Cyber Security Engineer III
RackspacePosted 4/15/2025
Cyber Security Engineer III
Rackspace
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Job Summary
We are seeking a Cyber Security Engineer III to work with our customers developing and improving security architecture within a hosting-based environment. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, a cyber security related certification, and knowledge of private cloud, firewall, intrusion detection/prevention technologies, and secure coding practices. As a member of our team, you will work on conducting technology and system assessments, providing technical consultation, and ensuring system security functionality. You will also have the opportunity to develop best practices and security standards for the organization, test company software, firmware, and firewalls, and identify solutions to enhance or create new business opportunities. Our hybrid model allows for two days in the office and three days remotely, with flexible remote work options and a competitive salary. We value excellent communication skills, ability to articulate complex scenarios with clear solutions, and making appropriate decisions considering relative costs and benefits.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct technology and system assessments, provides technical consultation, and ensures system security functionality.
- Respond to all system security weak points and partners with other teams and third- party vendors to resolve security issues.
- Analyze security systems and seek improvements on a continuous basis.
- Report possible threats or software issues.
- Research weaknesses and find ways to counter them.
- Find cost-effective solutions to cybersecurity problems.
- Understand software, hardware and internet needs while adjusting them according to our business environment.
- Develop best practices and security standards for the organization.
- Test company software, firmware, and firewalls.
- Identify solutions to enhance or create new business opportunities, integrating multiple technologies at times.
- Provide technical and systems consultation and actively works with internal clients and technical management to eliminate risk exposures.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
- Must have a cyber security related certification for example... CISSP, GSEC, CEH or CISM.
- Must have experience with private cloud.
- Knowledge and experience with ethical hacking, firewall and intrusion detection/prevention technologies, secure coding practices and threat modeling.
- Ability to conduct firewall reviews and report findings.
- Advance knowledge and experience of virtualization technologies, Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems.
- Advance knowledge and experience of network and server hardware infrastructures and storage technologies (NAS, SAN).
- Experience with secure network architectures, identity and access management principles, application security, encryption technologies, DNS, SOA, database and web applications.
- Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate complex scenarios with clear solutions.
- Ability to make appropriate decisions considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions.
- Familiar with both HIPPA and HITRUST compliance.
