Sr. Security Engineer

Job Description Summary

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Security Engineer to join our growing Fortellar team. In this crucial role, you will be responsible for safeguarding our client organizations infrastructure, identifying potential vulnerabilities, and designing solutions that enhance our security posture. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless security integrations across the technology stack. By driving strategic security initiatives, you will play a key role in protecting our client assets and enabling secure innovation. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact the security strategy of a forward-thinking company while working with cutting-edge technologies.

If you're passionate about cybersecurity, thrive in dynamic environments, and want to be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and security excellence, this role is worthy of consideration. Join us as we shape the future of security at Fortellar and beyond.

Experience Must Haves

• Proven Track Record in Cybersecurity Programs: You will have significant demonstrated experience leading and executing large-scale security initiatives that have substantially reduced risk exposure and enhanced overall security posture.
• Incident Response and Threat Management: You will be able to describe and define your experience in rapidly identifying, analyzing, and mitigating security threats across complex infrastructures, contributing to a measurable reduction in incident resolution time.
• Security Architecture and Engineering: You will have designed, implemented, and maintained security solutions that have increased system resilience and enabled secure business operations.
• Compliance and Risk Management: You will have expert level experience in ensuring systems and processes adhere to key industry standards (e.g.HiTrust, PCI, and NIST ) while increasing compliance rates and minimizing audit findings.
• Cross-functional Leadership: You will have led or heavily contributed to projects in collaboration with DevOps, IT, and business teams, enabling smooth security integration with minimal impact on operational performance.
• Cloud Security Expertise: You will have experience in securing cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and successfully mitigating cloud-based security risks while ensuring compliance.
• Automation and Tooling: You will have deep experience in Leveraging automation tools to streamline security operations, leading to increased efficiency and reducing manual interventions.
• Vendor Management: You will have some experience in managing security vendors and tools that enabled cost-effective security solutions and improved third-party security performance.
• Advanced Certifications: Industry-recognized certifications such as CISSP, CEH, or CISM that reflect a strong understanding of security best practices and leadership capabilities.
• Emerging Technologies: Familiarity with emerging security technologies (e.g., AI/ML-driven security solutions, blockchain security) and experience implementing innovative tools to enhance security operations.
• Experience in Highly Regulated Environments: Working within heavily regulated industries, such as finance or healthcare, ensuring compliance while navigating complex regulatory requirements.

About Fortellar

We are a boutique IT consulting and business process outsourcing organization supporting mid to enterprise-level organizations. We are a small, but mighty, team of experts who know how to stretch, adapt, and put on any hat required at the moment to make our clients successful and enable Fortellars growth. Keys to success at Fortellar include:

• Collaboration: You demonstrate excellence in remote collaboration across your Fortellar and client teams.
• Growth Mindset: You embrace personal growth and are always learning new things to support your team, your clients, and your personal goals.
• Client Success: You have a passion for your clients success you dont just deliver to the contract you ensure that your clients goals and needs are met.
• Humanity First: Honest and transparency are your natural instincts your actions speak louder than your words and your team members love working with you.
• Entrepreneurial: You find a way to get it done, no matter what the challenges or seeming blockers are in front of you

Work Environment

• Remote
• Travel Requirements: 10 - 15%

Salary

• $110,000 $130,000