Lead, Cyber Security Engineer

Overview

The Lead Information Security Engineer position is a hybrid role combining key aspects of Security Engineering and Architecture and acts as a technical contact on the team for new and/or complex technology. This position requires the selected candidate to be highly organized and follow up on open security action items across multiple projects and ensure they are adequately remediated. This position will provide direction on the design, migration strategies, and implementation for multiple cloud solutions to ensure they meet Office Depot’s cloud security standards. This position requires the selected candidate to possess business insight, technical acuity, and the ability to think, communicate and write at various levels of abstraction. This position contributes to improving our Information Security program through formal Information Security Architecture processes that deliver consistent, optimal and resilient solutions that satisfy business requirements in a secure manner. This position will conduct risk assessments across the enterprise for new solutions and security requests and recommend appropriate security controls.

Primary Responsibility:

Interfaces with internal departments and vendors to provide expert level consultation on various solution architectures to provide security requirements for their implementation.
Coordinates cross-functional discussions to address and resolve complex issues.
Assist with Security Architecture involvement in projects, ensuring security requirements are included in the project plan and tracked to completion.
Monitor and assist with resolving tickets in the Security Architecture queue.
Communicates security risks and solutions to business partners and IT staff.
Assist with second level escalations for Security Architecture team projects.
Evaluates third party products and services according to security standards.
Become familiar Office Depot security policies and standards and participate in risk assessments for various solutions across the enterprise.

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in MIS or Cybersecurity or equivalent experience
• 7+ year experience in related field
• Combined IT and security work experience, with a broad exposure to infrastructure, network, multiplatform, and cloud environments
• Certifications preferred: (CPA, Etc.) Professional security management certification, such as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), AWS Certified Security Specialist, or other similar professional certification.

Technical Competencies:

• Expert knowledge of security issues, techniques and implications across existing enterprise platforms, such as databases, network, cloud infrastructures, Windows, Linux, etc.
• Strong networking knowledge required to ensure the use of secure protocols, provide segmentation, and enforce least privilege are incorporated into solution design and implementation. 
• Experience in using an architecture framework or standard (for example, NIST, ISO or ITIL).
• Knowledge of a security-specific architecture methodology or standard (for example, ISO 27000 series, NIST, or SABSA).
• Proven ability in security process and functional design.
• Technical knowledge of best security practices in major cloud infrastructures, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google preferred.

Skills and Ability:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Security Designs, Engineering, and Implementations
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent organization and multi-tasking skills and ability to track action items and open issues across multiple projects and business units.

Information Systems:

• Check Point SmartDomain Manager
• Wireshark
• Qualys
• Algosec
• Splunk
• Sharepoint
• CyberArk

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to work in teams and independently.
• Ability to work well under minimal supervision.
• Team-oriented interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of people and roles, including vendors, IT and business personnel.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Preferred Skills

• Scripting
• Experience with creating/editing Splunk dashboards 

Pay, Benefits & Work Schedule

Office Depot and Office Max offers competitive salaries, a benefits package, which includes a 401(k) and more, along with plenty of opportunity to move and grow within our organization! For immediate consideration for this exciting position, please click the Apply Now button.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Office Depot and Office Max is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, age, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records City & County of San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.