Security Engineer, Level II
Remote
Full Time
Security Governance
Mid Level
Rightworks offers the only intelligent cloud purpose-built for accounting firms and professionals. Backed by award-winning support, our fully managed IT and applications ensure customers have secure, reliable, on-demand access to their technology. We provide a curated software ecosystem that simplifies the complexity of running an accounting firm or small business, supported by a community of thought leaders, peer networks, and educational resources. Our success is made possible by leveraging decades of specialized experience in leading accounting firms, SMBs and technology companies. Thousands of Firms and SMBs count on us to run their business every day.
We have a great team, we’re growing fast and have a winning culture based on innovation, teamwork, and mutual respect.
Job Overview
A Security Engineer Level II serves as a key individual responsible for safeguarding an organization's networks and systems. This person collaborates with various operations teams to maintain, enforce, and enhance the organization’s security infrastructure, ensuring protection from potential threats. A Security Engineer is expected to be proactive, always staying a step ahead of potential security threats.
Responsibilities
Requirements
Eligibility Requirements
Benefits
To provide best-in-class solutions, we need a best-in-class team. We offer competitive salaries to recruit the best talent. We provide company-paid short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance and a generous 401K match. We offer highly affordable medical, dental, vision coverage, and many other valuable benefits. We offer flexible PTO, and numerous paid holidays, affording you the time to be there for what is important in your life. We encourage giving back to our communities by providing paid volunteer time off. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer!
We have a great team, we’re growing fast and have a winning culture based on innovation, teamwork, and mutual respect.
Job Overview
A Security Engineer Level II serves as a key individual responsible for safeguarding an organization's networks and systems. This person collaborates with various operations teams to maintain, enforce, and enhance the organization’s security infrastructure, ensuring protection from potential threats. A Security Engineer is expected to be proactive, always staying a step ahead of potential security threats.
Responsibilities
- Configure security logs, alerts, and notifications to identify and assist in responding to vulnerabilities/attack vectors which are identified.
- Configure and maintain security appliances such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, web application firewall policies and other security devices.
- Conduct ongoing security risk and vulnerability assessments, leveraging AI-driven analytics for efficiency.
- Serve as escalation point for incidents, coordinating rapid response with traditional and AI-assisted playbooks and orchestration tools.
- Conduct forensic investigations to correlate and reconstruct incident timelines.
- Oversee log management for automated collection, correlation, and anomaly detection.
- Review and apply threat intelligence, integrating traditional mechanisms and AI to proactively identify vulnerabilities and predict attack paths.
- Collaborate with development and operations teams to embed security best practices into traditional and AI-enabled SaaS applications.
- Document security configurations, changes, and incidents, and provide reports to leaders or stakeholders.
- Design and implement custom tools to enhance detection, reporting, and automated remediation.
- Mentor junior security team members, guiding them with best practices and improving existing workflows
- Deploy and maintain hybrid-cloud security solutions, ensuring both resilience and system availability (endpoint, network, logging, etc.).
- Stay updated with the latest security trends, threats, and best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree (preferred) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
- CISSP, CISM, Azure, Security+, or other cybersecurity certifications highly desirable
- 4+ years of experience with Microsoft 365 and Azure products and services
- 2+ years of experience hunting for threats with different query languages (SQL, Splunk, KQL, etc.)
- 2+ years of experience with securing hybrid cloud environments
- 2+ years securing SaaS applications, including those with artificial intelligence components
- Deep understanding of information security concepts, best practices, and procedures, including Windows and hybrid cloud architecture
- Deep understanding of cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and risks, with experience in hybrid cloud security architecture
- Knowledge of on-premises and hybrid cloud security architectures, tools, and technologies
- Ability to develop custom security tools using Python, Powershell, Ruby, etc.
- Experience integrating 3rd party threat intelligence into security controls
- Excellent documentation skills
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, web app security testing and penetration testing experience preferred
- Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security
- Ability to manage multiple projects in high-pressure situations
- Ability to explain security risks and solutions to non-experts
- Familiarity with web-related technologies, including web applications, web services, service-oriented architectures, and web-related vulnerabilities
- Experience with identity and access management (IAM) solutions
Eligibility Requirements
- This role is open to US Citizens or permanent residents authorized to work in the United States. Rightworks LLC is unable to offer visa sponsorship.
- Due to specific state regulations, we are unable to accept applications from residents of California, Hawaii, or Alaska.
- Relocation will not be offered for this position.
Benefits
To provide best-in-class solutions, we need a best-in-class team. We offer competitive salaries to recruit the best talent. We provide company-paid short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance and a generous 401K match. We offer highly affordable medical, dental, vision coverage, and many other valuable benefits. We offer flexible PTO, and numerous paid holidays, affording you the time to be there for what is important in your life. We encourage giving back to our communities by providing paid volunteer time off. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer!
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