Jr. Security Engineer

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We Move the World Forward

Coyote was created in 2006 with one goal in mind: To create a better service experience in the transportation industry. Today we are a leading third-party logistics provider that matches more than 10,000 shipments every day. We play a crucial role in the global supply chain and delivery of goods across many sectors around the world, making us an essential business. As a UPS subsidiary, our seamless technology driven solutions drive the industry forward and empower customers to make smarter supply chain decisions. Every time. Everywhere.

Make Your Work Matter

At Coyote, our employees are empowered to guide their own growth. We prime them for limitless career potential through training programs, accessible leadership, talent development, and unique workplace perks and benefits. We offer opportunities to thrive by learning the ins and outs of our business, our proprietary technology, and the industry. We provide a culture that supports diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEI&B), and we are deliberate about supporting our local communities - from donating our logistics services to help those in need, to supporting our employees in their missions to make an impact in the world.

As a Jr. Security Engineer, you’ll be partnering with other areas in Technology to architect, govern and operationalize enterprise information security initiatives and technologies. This includes maintaining expertise on all relevant systems and emerging technologies in an agile development environment. The Jr. Security engineer will work alongside and on pace with cloud, web, and mobile development teams. This position requires a deep technical expertise needed to understand IT engineering concepts and structure on the fly, as well as knowledge of the breadth of enterprise-wide IT architecture. In this role, the Jr. Information Security Engineer will stay abreast of emerging technologies, understand the security implications, tune in to enterprise initiatives and technical projects, and provide information security expertise in real time. This is a technical position best suited for a professional with exposure to software development and a background collaborating with multiple groups (product, project, business, architecture, and operational teams) across an organization to enable business goals by melding security into solutions. The ideal candidate would possess intellectual agility and the desire to use their own professional judgement to determine and ultimately fulfill the security needs of the organization independently and autonomously, as those needs arise and evolve.

Essential Functions:

• Offer information security architecture guidance for IT infrastructure and application projects
• Work with both technical and business teams for security requirements gathering
• Provide guidance to teams on DevSecOps practices and work to integrate security into the development cycle with established gating and oversight parameters
• Partner with Network team to provide oversight and ensure secure configuration of internal and external networks
• Establish and socialize security standards for product development teams
• Evaluate capabilities of security tools and engineer solutions to meet security requirements of the organizations
• Conduct security reviews for 3rd party software providers and opine on integration technologies best suited for each provider
• Propose and architect security solutions and configurations at all layers of tech stack and in various deployment models (on-prem, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), with the goal of constructing a comprehensive defense-in-depth security posture
• Research, evaluate and assist in implementing corporate infrastructure security solutions
• Ensure the integrity and protection of networks, systems, and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies with an emphasis on cloud-based technologies
• Work to continually improve the tools, processes, documentation, and systems utilized within the organization
• Regularly collaborate with IT Compliance, Audit and Legal to remediate findings and mitigate risk
• Assist with high-risk cybersecurity incident response as needed
• Represent IT Security on CIRT calls as needed (rotational responsibility)
• Ability to flex into specific functional security areas (such as IAM, network security, AppSec, etc.) in order to ensure a cohesive and holistic security posture

Required Experience:

• At least 3 years of enterprise IT security engineering experience
• Network security expertise
• Expert knowledge of security configuration, solutions, technologies and industry benchmarks in functional security areas (IAM, Vuln Mgmt, Network Security, Privacy, etc.)
• Conducting security reviews for 3rd party software providers
• Implementing and integrating a wide variety of technologies at an enterprise-level
• System patching and hardening experience
• CISSP, SANS security certification, Azure or AWS certification or equivalent
• Experience supporting and maintaining Windows environments
• Experience with industry standard information security tools such as Antivirus, EDR, SIEM, cloud firewalls, etc.
• Ability to explain security risk in business terms and articulate IT risk in the context of reward to business
• Expert knowledge of O365 products

Preferred Skills & Education:

• Degree in Technology field or equivalent experience
• DAST/SAST tools
• PowerShell
• Python
• Network security
• Azure Security
• Privileged Access Management
• SCA
• SAST
• DAST
• GPO
• Ethical hacking

Benefits & Perks
At Coyote, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits. Learn more about what working at Coyote can mean for you.

Our people and culture
Our diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture empowers our people to be who they are, contribute their unique perspectives, and make a difference individually and collectively. It enables us to leverage different ideas and perspectives, and bring more creativity and innovation to help solve our client most complex challenges. This makes Coyote one of the most rewarding places to work.

Professional development
From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership opportunities and connect and grow through mentorship. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

Important Notice to US Applicants:
Coyote is an at-will employer. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please view Equal Opportunity Posters provided by the OFCCP.

Job Type: Full-time