Senior IT Email Engineer

Senior IT Engineer - IE07BE

We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

As a Senior IT Email Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing and maintaining our organization's Proofpoint cybersecurity and email protection software. This includes configuring and managing the software to protect our email system and data from cyber threats such as spam, phishing, and malware. We are seeking an experienced email engineer that has experience with Proofpoint, AWS Mail Manager, Lotus Notes, and MS365 email platforms.

The successful candidate will join the Collaboration Services engineering team to help move The Hartford’s email applications to modern delivery using AWS Mail Manager and integrating workflows with Exchange online. This is a full‑time, direct hire position.

• In addition to technical skills, we are looking for a team player who is able to work well in a fast‑paced environment and communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders internal and external to the company
• Attend client meetings and identify client business and technical requirements; evolving client understanding of products and services
• Prepare solutions proposals to include products and consulting services for implementation
• Develop technical design and reference architectures that ensure client data is protected and work with the engineering team to implement them
• Lead POC with rigorous benchmarks on security technology innovations and adoptions
• Plan, design, and architect on‑prem and cloud security components; review the current state architecture looking for design flaws and advocate for stronger security control
• Engage in continuous learning on new technologies and products, including R&D, and lab work
• Complete ongoing security awareness training and comply with company policies to the requirements section
• You should also have experience working with CoPilot, AI, and other automation tools to enhance the service and implement self‑help solutions
• Minimum of 10 years of IT professional experience in a large enterprise environment
• Strong understanding of email delivery architecture, email gateway and DNS technologies
• Strong understanding of networking, SMTP, DNS
• The ideal candidate will have at least three years of experience as an Office 365 Administrator and a strong background in cybersecurity, specifically in dealing with email security
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with email security solutions in large, distributed environments
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with email threat prevention platforms in complex email delivery systems
• In‑depth knowledge of DMARC, DKIM, and SPF
• In‑depth knowledge of email messaging systems, system administration in email gateways, either Proofpoint Email Security Platform, Microsoft Exchange, Cisco Ironport, AWS Mail Manager, or similar including in‑depth knowledge of Microsoft Exchange Online
• Proficient in the use of automation tools, configuration management solutions, dev‑ops principles, and data analytics
• Working experience integrating SaaS services and APIs
• Familiarity with or exposure to cloud application development
• Familiarity with distributed data processing frameworks
• Experience with cloud architecture
• Linux appliance and server experience
• Familiarity with Azure Platform, Azure
  
  AD, Azure MFA, Azure Graph API
• Experience with High Availability Architecture of email delivery systems
• Experience with continuous improvement processes
• Experience with the Agile Development Methodology
• Experience with sandbox technologies and platforms
• Familiarity with scripting and using scripting languages (Python, Bash, Powershell, etc.); experience in Web development, and automated testing
• Strong communication skills
• Security and cloud certifications are a plus (CISSP, CCSP, Google Compute Platform, AWS, Azure, etc.)
• At least 5 years of experience with LAN and WAN operations and administration, “Hands on” experience in the design, implementation,…