Senior Security Engineer

Essential Job Functions

• Perform OS and network-level troubleshooting and testing on all security tools.
• Support security analysis and Incident Response activities in collaboration with CIS staff.
• Migrate and decommission legacy security platforms while ensuring business continuity.
• Maintain security tools across Development QC and Production environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance FINRAs security posture.
• Apply established and ad hoc processes and techniques to identify validate prioritize and track security risks.
• Operate and monitor established security controls.
• Identify control deficiencies and make appropriate recommendations.
• Ensure that controls operate effectively; resolve operating discrepancies.
• Identify evaluate and recommend new security technologies techniques and tools.
• Define review and promote information security policies standards guidelines and procedures.
• Co-lead internal process improvement initiatives. Provide feedback on processes by offering suggestions.
• Mentor and supervise junior staff in project-level tasks.

Infrastructure Management & System Hardening

• Install configure and maintain security monitoring endpoint security solutions across multi-cloud environments including AWS Azure GCP OCI and other cloud platforms as required by organizational infrastructure.
• Maintain security tools across Development QC and production environments.
• Migrate and decommission legacy security platforms while ensuring business continuity.
• Implement operate and monitor established security controls to protect IT infrastructure.
• Define review and promote information security policies standards guidelines and procedures.
• Identify evaluate and recommend new security technologies techniques and tools.
• Using scripting (e.g. Python) to automate incident response workflows.
• Co-lead internal process improvement initiatives. Provide feedback on processes by offering suggestions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance FINRAs security posture.

Detection Engineering

• Develop and tune SIEM rules alerts and playbooks to reduce false positives.
• Apply established and ad hoc processes and techniques to identify validate prioritize and track security risks.
• Identify control deficiencies and make appropriate recommendations.
• Ensure that controls operate effectively; resolve operating discrepancies.

Threat Detection & Analysis

• Investigating analyzing and responding to network application and device threats
• Support security analysis and Incident Response activities in collaboration with CIS staff
• Perform OS and network-level troubleshooting and testing on all security tools

Other Responsibilities:

• Mentor and supervise junior staff in project-level tasks

• Ensure all work products meets /exceeds FINRA standards.

• Demonstration of FINRAs values.

• Collaboration both in-person and virtually in furtherance of FINRAs mission of investor protection and market integrity.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Security or related field preferred and a minimum of seven(7) years of experience in systems administration security engineering or SOC environments. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

• Experience with EDR/XDR technologies is essential including but not limited to: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI) Qualys Carbon Black CrowdStrike Trellix SentinelOne and Jamf Protect.

• Proven track record of large-scale enterprise security deployments.

• Experience with security incident response and analysis.

• Strong problem-solving and diagnostic abilities across enterprise-wide systems.

• Experience working independently and as part of collaborative teams.

• Expert-level knowledge of endpoint security platforms.

• Strong experience with enterprise security tools with emphasis on vulnerability management platforms and related security assessment technologies.

• Proficiency with cloud security in AWS and Azure environments.

• Advanced Linux (Linux distributions MacOS OS-X) and Windows system administration skills.

• Experience with scripting and automation (Python Bash PowerShell).

• Strong networking fundamentals (TCP/IP DNS VPNs firewalls).

• In-depth knowledge and practical experience with the configuration deployment and management of host-based firewalls across diverse operating systems and enterprise environments.

• Experience with log pipelines data parsing and normalization.

• Strong organizational skills and excellent detail orientation.

Work Conditions:

• Hybrid work environment with defined in-person presence requirements.

• Ability to work non-standard schedule including early mornings evenings/nights and weekends to provide 24/7 coverage.

For work that is performed in Los Angeles and San Francisco CA CO FL TX IL PA MA MD VA Washington DC NY and NJ please refer to the chart below for the salary range for the corresponding location. FINRA complies with all state and local pay transparency laws and regulations requiring the disclosure of salary ranges for the addition to location actual compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to the candidates skill set level of experience education and market considerations.

Los Angeles CA: Minimum Salary $122246 Maximum Salary $183368

San Francisco CA: Minimum Salary $127561 Maximum Salary $191341

CO/FL/TX: Minimum Salary $97700 Maximum Salary $176100

IL/PA: Minimum Salary $107500 Maximum Salary $194100

MA/MD/VA/Washington DC: Minimum Salary $112300 Maximum Salary $202500

NY/NJ: Minimum Salary $112300 Maximum Salary $211400

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Time Off and Paid Leave*

FINRA encourages its employees to focus on their health and wellness in many ways including through a generous time-off program of 15 days of paid time off 5 personal days and 9 sick days unless otherwise required by law (all pro-rated in the first year). Additionally we are proud to support our communities by providing two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule). Other paid leave includes military leave jury duty leave bereavement leave voting and election official leave for federal state or local primary and general elections care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment); and childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment). Full-time employees receive nine paid holidays.

*Based on full-time schedule

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