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Sanford Health · 2 months ago

Senior Information Security Operations Engineer

Sioux Falls, SD

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$43/hr - $71/hr

4+ years exp

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. The Senior Information Security Operations Engineer is responsible for the technical and operational delivery of enterprise cybersecurity, focusing on vulnerability management, threat prevention, and incident response while collaborating with various teams to minimize risks to the organization.

ChildrenEducationHealth Care

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day vulnerability operations (scan scheduling, authenticated coverage, agent health) and engineer improvements across tooling workflows

Develop and mature the Vulnerability Management program: define SLAs, priorities, exception guardrails, and reporting; design playbooks for zero-day/KEV response

Drive remediation campaigns with asset owners; convert findings into work items with clear scope, owners, and due dates; track to closure

Partner with Technology Solutions teams to reduce exposure footprint (consult on configuration baselines, conditional access, system hardening)

Produce executive metrics and service reporting (exposure trends, SLA compliance, coverage, time-to-remediate)

Project management exposure preferred (owning cross-team initiatives, roadmaps, and deliverables)

Responsible for the technical and operational delivery of enterprise cybersecurity; focusing on the development and implementation of processes and tools that support Vulnerability Management threat prevention, threat hunting, vulnerability assessments, and incident response

Also responsible for minimizing identified threats and risks to the organization through collaboration with other Information Security and Sanford technological groups

Perform and coordinate, with other team members, real-time and forensic log and EDR monitoring and analysis to provide network, data, and asset security for Sanford Health

Complete, configure, and tune vulnerability assessments and report results to application and asset owners

Provide consulting services to owners relating to response activities

Perform, lead, and coordinate on Incident Response activities including the collection, preservation, and interpretation of digital evidence

Build, administer, and support the IS Vulnerability Management tools, processes, and services

Identify and complete improvements and metrics to Vulnerability Management processes and services

Manage the IS Vulnerability Management ticket queue

Prioritize and complete tickets according to impact to Sanford Health business functions

Provide security consulting services to other Sanford Health groups

Mentor other Vulnerability Management team members on tools, processes, and Sanford Health areas

Coordinate and participate in activities with other IT Security groups by providing aid and consulting when needed

Works under limited guidance due to previous experience/breadth of knowledge of processes and organizational knowledge

Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments

Regularly presented with new assignments and projects that require the application of independent judgement/interpretation of policies/practices

Checks own work and the work of other team members

Qualification

Cyber SecurityVulnerability ManagementIncident ResponseSecurity CertificationsInformation Security Standards

Required

Bachelor's degree required, in lieu of education, leadership may consider an Associates degree plus 3 years of applicable experience in computer science, cyber security or an information technology related field

Minimum of 4 years' experience working in Cyber Security required

Strong working knowledge of the information security standards and procedures including HIPAA and PCI

Preferred

Project management exposure preferred (owning cross-team initiatives, roadmaps, and deliverables)

Advanced security training is desired

Security Certifications are desired

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

A 401(k) retirement plan

Work/life balance benefits

A generous time off package

Company

Sanford Health

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Sanford is a healthcare company providing research, education and clinical care.

Founded in 1894

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.sanfordhealth.org

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