Security Engineer
Job Description
The Security Engineer will help protect Abarca Health’s cloud infrastructure and sensitive data by identifying gaps, driving remediation, and supporting incident response.
Responsibilities
- Lead security initiatives, including creation and maintenance of security policies, implementation of security procedures and controls, and monitoring aligned to policy
- Deploy and manage applications used to monitor cloud infrastructure security and detect intrusions
- Conduct initial incident triage, including determining scope, urgency, and potential impact
- Support external auditors with compliance guidance and provide security guidance to Engineering teams
- Perform security gap assessments and implement remediation actions
- Run periodic infrastructure vulnerability scans and perform pen testing; coordinate with engineering teams to resolve identified issues
- Partner with network and infrastructure teams to secure environments and follow best practices across Azure, IBM Cloud, and on-premises, including OS hardening, access logging, and patching
- Own the overall cloud infrastructure security program, including driving incident response and resolution and adjusting procedures as needed
- Track and monitor industry security updates, technology changes, emerging threats, and best practices to enable continuous improvement
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related area (equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree)
- 3+ years of experience in Infrastructure and Information Security
- 3+ years working with Azure or AWS, including running multiple production workloads
- Experience with OS hardening techniques for Windows environments
- Experience with access logging, centralized logging, and monitoring/alerting for security log events
- Experience building or using applications to monitor infrastructure security and detect intrusions
- Experience designing and implementing access control models for privileged access in fast-paced cloud environments
- Experience with incident response, threat modeling, and mitigation, including common information security management frameworks such as ISO27001
- Experience with Azure security best practices and security controls using Azure services (AWS experience considered)
- Familiarity with common internet protocols such as DNS, DHCP, SMTP, LDAP, etc.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Hybrid role in San Juan, PR, requiring certain on-site days (Puerto Rico location only)
- Ability to work in a specified time zone or schedule based on business needs
- May require availability for on-call hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays (if applicable)
Technologies
- Azure
- AWS
- IBM Cloud
- ISO27001
- DNS, DHCP, SMTP, LDAP
- Windows, Linux
Nice to Have
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CEH, CISM, etc.
- Experience with HCI technology
- Experience with OS hardening techniques for Linux
Physical Requirements
- Ability to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities
- Sedentary work primarily involving sitting/standing