Mid-Level IT Security Specialist

Mid-Level IT Security Specialist – US Only

Experience: 3+ years

Employment Type: Full-time, Remote

Base Salary: $81K-$91K

Phoenix Recruitment offers a variety of recruiting services to assist both employers and employees. They are specialized in marketing open positions, recruiting, and helping employers to find qualified candidates across various industries. Phoenix Recruitment has expertise in streamlining the hiring process. They can help ensure that the process is efficient, well organized, and compliant with relevant regulations.

What success looks like in this role:

• Design and implement Single Sign On Authentication using SAML, OKTA, OIDC
• Design and implement Multi-Factor authentication on cloud or premises platforms.
• Design and implement authorization and entitlements based on federated identity authentication.
• Design and implement data-at-rest encryption of data stores and file systems.
• Design and implement security on the cloud using AWS IAM, AWS KMS, AWS Secrets Manager, or an equivalent in AWS
• Design and implement secure software architectures for our organization, ensuring that our systems, applications, and data are protected against current and emerging security threats.
• Work with development teams to ensure that security is integrated into the software development lifecycle, including conducting security reviews, and recommending security tools and technologies such as OAuth, SAML, Key SaaS, Okra, and others.
• Develop and maintain security policies, procedures, and standards based on modern frameworks such as NIST, ISO, and CIS, and ensure that they are up to date with current security best practices.
• Design authorization architecture based on RBAC with technologies like Spring Boot etc.
• Conduct security risk assessments and vulnerability scans and develop and implement plans to remediate identified vulnerabilities and threats using modern techniques such as threat modeling, red teaming, and purple teaming.
• Design and implement security controls to protect our systems, applications, and data, including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, anti-virus software, endpoint security solutions, and encryption solutions based on modern cryptographic algorithms and standards such as AES, RSA, and SHA.
• Stay current with emerging security threats and technologies and make recommendations for enhancing our security posture based on modern approaches such as Zero Trust, DevSecOps, and Cloud Security.
• Lead security audits and assessments and develop and implement plans to remediate identified security gaps and compliance issues based on modern compliance frameworks such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR.
• Provide security guidance and training to other teams and stakeholders, including training on security awareness and best practices based on modern training approaches such as gamification, simulation, and micro learning.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external security vendors and partners and leverage modern approaches such as Threat Intelligence and Security Operations Centers (SOC) to enhance our security posture.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software architecture and security, with expertise in modern security technologies and approaches.
• Strong knowledge of security frameworks, standards, and best practices such as NIST, ISO, CIS, OAuth, SAML, Okta, Zero Trust, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, and OWASP.
• Experience with modern security tools and technologies such as SIEM, SOAR, SAST, DAST, SCA, and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions.
• Experience with modern cryptographic algorithms and standards such as AES, RSA, and SHA.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile development environment.

Why Phoenix Recruitment LLC?

Phoenix Recruitment often has an extensive network of employers and candidates. This network allows them to tap into a pool of qualified candidates and connect them with suitable job opportunities. They can also leverage their connections to help employers find the right talent efficiently. Outsourcing the recruitment process to a specialized agency can save you time and resources, avoid delays, reduce administrative burdens, and increase the chances of finding the right fit for your organization.