Senior Security Engineer

Status: Full-Time

Job Function: Cloud Operations

Relevant Work Experience: 7+ years

Career Level: Experienced

Office Location: Kirkland, WA

Workplace Type: Hybrid (a mix of work from home or in the office)

Salary Range: $155,000 - $160,000 annually

Benefits

• Fully Paid Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Employees and Eligible Dependents
• Qualified High Deductible Health Plan/Health Savings Account/FSA
• Employee Assistance Program
• Prescription Drug Benefits
• AFLAC
• Long-Term Care Reimbursement
• WPFLM Reimbursement
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability
• Employer paid Life and AD&D
• 401(k) Plan with Company Matching and No Vesting Period
• Net-Employer 401(k) Contribution
• Bi-annual Bonus Program
• Minimum 15 Vacation Days Per Year
• 12 Company Holidays
• Personal Volunteer Time
• 10 Days of Maternity/Paternity Leave
• 7 Sick Days Per Year

The Role

The Senior Security Engineer role fulfills a critical piece of the Cloud Operations team's security strategy at the Bluetooth SIG. This unique role will have primary responsibility for the security of all of Bluetooth SIG's network and compute footprint, both on-premises and in Microsoft Azure. The successful candidate will have a strong network engineering background and experience in security architecture and policy creation. This role interfaces closely with team members, including the help desk, systems administration, and site reliability engineering teams, and partners with key stakeholders across the organization.

Role and Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, and implements security solutions and capabilities that enable the Bluetooth SIG to identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover from cyber threats and vulnerabilities
• Defines and develops security requirements using risk assessments, threat modeling, testing, and analysis of existing systems
• Develops security training and guidance for internal development teams and educates staff on information system security best practices
• Recommend modifications in legal, technical, and regulatory areas affecting IT security
• Develops security integration plans to protect existing infrastructure and to incorporate future solutions 
• Designs action plans for policy creation and governance, system hardening, monitoring, incident response, disaster recovery, and emerging cybersecurity threats 
• Utilizes a variety of security information and event management (SEIM), data loss prevention (DLP), intrusion prevention systems (IPS), security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), and other tools in designs
• Partners with stakeholders to encourage the adoption of security-compatible software designs and best practices 
• Develops and implements automation of security controls
• Keeps abreast of the latest intelligence from law enforcement and other sources of cyber threat information
• Able to travel 10% (domestic and international)
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Skills and Requirements

Minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience in all the following:

• Highly proficient in Azure security
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Sentinel
• Meraki or other on-premises security appliance experience
• Proven experience developing, operating, deploying, and maintaining security systems
• Extensive knowledge of operating system, network, and database security
• Proficiency in networking technologies, network security, and network monitoring solutions
• Knowledge of security systems, including anti-virus applications, content filtering, firewalls, authentication systems, endpoint protection, and intrusion detection and notification systems
• Experience with offensive security frameworks and tooling
• In-depth knowledge of security protocols and principles
• In-depth knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST
• Critical thinking skills and ability to solve complex problems

Education

• CISSP and/or CISM certification strongly preferred
• Azure Security certification strongly preferred

Who We Are

At the Bluetooth Special Interest Group ('the SIG'), we envision a world where everything and everyone that wants to connect should be able to do so in a simple, secure, and wireless way. We advance the awareness and understanding of Bluetooth technology worldwide, oversee the development of new generations of Bluetooth technology, and provide the processes and tools for developers to build, test, qualify, and brand their Bluetooth products. 

Our collaborative, fast-paced company culture and critical role in creating a more connected world with Bluetooth products will put you at the forefront of technology innovation.

At the SIG, collaboration, commitment, integrity, respect, humility, and creativity are at the core of who we are and are displayed on a daily basis. We use our values to cultivate relationships with our members, business partners, and our organization. When joining the Bluetooth SIG, you share and display these values at the highest level.

Not only do we care about getting work done and how we work together, we care about YOU – by providing learning and development opportunities, social events, a safety program, a wellbeing program, free snacks and drinks, and cool company swag.