IT Senior Security Engineer

Gellert Global Group consists of many of the leading North American food importing companies (Atalanta Corporation, Camerican International, Finica, Tipico Cheese Products) and has been importing food products for over 100 years. The combined revenues of GGG exceed $1.7 billion. GGG companies provide strength in sourcing, insurance, finance, logistics, food safety, and information technology, and supply the needs of retailers, distributors, food service chains, hotels, cruise lines, and food manufacturers alike.

Summary/Objective:

The IT Senior Security Engineer is an autonomous contributor within a dedicated analyst team, tasked with identifying and managing a range of cyber security incidents, varying in complexity.

This role is a vital member of the IT Infrastructure team, providing support to a global business with a revenue of USD $1.7 billion across multiple locations. The position carries the overarching responsibility of ensuring information security, practicing governance and assurance, and implementing data loss prevention strategies throughout the Gellert Global group. Our team leverages extensive expertise and a profound understanding of the business to instill confidence in all company associates, investors, and customers.

The ideal candidate possesses a background in identifying and managing network and endpoint security incidents.

The incumbent must possess the ability to independently address moderately complex issues and discern when escalation to management is necessary. They will engage with various technology platforms and collaborate with other teams within IT Security Operations, offshore partners, as well as additional technology and business functions.

Responsibilities:

• Prioritize and promptly address alerts to minimize potential security impact on corporate assets.
• Handle escalations from our managed security services provider with diligence and expertise.
• Foster effective communication with the user community, providing support for their IT security needs.
• Adhere to established runbooks for daily tasks while proactively proposing process and documentation enhancements.
• Advocate for proactive technology measures to mitigate security risks.
• Contribute to incident response procedures, actively participating in the development of playbooks and tabletop scenario exercises.
• Propose innovative monitoring and alerting use cases to enhance visibility and coverage of the attack surface.
• Collaborate on security initiatives and enterprise-wide projects

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent in cyber security, information technology, or related field.
• At least 5 years of dedicated hands-on experience in IT Security environment or equivalent
• MFA or similar experience is required.
• KnowBe4 or similar experience is required.
• Carbon Black EDR EPP or similar experience is required.
• Microsoft Defender and Entra  similar experience is required.
• Connect Wise Patch Management or similar experience is required.
• Splunk SIEM and SOAR or similar experience is required.
• Rapid7 Insight
  
  VM or similar experience is required.
• ProofPoint Email Gateway or similar experience is required.
• Annual Penetration Test and mitigation actions are required.
• Excellent aptitude for problem solving and IT Security.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Hands-on knowledge and skills of tools and products used in day-to-day performance.
• Understanding of IT infrastructure concept in Azure, AWS, Cisco, Microsoft, Citrix, Oracle, SQL, etc.
• Understanding of network concepts and protocols (such as AD, DNS, LDAP, SMTP, FTP, etc.)
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of information technology industry trends and emerging technologies and an ability to relate them to the company and its objectives
• Familiar with IT Regulations, PCI/Sarbanes-Oxley/ Privacy laws
• Certificates such as GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, CISSP considered a plus
• Ability to Work flexible hours and weekends to meet business/customer needs.
• Ability to explore fast and creative workarounds under urgent and high-pressure situations.
• Build Quality into all aspects of work.

Internal and External Contacts/Relationships

• Internal:
  Develop and maintain positive professional relationships team members (including contractors), all-level group colleagues including office and field personnel, executive team, customers and vendors.
• External:
  Develop and maintain positive professional relationships with contractors, vendors, 3rd party providers, customers via sales contacts
• Treat all interactions with a Customer Service focus, striving to provide a high level of customer satisfaction.

Physical Requirements:

• The individual must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.
• Ability to perform computer responsibilities.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit.
• The employee must have use of hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; speak and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close…