Cybersecurity Engineer

Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Summary:

This position is responsible for assessing security infrastructure, network and systems design to evaluate and ensure system/network security. Designs, implements, integrates, configures and tests complex computer and network security solutions to protect and manage the Penn Medicine IT enterprise.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies security risks, threats and vulnerabilities of networks, systems, applications and new technology initiatives.
• Designs, tests, and manages firewalls, intrusion detection systems, enterprise anti-virus systems and software deployment tools/capabilities.
• Provides complex engineering analysis and support for firewalls, routers, networks and operating systems.
• Oversees user access process to ensure operational integrity of enterprise security system. Enforces the information security configuration and maintains system for issuing, protecting, changing and revoking accounts and passwords.
• Performs technical and programmatic assessments, evaluates engineering and integration initiatives and provides technical support to assess security policies, standards and guidelines.
• Implements, enforces and communicates security policies and/or plans for data, software applications, hardware and telecommunications.
• Performs complex product evaluations, recommends and implements products/services for information security.
• Validates and tests complex security architecture and design solutions to produce detailed engineering specifications with recommended vendor technologies.
• Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures
• Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Bachelor's degree. (Required)
• 4+ years of Information Technology experience. (Required)

Skills/Abilities:

• Established passion for the information security field
• Proven listening, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to constructively resolve technical issues and conflicts as they arise.
• Proven problem analysis skills and articulate communicator of complex technical and business topics with the ability to convert technical security related risk into business terms.
• Knowledge of security auditing, reverse engineering, penetration testing (e.g. vulnerability scanning, application security testing, penetration testing, etc.)
• Experience with security system engineering and administrative activities
• Experience with security system monitoring/response activities (firewalls, IDS/IPS, operating system audit logs, application or database audit logs, etc.) to support protect/defend/respond/recover requirements
• Knowledge of computer networking, application and operating system security, administration and/or forensics (Windows, Unix/Linux, Macintosh) Knowledge of security incident response planning and execution
• Continuing awareness of evolving technology threats and vulnerabilities
• Ability to work within deadlines and with multiple priorities; ability to adapt to changing priorities Orientation to teamwork and achievement of company and departmental goals.
• Must be able and willing to provide 24x7 support for organizational incidents and event
• Experience assessing and managing the security of a large IT enterprise
• Demonstrated independent security growth and development activities within the security community
• Experience in healthcare and academia
• Experience assessing and managing the security of a large IT enterprise

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.