Cyber Security Engineer (remote)
 Cognizant North America | |
life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k)
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 United States, California, San Francisco | |
 Mar 06, 2025 | |
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Cyber Security Engineer Location: San Francisco, California, United States (remote) ***Work Authorization: This position will not provide visa sponsorship now or in future. Cyber Security Engineer -Senior "The Cybersecurity organization works to protect our critical assets, highest risks, adapting and growing to meet the challenges from ever-evolving adversaries. The Security Engineers work closely with Project Managers, Risk Management and Cybersecurity Operations team to provide architecture design and implementation services. They intake functional & nonfunctional requirements; evaluate various solution or design options, document solution blueprint, and implementation steps. They ensure that the solution implemented meets our security standards and regulatory requirements. The Cybersecurity team consists of security professionals in their chosen disciplines, including: * Cybersecurity Services * Risk Management * Security Intelligence & Operations Roles & Responsibilities: * Provide guidance and examples to other engineers for the documents and deliverables to assure consistency in the Project Delivery Methodology and occasionally leads initiatives toward process and project delivery improvements. * Delivers training and presentations to small to medium groups to improve skills of others and understanding across a medium span of influence. * Collaborate with other domain specific (application, infrastructure, or information) Engineers, Architects, Product Specialists, System Design Engineers and technologists to complete IT deliverables. * Work with other Engineers, Architects and Product Specialists to ensure that the products and components work together to meet the objectives and performance goals as defined in the requirements. * Provides critical support function for Solution Engineering design decisions during plan, analyze, design, build, test, and deploy phases of IT projects. * Assignments are broad and complex, have major associated risks with high visibility, and can be sensitive or widely varied requiring expert judgment in applying and adapting techniques. * The work product has potentially significant impact (financial, public perception, operational, legal) on the Company; incumbent and the team represent the company's interest in a project with clearly ""high stakes"" under general guidance. * Level of expertise is recognized as the authority for a project or initiative; incumbent performs moderate to complex and/or novel assignments with few precedents in an autonomous fashion with minimal guidance. Required Qualifications: * Ability to fulfill all job responsibilities of penetration tester * Ability to analyze malware/exploits through forensics, observation of network traffic and using other tools and resources to determine if PG&E systems are vulnerable * Research and write in-depth reports and advisories on security risks to employees and operations * Expert in network security, vulnerability assessment, web application security, operating system knowledge, scripting, report writing, communication, social engineering, and a deep understanding of different network components and hacking techniques to identify and exploit vulnerabilities within systems and applications effectively; proficient in identifying potential security weaknesses and communicating their findings clearly to clients. MINIMUM REQUIRED: * Minimum of 4 years of relevant technical experience. * Technical knowledge and minimum of 1 year of experience working directly with the targeted product(s)/services DESIRED: * 6+ years of relevant technical experience. * Experience working at a Utility Company. Certification: * Technical certifications appropriate to the targeted product(s) or equivalent industry recognition. * Product certifications may be specific to the position. Example certifications for this job title include: * Cisco Certified Network Associate * Cisco Certified Network/Design Professional * CISSP * Microsoft Certified IT Professional * Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert * Red Hat Certified Engineer * Red Hat Certified Specialist * Security Essentials ***Applications will be accepted till 3/12/25 Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary for this position [$134,000 to $154,000] is depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans. Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Disclaimer: The benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. Why Cognizant? * Collaborate with a community of experts to enhance and expand your skills. * Join a team where global culture adopts diversity of thought and background. * Find balance with our hybrid model that prioritizes your health, safety and well-being. * Opportunity to work for leading global companies while advancing your career. | |