IT Security Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) is a non-profit, unincorporated association of insurance carriers. NYCIRB is licensed by the New York State Department of Financial Services as the official workers’ compensation rate service organization in the State.  In this capacity, NYCIRB provides a variety of services to the workers’ compensation industry, including data collection and analysis, and the development of loss costs and rating values. These activities, along with analytical tools, research, and customer focused services, are intended to foster a stable and healthy workers’ compensation system in the State of New York.

The IT Security Engineer plays a critical role in safeguarding the organization’s digital infrastructure. This individual is responsible for designing, implementing, optimizing security systems, and maintaining the organization’s cybersecurity infrastructure, ensuring robust protection against evolving threats. The role is hands-on strategic planning, engineering, responding to threats, and enforcing security protocols across networks, systems, and applications. In addition, this position will provide mentorship to junior analysts and partners with IT, compliance, and business units to enforce strong security governance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Security Architecture & Implementation

Design and implement comprehensive security architectures and solutions (e.g. firewalls, intrusion detection / prevention systems, endpoint protection, SIEM, EDR, and zero-trust, etc.) that protect the organization's information systems and data assets from a wide range of threats.

Monitor network, endpoints, cloud environments for irregular activity.

Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability analyses on existing systems and networks, recommending enhancements and ensuring timely implementation of security patches and updates.

Lead internal security awareness programs and technical workshops to educate employees on cybersecurity best practices.

Work closely with IT operations, infrastructure, and development teams to integrate security into all aspects of technology planning.

QUALIFICATIONS :

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENTS :

The physical demands described in this section are to be representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

The position description is a guide to the critical duties and essential functions of the job, not an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, qualifications, physical demands and work environment conditions. Position descriptions are reviewed and revised to meet NYCIRB’s changing needs, at the sole discretion of management.

SALARY RANGE :

$135,000.00 - $165,000.00

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Compensation details : 135000-165000 Yearly Salary

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