Security Operations Engineer

COMPENSATION

Salary Range: $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 annually

Dependent on experience and interview process

WELLNESS BENEFITS

At LIS, we strive to offer competitive benefits that support you throughout your career with us so you can plan for today and the future. We offer a comprehensive state benefits package including:

MEDICAL COVERAGE

• Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits

Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance

• Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period

Leave

• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth/Adoption leave
• Disability and bereavement leave

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

• OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee's salary.

Deferred Compensation

• The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

When you join our team, you'll experience the flexibility, autonomy, trust and collaboration we believe creates a safe, innovative, and thriving environment. After all, we've hired you not only for the skills and experiences you possess today, but also where you'll grow tomorrow.

• Collaborative environment
• Continuous learning education and conference allocation
• Business casual dress code

RESPONSIBILITIES

You'll primarily work with various information security-related technologies as we solve some of the biggest challenges facing the organizations we serve. You will be expected to approach technical decisions pragmatically to ensure the value of the work is top priority. You'll demonstrate a strong aptitude for learning new skills as well as sharing and teaching areas of your expertise. You'll play an integral role in impacting team culture, practice, and engagement.

• Implement and operate security tools, working closely with Legislative IT teams to ensure timely remediation of vulnerabillities and exposures
• Collaborate with with other LIS engineers to ensure operational excellence
• Create configuration and troubleshooting documentation
• Contribute to troubleshooting and technical support

QUALIFICATIONS

Human Skills:

• Strong Communication Skills - written, verbal, listening and questioning - ability to explain security concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Problem Solver - understanding the problem, rather than just executing a task
• Self-starter, initiative, drive, willingness to engage in improving the team
• Continuous learning mindset - stay updated on the latest security risks and best practices
• Collaborative - build partnerships with LIS Engineering teams and Legislative agencies
• Passionate about advocation for improving security practices across the organization
• Able to work with business systems owners to identify critical assets, security posture

Technical Skills:

• Experience with enterprise networks, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and network security
• NAC, identity management, authentication, and access management controls
• Implementing hardening techniques for Window, Linux, and mobile devices
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating vulnerabilities in applications and networks
• Analyzing security logs to identify malicious activity and security threats
• Detecting, analzying, containing, and recovering from security incidents
• Familiarity with SIEM solutions
• Understanding cloud security principles and technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications desired: CISSP or SSCP