Information Security Engineer

Job Summary:

The Information Security (InfoSec) Engineer will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of all Allegis Corporate Services (ACS) InfoSec technologies and capabilities, focusing on Microsoft Purview’s data governance and Defender security suite, risk and compliance capabilities.  The InfoSec Engineer will work closely with the Information Services (IS) group to plan and ensure InfoSec tools are functioning optimally across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:


* Lead the deployment, configuration, and management of Microsoft Purview for data governance, information protection, and compliance.


* Implement and maintain data classification, labeling, and encryption policies.


* Collaborate with data owners to establish and maintain data lifecycle management practices, ensuring proper data retention and protection policies are enforced.


* Implement, modify, and update InfoSec technologies to ensure optimal performance and security posture following a defined change control process.


* Research technological advancements to ensure that InfoSec solutions are continuously improved, supported, and aligned with industry and company standards as well as emerging business requirements.


* Evaluate complex technology environments and platforms and recommend technical solutions for mitigation and/or remediation of security risks.


* Ensure InfoSec technologies are designed, implemented and maintained in alignment with InfoSec standards.


* Stay up to date on the latest cybersecurity trends, emerging threats, and best practices related to broader cybersecurity technologies.


* Provide qualified guidance on and coordinate execution of identification, analysis, response and monitoring of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.


* Provide qualified guidance on Security Operations Center (SOC) alerting conditions and necessary data sources including network, host, data, integration, and application access security in multiple operating system environments (Windows, Solaris, Linux, etc.)


* Collaborate with IT, Legal.

and other business units to ensure security solutions align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.


* Work with intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), Identity and Access Management technologies, integrity monitoring, Endpoint Detection and Remediation (EDR) tools, vulnerability management, data loss prevention (DLP), advanced persistent treat (APT), Data Governance technologies, and policy compliance, as needed.


* Work with technology vendors and IS purchasing in vendor negotiations and selection as needed.


* Ability to work off-hours for troubleshooting and changes to InfoSec technologies.

Minimum Education and/or Experience:


* Bachelor’s degree in the field of MIS, Cybersecurity, computer science, information systems or computer engineering or equivalent experience.


* 8+ years of experience desi...