Senior Microsoft Security Engineer

IT Security

Full-Time, Exempt Regular, Pay Grade 4.2

Location: Hybrid (Ideal onsite requirement is at minimum 2 days a week in Adelphi, MD)

Summary:

The Senior Microsoft Security Engineer will be responsible for identifying potential threats to the IT infrastructure, recommending enhancements accordingly and implementing those technologies. The Senior Microsoft Security Engineer provides support to ensure applicable information protection policies, procedures, guidelines, best practices are followed. Performs Security Risk Assessments (SRAs) and performs compliance reviews to ensure applications and servers are operating in accordance with established policies and procedures. The Microsoft Senior Security Engineer will be expected to demonstrate all of these skills while demonstrating specific emphasis on the application of Microsoft’s security product suite along with other best in class industry security tools. Educates stakeholders in the assessment process and lead both pre- and post-assessment meetings.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Fully leverage the educational institutions Microsoft A5 license suite of products; in particular as it pertains to the industry leading suit of security products, processes, and strategies

• Lead the educational institutions Microsoft security “cloud first” strategy leading to fully leverage SDN (Software Defined Networking) Zero Trust, and Least Privilege strategies

• Design, implement, and maintain Microsoft security solutions for the educational institution's infrastructure

• Ensure that Microsoft operating systems are configured securely and that security patches are regularly applied

• Manage the configuration and effective use of Microsoft security products, including Microsoft Defender ATP, Azure Security Center, and Microsoft Information Protection.

• Implement Microsoft security best practices to maintain the security posture of the educational institution's infrastructure.

• Collaborate with Infrastructure/ITSM/Technical teams to implement security requirements in new and existing technology solutions.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest security threats and industry trends, and apply this knowledge to improve security protocols within the educational institution.

• Serve as a security expert in network efforts, helping project teams comply with

• enterprise and IT security policies, industry regulations, and best practices.

• Lead and execute projects on our security roadmap.

• Adhere to existing risk management frameworks, such as COBIT, ITIL, and ISO 27002. 

• Manage incident response for network security events.

• Develop and maintain IT security policies.

• Research, design, and advocate new technologies, architectures, and security

• products that will support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers,

• business partners, and vendors. 

• Support vulnerability assessments on various types of networks and topologies; 

• Execute risk and vulnerability assessments and remediation activities.

• Analyze output from network vulnerability assessments, recommend mitigation strategies and resolve any security incidents through work with pertinent business departments.

• Review and provide feedback on security plans and procedures regarding all aspects of LAN, WAN or MANs, as applicable; 

• Review and provide input into network designs to ensure compliance with security and enterprise architecture.

• Provide input and visibility into emerging security technologies, deployment strategies and other security protocols to ensure awareness within the IT security branch. 

• Build/enhance security architecture and configure network to enhance the security posture of the enterprise.

• Review in-house and 3rd-party applications/code for security vulnerabilities and best practices. 

• Participate in Software Development Lifecycle: code review, QA security testing, launches, etc. 

• Develop and/or implement automated security testing tools where possible. 

• Participate in the development of security-related tools and applications, such as multi-platform cookie-based authentication and internal security libraries/frameworks. 

• Train engineers on common security problems and best practices for writing secure code. 

• Provide security input on overall software architecture. 

• Perform hands-on testing of applications, as well as build and enforce information risk management requirements and structure, including providing practical secure architecture skills and developing and implementing Information Security best practices.

Skills:

• Basic skills needed include: 

  • Secure solutions development

  • Middleware security

  • n-tier apps dev infrastructure

  • Compliance – PCI, GLB, GLBA, CMMC. GDPR, etc.

  • Risk management and security risk assessments

  • Code review, reverse engineering

  • API’s and protocols 

  • Authentication and authorization. SSO (Single Sign On), MFA (Multi- Factor Auth.).

• Enterprise aware (change control, downstream impacts, understanding of cause and effect, change windows, etc.) 

• Recognized as a strategic thinker and is results oriented 

• Demonstrated effective strong team player and self-motivator. Ability to work and interface internally with a IT and other functional support groups with minimal guidance 

• Demonstrated successful experience in a customer-facing role 

• Demonstrated communicator both written and verbal, with effective presentation delivery and meeting facilitation  

• Demonstrated effective time management, organizational and documentation skills

• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills with strong attention to detail

Education & Experience Requirements:

Experience:

• 10 years or more of professional experience with 7 or more years in IT security including security policy development, security architecture models, and information security regulatory compliance

• Must have the knowledge of IT security technologies such as firewalls, intrusion detections systems, antivirus, patch management, etc., and the interest and experience to work on security policy and architecture 

• Hands-on experience with the following technologies: enterprise system administration across multiple operating systems, IPS management (i.e., Cisco ASA, Palo Alto), vulnerability scanning applications, Splunk

• Experience in engineering and enterprise system administration roles.

• Experience developing a standard set of metrics that measure our security posture on a

• monthly/weekly basis.

• Proven experience developing security policies, procedures, risk registers and incident

• response plans

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of information security concepts. 

• Experience with one or more applications development languages such as Ruby on Rails, Java, C/C++, .NET. 

• Solid knowledge of and experience with secure web architectures, tools and processes

• Knowledge of network architecture and design, network Security, wireless Security and client/server security. Very strong computer networking skills and understanding of networking protocols. 

• Security of virtual machine environments is highly desirable. 

• Knowledge of vulnerability assessment/network discovery and associated tools 

• Understands infrastructure monitoring  

• Knowledge of securing Linux and Windows systems. 

• Experience with various types of firewalls and technologies 

• Demonstrated process improvement experience

• Previous application development experience is very helpful for secure code reviews 

• Hands-on experience using multiple Amazon Web Services technologies to support an enterprise environment.

• Prior experience as a team lead or role mentoring junior team members.

• Experience with threat detection and incident management for web applications that deal with PI

Certifications:

• Possessing at least one professional security certification such as CISSP, CISM, CISA or similar.

Preferred Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree

All submissions should include a cover letter and resume.

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. UMGC is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, ancestry, political affiliation or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Workplace Accommodations:

The University of Maryland Global Campus Global Campus (UMGC) is committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming and inclusive working environment for people of all abilities. UMGC is dedicated to the principle that no qualified individual with a disability shall, based on disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of the University, or be subjected to discrimination. For information about UMGC’s Reasonable Workplace Accommodation Policy or to request an accommodation, applicants/candidates can contact Employee Accommodations via email at [email protected]. 

Benefits Package Highlights:

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy 22 days of paid vacation, 15 days of sick leave, 3 personal days, and 16 paid holidays (17 during general election years). For part-time employees, time off rates will be prorated based on the number of hours worked.

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access to health care, medical with vision, dental, and prescription plans for both individuals and families, effective from the 1st of the month following your hire date.

• Insurance Options: Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, and Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance. Part-time employees working less than 0.5 FTE are not eligible for LTD.

• Flexible Spending Accounts: Available for medical and dependent care expenses.

• Retirement Plans: Choose between the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) or the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS).

• Supplemental Retirement Plans: include 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), and various Roth options. The university does not provide matching funds.

• Tuition Remission: Immediate availability for Regular Exempt Staff. Spouses and dependent children are eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service. NOTE: For part-time employees (at least 50 percent of the time), tuition remission benefits are prorated.

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