Security Engineer-Network Systems

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Do you envision finding a meaningful role with an inclusive and compassionate team? At Children's Mercy, we believe in making a difference in the lives of all children and shining a light of hope to the patients and families we serve. Our employees make the difference, which is why we have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top pediatric hospital, for eleven consecutive years.

Children's Mercy is in the heart of Kansas City – a metro abounding in cultural experiences, vibrant communities and thriving businesses. This is where our patients and families live, work and play. This is a community that has embraced our hospital and we strive to say thanks by giving back. As a leader in children's health, we engage in meaningful programs and partnerships throughout the region so that we can improve the lives of children beyond the walls of our hospital.

This role is responsible for protecting the network perimeter, keeping computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and providing security services to protect highly sensitive data such as passwords and customer information. The individual will be responsible for configuring, and managing security tools to secure, log, and monitor network traffic and access to systems and applications to prevent data loss.

The Security Engineer will be expected to research, test, and implement security solutions that align with industry and organizational best practices and compliance initiatives. In addition, this position requires significant hands-on technical expertise to ensure that all the required security best practices are followed and documentation is accurate and complete. The candidate should possess strong knowledge and experience with risk analysis, network scanning, network security configuration testing, and vulnerability assessments.

At Children's Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Additionally, it's important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children's Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005.

If you are selected for this position, you will be asked to supply your immunization records as proof of vaccination. If you have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.

• Install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot security systems firewalls, routers, switches, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc.
• Identify and define base security standards and configurations for networks and systems to and work closely with networking and systems professionals to harden and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Research and test security tactics, techniques, and procedures in a controlled lab environment and translate best practices to a live production environment to continually improve the organization's security posture; ensuring that Children's Mercy is in front of newly developing threats.
• Analyze network traffic to extract the observable characteristics of networks and network devices, thus providing the basis for defensive strategies and troubleshoot complex network and security incidents involving firewalls, switches, IDS/IPS, and network segmentation.
• Deploy role based administration techniques on various security, networking, and systems devices and applications to ensure the minimum level of privileges are granted while still allowing employees…