Senior Security Engineer

Serving the needs of all families with young childrenCarters Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children encompassing Carters OshKosh Bgosh Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work constant learning genuine people and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carters.

How youll make an impact:

The Senior Security Engineer focusing on Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is a member of the IT Security team reporting to the Senior Director Information Security. Security Engineers are primarily focused on designing configuring implementing and optimizing security type solutions that are approved by both Security Management and other contributing teams to protect and support the overall business goals of Carters. Additionally Security Engineers support business teams with technical operational tasks as needed to minimize security risks.

Security Solution Design & Engineering (75%)

• Security Architecture & Engineering: Design configure and manage security infrastructure including firewalls intrusion detection/prevention or like systems (IDS/IPS) and endpoint protection (EDR).
• Threat Management & Incident Response: Monitor networks for threats analyze alerts from security platforms (SIEM) and lead incident response efforts.
• Vulnerability Management: Conduct regular penetration testing vulnerability assessments and risk assessments to identify weaknesses.
• Automation & Optimization: Develop automated security processes (SOAR) improve logging pipelines and optimize security tool performance.
• Compliance & Policy: Ensure security compliance with frameworks (e.g. NIST IEC 62443) and maintain documentation on security configurations.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Act as a technical authority providing guidance to project teams and mentoring junior engineers.

Administrative / Documentation (25%)

• Developing procedural design and/or configuration documentations.
• Lead or Assist with the development and review of security metrics and KPIs
• Assist in reviewing security policies and guide the administration of security tools as it relates to network security.

Secondary Functions

• Understands and supports the Companys goals and objectives and makes certain that his/her actions and decisions are consistent with them.
• Keeps his/her management team informed of all matters of importance and particularly those instances where deviations from planned results are likely to occur.
• Consistently stay informed on emerging security technologies trends and developments.
• Performs other responsibilities and duties as assigned by his/her supervisor and/or security management.

Wed Love to hear from you if: (Requirements section)

Must have:

• Ability to professionally communicate verbally and in writing
• Ability to meet deadlines and work with senior management across various disciplines
• Ability to perform on-call duties during off-hours and holidays
• An adaptable and flexible attitude towards changing business needs
• 2 years of IT IT Networking and/or Network Security experience
• A collaborative team player spirit willing to learn and adapt
• One or more IT Security or IT related certification.

Preferred skills and experience:

• Experience with 2 or more security domains (Security and Risk Management Asset Security Security Architecture/Engineering Network Security Identity and Access Management (IAM) Security Assessment/Testing Security Operations or Software Development Security.)
• Bachelors degree in computer science or related field
• Network security engineering background deep technical knowledge in one or more security platform
• Current security certifications such as Security ISC2 CC CompTIA A CompTIA Network SSCP CCT CISSP AWS Certified Security or similar.
• Fortinet Firemon Cisco Meraki or similar technologies

Make a career at Carters:

• Career Development: Success starts from within and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carters University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or reassigned at the discretion of management and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.