Infrastructure Security Engineer
$130,000–$160,000 year
On-siteBethesda, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Design, deploy, and promote cloud security solutions for Azure and AWS platforms while managing identity and access controls across on-premises and Azure environments. Lead teams to resolve incidents and outages, oversee enterprise email security, and investigate intrusion attempts with thorough exploit analyses. Script automation using Python, PowerShell, and Bash; coordinate with security and IT service providers to ensure appropriate service delivery. Monitor security events from multiple sources, respond to threats, and promote security awareness through phishing simulations. Develop processes to comply with regulatory requirements, evaluate infrastructure for cost savings, and collaborate with internal departments to support business growth and tenant experiences.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field—or equivalent experience
- Familiarity with the Microsoft 365 Suite
- Proven expertise managing enterprise-level infrastructure across multi/hybrid cloud environments, including Azure, AWS, and on-premise or colocation data centers
- Experience with MS Windows implementation, operations, and security for both workstations and servers
- In-depth knowledge of Cloud Service Operations & Controls, network monitoring/management tools, network access control (Cisco ISE), NIST Framework, Zero trust solution (Zscaler), sophisticated networks and dynamic routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP), SD-WAN, VoIP/Cloud Voice Solutions, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, SCCM and device/system patching, Building Automation Systems, SIEM (Splunk, CrowdStrike), network and endpoint security tools, firewalls (Palo Alto, Meraki, Cisco, Ruckus), Citrix, as well as WVD/W...
- Competence in email security tools and flow (DKIM, DMARC)
- Demonstrated history of providing compute and networking infrastructure to underpin business initiatives
- Ability to perform initial triage on security incidents
- Capable of supporting transient network challenges and making real-time decisions to maintain continual business operations, while promptly communicating issues
- Competence in tracking and reporting key performance indicators for network and cloud system availability
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the capacity to effectively convey information to non-technical audiences; strong persuasive abilities to gain trust across all organizational levels
- Effective at prioritizing, organizing, and communicating multiple projects of varying complexity, often under tight deadlines
- Able to excel both independently and as part of a team
- Willingness to adapt to change, quickly learn new software, and embrace emerging technologies
Desired Qualifications
- previous migration and transitional environment support
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