Security Engineer

Our client is a privately held global trading and technology firm. It consists of a number of affiliated entities, is seeking a Security Engineer.
Location: Hybrid, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Position Type: Full-Time
Overview:

• Our client is seeking to hire a Security Engineer responsible for understanding and protecting against today's cyber threats.
• Their team works directly with the business units to efficiently maintain their competitive business advantage while implementing needed Security for today's landscape.
• We are looking for passionate and curious Security professionals.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and engineer new solutions to improve existing data classification and protection technologies across the organization.
• Work with teams within Security and across the organization internationally to understand and protect business critical data.
• Design and execute diverse projects to improve the data protection infrastructure and increase efficiency and detection rates.
• Have the freedom and autonomy to dive deeply into related technologies, understanding how they work and their application to Client, and how they could be a component in our next solution.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Information Technology, Networking & Systems Administration, Computer Science or a similar technical discipline required
• Strong technical understanding of information security concepts, common attacks and mitigation techniques, and ability to make risk-based decisions
• Good understanding of operating systems internals and security practices
• Good understanding of common network protocols
• Python, PowerShell, or similar programming experience

Salary: $125k-135k base salary ($140k-150k Total Comp)
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