Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Job Title: Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Location: Bloomingdale, Illinois (onsite 4 days per week)

Position: Full-Time Direct Hire

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TalentFish is hiring a full-time Senior Security Engineer for our premier client in Bloomindale, IL. This key position will be onsite Monday - Thursday.

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will play a critical role in protecting enterprise information assets and advancing the organization's cybersecurity strategy.

This is a hands-on builder role within a growing security team. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned cybersecurity professional who enjoys solving complex security challenges, mentoring others, and staying ahead of evolving threats.

• The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will write security playbooks, develop and tune threat detections, and design and implement security controls while providing technical leadership and mentoring junior team members.
• You will partner with IT leadership and business stakeholders to design, implement, and enhance security controls while leading incident response, vulnerability management, and security initiatives across both on-premises and cloud environments.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 10+ years of security-focused work and 9+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience.
• CISSP, CISM, CASP+, or a comparable security certification is preferred.
• Experience managing multiple security tickets and priorities while communicating effectively with stakeholders.
• Experience using network monitoring and analysis tools.
• Strong understanding of security risks across both on-premises and cloud environments.
• Ability to build relationships with business partners and platform owners to proactively identify and mitigate security risks.
• Comfortable working hands-on within a small, growing security team while also leading and mentoring junior staff.
• Playbook development: Hands-on experience in writing and maintaining security incident-response playbooks.
• Threat detection: Hands-on experience developing, tuning, or improving threat detections.
• Security implementation: Experience designing and personally implementing security controls not solely recommending or managing them.

Technical Security Experience and Knowledge:

• SIEM, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), firewalls, and secure web proxies
• Network Security and threat detection
• Patch management and vulnerability assessment / remediation
• Threat intelligence platforms and MITRE ATT&CK cybersecurity framework
• Penetration testing and threat-led penetration testing
• Attack simulations and Red Team / Blue Team exercises

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with the Security team, IT leadership, business stakeholders, and executive leadership to develop and execute enterprise information security strategies.
• Protect the organization s on-premises and cloud systems, networks, and applications from security threats and cyberattacks.
• Serve as the technical lead during security incidents, coordinating containment, investigation, remediation, and documentation.
• Research emerging threat actors, malware, tactics, techniques, procedures (TTPs), and indicators of compromise (IoCs).
• Assess, monitor, prioritize, and report on security vulnerabilities across the environment.
• Analyze security metrics and reports to identify trends and strengthen the organization's overall security posture.
• Perform digital forensic analysis as needed.
• Assist in developing and maintaining security standards, policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Participate in IT projects to ensure security requirements are incorporated throughout the project lifecycle.
• Evaluate emerging cybersecurity technologies and recommend solutions that improve the organization's security posture.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to Security and IT team members.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide occasional after-hours support.

Compensation Information
This role requires authorization to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship. The expected salary range for this position is $150,000-195,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. This role qualifies for full comprehensive employee benefits such as health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off. TalentFish is committed to pay transparency and equal opportunity. Provided compensation is in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations. All offers are contingent upon the completion of a background check, which may include but is not limited to reference checks, education verification, employment verification, drug testing, criminal records checks, and any required certifications or compliance requirements based on the end client's background check policies and applicable laws.
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