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Rural King · 2 weeks ago

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Mattoon, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$115K/yr - $120K/yr

10+ years exp

Rural King is America’s Farm and Home Store, providing essentials to the communities it serves. As a Senior Cyber Security Engineer, you will lead a team of Security Analysts, architect security solutions, and drive the implementation of Zero Trust principles to enhance the company's security posture.

AgricultureE-CommerceFarmingRetail

Responsibilities

Coach, prioritize work, set goals, and create growth paths for a small team of Security Analysts; define on-call and incident roles

Design/operate Cisco Secure Firewall (Firepower/FMC), ISE (802.1X/NAC), Duo MFA, Umbrella (DNS-layer/SIG), Secure Client/AnyConnect, and email security solutions

Design policy, segmentation, and monitoring across HQ, DCs, and stores

Design and implement a Zero-Trust Architecture (ZTA), including least privilege, continuous verification, strong device and user trust signals, and micro-segmentation

Assist in guiding enterprise IAM with Entra ID/Azure AD; govern SSO/MFA (DUO), SCIM lifecycle, RBAC, privileged access

Support external partners for MDS/SIEM, coordinate red/blue activities, and run incident response end-to-end

Own vulnerability intake, risk scoring, SLAs, and remediation tracking

Support PCI and other retail/security obligations; maintain policies/standards, evidence, and control testing; partner with Internal Audit and external assessors

Drive patching, endpoint/server hardening, secure configs (CIS/NIST), EDR, and tabletop exercises

Deliver clear, audience-appropriate updates to executives and cross-functional teams; publish playbooks, runbooks, and metrics dashboards that show risk reduction and program maturity

Use discretion and independent judgment in daily decisions while maintaining high confidentiality and professionalism

Actively participate in learning initiatives such as training programs, workshops, and webinars. Leverage these opportunities to acquire new knowledge, refine existing skills, and stay current on the latest developments

Provide friendly, proactive, and professional internal and external support to others, assisting with inquiries, concerns, and issues promptly and effectively

Demonstrate behaviors that exemplify Rural King’s Values: People First, Integrity, Attitude, Initiative, Teamwork, Accountability, and Continuous Improvement

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Cybersecurity engineeringZero Trust ArchitectureCisco Secure FirewallIdentityAccess ManagementCISSP certificationCISM certificationCCNP Security certificationNIST CSF/800-53 knowledgePCI DSS knowledgeMicrosoft Office SuiteCommunication skillsTeam leadership