Security is responsible for designing, planning, and implementing security solutions for both in-house and cloud-based information systems. You will help strengthen the bank’s security posture by evaluating and delivering enterprise security architectures and by providing expert guidance to security leadership.

Responsibilities

• Architect, engineer, and deploy advanced security solutions across the enterprise; provide expert guidance and reporting to IT security leadership.
• Develop and implement security designs/solutions and contribute to security engineering initiatives.
• Act as an escalation point for security alerts, events, and logs; escalate findings appropriately.
• Design, implement, and optimize technical controls to mitigate vulnerabilities (using existing and emerging security technologies).
• Recommend and test system hardening standards for network-attached platforms and applications, ensuring compliance via structured assessments and reporting.
• Own lifecycle management of security platforms and infrastructure (configuration, troubleshooting, optimization, and update deployment).
• Contribute to enterprise security policies, standards, and procedures; enforce them in alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Produce advanced technical and executive-level reports covering assessment outcomes, risks, security posture, and remediation strategies.
• Lead tuning and configuration optimization for critical security platforms, including:
  • Firewalls
  • IPS/IDS
  • Host-based firewalls
  • Application control technologies
  • SIEM platforms
• Deliver ongoing reporting and analysis on security posture, threat trends, and control effectiveness.
• Perform advanced monitoring, vulnerability analysis, and tracking: validate severity, prioritize risk, and guide remediation planning with Threat Intelligence and IT teams.
• Track and report patch and configuration compliance, identify gaps, and work with Threat Intelligence and system owners to drive remediation and continuous improvement.

Requirements / other notes

• Banking is highly regulated: maintain proficiency in bank policies and procedures and comply with applicable laws and regulations.
• Complete required compliance training on time.
• Strong ability to analyze technical procedures and regulations and to produce written reports and professional correspondence.

Remote work

• 100% remote within the bank’s footprint; work full-time remotely with only occasional in-person meetings as needed.