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COMPANY: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
TITLE: Lead IT Security Engineer
LOCATION: Washington, D.C.
DUTIES: Support the service owner and service offering lead in the delivery of security technologies. Monitor security systems for optimal performance and investigates, resolves, and escalates security tool related events, incidents and problems. Evaluates and makes recommendations on hardware and software system performance that provide security functions. Performs security assessments of technology systems and recommends system changes to ensure adherence to standards, policy, guidelines, strategies, and security best business practices. Participates in planning sessions related to projects or new technologies to implement process improvement within the functional area. Documents discussions and agreements. Facilitates gate review, change advisory boards and IT operational meetings. Builds relationships with developers, stakeholders, security champions, and scrum masters to incorporate security principles into engineering design and deployments. Build services and tools to enable developers and engineers to easily use security components produced by security team members. Support the ability to “shift left” and incorporate security early on and throughout the development lifecycle. Identify vulnerabilities in code through automated and manual assessments and promote quick remediation. Communicate vulnerability results in a manner understood by technical and non-technical business units based on risk tolerance and threat to the business.
REQUIREMENTS: Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field followed by five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a related information security analyst occupation. Experience must include each of the following: 1) Securing Windows, endpoint applications, networking protocols, and devices; 2) Performing technical risk and vulnerability assessments; 3) Working in, or supporting, a Security Operations Center; 4) Monitoring security systems for optimal performance and investigates, resolving and escalating security tool related events, incidents and problems; 5) Evaluating and making recommendations on hardware and software system performance that provide security functions; 6) Supporting the service owner and service offering lead in the delivery of security technologies; 7) Participating in planning sessions related to projects or new technologies to implement process improvement within the functional area; 8) Regularly researching and learning new tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) in public and closed forums, and work with colleagues to assess risk and implement/validate controls; and 9) Conducting quality test activities and validates test completeness in preparation for go-live. Remote work permitted in accordance with standard company policy. All positions require pre-employment background check verification, a pre-employment drug screen, and proof of full vaccination against COVID-19.
SALARY: $150,571 to $154,500 per year
CONTACT: To apply, https://bit.ly/3o9KhmM. Please reference Job Code: 7140537.
Requisition ID:158326
Posting Location(s):District of Columbia
Job Family/Function:Information Technology
Relocation Offered:No
Travel Requirements:None
Amtrak employees power our progress through their performance.
We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job – we want it to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging and rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, competitive pay, benefits that protect you and your family and a high performance culture that recognizes and values your contributions and helps you reach your career goals.
All positions require pre-employment background check verification, a pre-employment drug screen and proof of full vaccination against COVID -19. Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing. Marijuana, notwithstanding any statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Candidates who engage in the usage of marijuana will not be qualified for hire. Successful applicants for employment with Amtrak must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the date of hire as a condition of employment, subject to requests for accommodation. Fully vaccinated means 14 days have elapsed since receiving the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or 14 days since receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.
In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for public transportation ( Title 6 U.S.C. § 1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.
Amtrak is an EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.
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