Lead Cyber Security Engineer

Requisition : 80847

PSEG Company : PSEG Long Island

Salary Range : $ 114,500 - $ 188,100

Work Location Category : Hybrid Flexible

PSEG operates under a Flexible Work Model where flexible work is offered when job requirements allow. In support of this model, roles have been categorized into one of four work location categories :

Onsite are roles that have specific onsite requirements and are typically onsite daily.

Hybrid fixed are roles that are a blend of onsite work / in-person interactions with some ability to work remotely and require employees to live within a commutable distance and be onsite fixed days each week.

Hybrid flexible are roles that can be performed remotely but require some level of onsite work / in-person interactions on a regular basis, require employees to live within a commutable distance and, since business needs vary by position and may change over time, managers will set expectations and flexibility regarding where and when work is performed.

Fully remote are roles that can be performed remotely, require employees to live in approved states and will have purpose-driven in-person interactions on occasion.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer a retirement program, 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement and a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year (including vacation, scheduled holidays, and floating holidays).

PSEG offers a unique experience to our more than 12,000 employees – we provide the resources and opportunities for career development that come with being a Fortune 500 company, as well as the attention, camaraderie, and care for one another you might typically associate with a small business. Our focus on combatting climate change through clean energy technology, our new net zero climate vision for 2030 and enhanced commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; and supporting the communities we serve make this a particularly exciting time to join PSEG.

Job Summary

This position is an experienced, senior level, hands-on technical lead, performing IT security functions and maintaining systems, while providing technical guidance to the team. Manages information security technologies such as antivirus, IDS / IPS, endpoint detection & response, DLP, data encryption, proxies, and network access control, as well as security policies and procedures, and incident response. Provides technical expertise and support to IT management and staff in cybersecurity threat risk assessments, development, testing and the implementation and operation of appropriate information security plans, procedures, and control techniques designed to prevent, minimize or quickly recover from cyber-attacks or other serious events.

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities include :

Leads and manages security engineering technologies including network, endpoint, data security, Identity and access management, as well as cloud and OT security.

Provides technical expertise in threat / risk assessments

Defines, designs, and implements strategies to protect against emerging threats using security tools

Responds to security incidents as needed

Performs security reviews on new technologies and changes to existing technologies

Manages information security technologies including SIEM, firewalls, vulnerability management, identity and access control systems, anti-malware, IDS / IPS, endpoint detection & response, DLP, data encryption, proxies, and network access control, as well as security policies and procedures, and incident response.

Provides technical expertise and support to clients, IT management and staff in cybersecurity threat risk assessments, development, testing and the implementation and operation of appropriate information security plans, procedures, and control techniques designed to prevent, minimize or quickly recover from cyber-attacks or other serious events.

Job Specific Qualifications

Required :

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, Engineering or related technical field and 8 or more years of experience in information security or related IT experience. In lieu of a degree, 12 or more years of experience in information security or related IT experience

Must be able to perform as a hands-on technical lead performing IT security functions and maintaining systems, while providing technical guidance to the team

Experience with cloud computing and can implement strong security to protect cloud first environment

Experience designing process flows to be implemented in security automation tools to automatically respond to threats quickly and effectively

Experience reviewing complex architecture design diagrams and documents for new technologies and changes to existing technologies to determine risks and provide recommendations and mitigations

Ability to works independently with little or no supervision

Demonstrated professional verbal and written communication skills

Must demonstrate technical teamwork, organizational, managerial, financial management and leadership skills

Willing to work in team environment, constantly teaching and learning from other team members.

Ability to foster working relationships with the team, IT Management and Client departments

Must demonstrate the ability to explain technical concepts to the business users in the context of business requirements

Technical experience including : information / data / network / computer security design, administration and / or assessment

Broad knowledge of information systems including Windows security, network security, systems development, communication networks, security software / hardware and operating systems

Leadership, planning and organizing skills and be results oriented

Note :

Approximately 5% Travel required

NERC CIP position, requires NERC CIP background investigation prior to start

Desired :

Security certifications in incident response, cyber investigation, forensics, or threat hunting

Programming Experience in Python

Minimum Years of Experience

8 years of experience

Education

Certifications

None Noted

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If you are a current PSEG employee and if you are offered an opportunity with PSEG Long Island, you will be treated as a new hire. Please note that as a new hire to the Long Island subsidiary, your benefits will change and generally will be consistent with other similarly situated PSEG Long Island new hires. Similarly, for PSEG Long Island employees who accept job opportunities with PSEG or any of its subsidiaries (other than PSEG Long Island), their benefits would change and generally be consistent with other similarly situated new hires of that company.

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Salary : $114,500 - $188,100