Senior Cyber Security Engineer - Information Technology - Analysts

Senior Cyber Security Engineer - Information Technology

Job  | Mattoon, IL | Direct Hire | Added - a day ago

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer.
Duration – Full-time/Direct |
Location – Mattoon, IL - Onsite

As the Senior Cyber Security Engineer, you’ll drive vision and direction for our customer’s security posture while supervising a small team of Security Analysts. You’ll architect and operate a Cisco-centered security stack, champion Zero Trust principles, mature identity as the new perimeter, and drive continuous improvement through automation and measurable risk reduction. You’ll partner across infrastructure, applications, and business stakeholders to communicate risk clearly and deliver pragmatic, timely risk mitigation.

• Coach, prioritize work, set goals, and create growth paths for a small team of Security Analysts; define on-call and incident roles.
• Design/operate Cisco Secure Firewall (Firepower/FMC), ISE (802.1X/NAC), Duo MFA, Umbrella (DNS-layer/SIG), Secure Client/Any Connect, and email security solutions.
• Design policy, segmentation, and monitoring across HQ, DCs, and stores.
• Design and implement a Zero-Trust Architecture (ZTA), including least privilege, continuous verification, strong device and user trust signals, and micro-segmentation.
• Assist in guiding enterprise IAM with Entra /Azure AD; govern SSO/MFA (DUO), SCIM lifecycle, RBAC, privileged access.
• Support external partners for MDS/SIEM, coordinate red/blue activities, and run incident response end-to-end.
• Own vulnerability intake, risk scoring, SLAs, and remediation tracking.
• Support PCI and other retail/security obligations; maintain policies/standards, evidence, and control testing; partner with Internal Audit and external assessors.
• Drive patching, endpoint/server hardening, secure configs (CIS/NIST), EDR, and tabletop exercises.
• Deliver clear, audience-appropriate updates to executives and cross-functional teams; publish playbooks, runbooks, and metrics dashboards that show risk reduction and program maturity.
• Use discretion and independent judgment in daily decisions while maintaining high confidentiality and professionalism.
• Actively participate in learning initiatives such as training programs, workshops, and webinars. Leverage these opportunities to acquire new knowledge, refine existing skills, and stay current on the latest developments.
• Provide friendly, proactive, and professional internal and external support to others, assisting with inquiries, concerns, and issues promptly and effectively.
• Demonstrate behaviors that exemplify customer’s Values:
  People First, Integrity, Attitude, Initiative, Teamwork, Accountability, and Continuous Improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• 10+ years of hands-on cybersecurity/IT security engineering, plus 2+ years leading or supervising security teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (or equivalent experience).
• CISSP, CISM, CCNP Security, and Cisco ISE/Duo/Umbrella certifications preferred.
• Demonstrated Zero Trust design and implementation across identity, device, network, and application layers.
• Working knowledge of NIST CSF/800-53, CIS Controls, and PCI DSS; risk assessment and control design experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal and communication skills.

Pay Range: $110K - $120K

Benefits:
Provided by the client as this is a Direct Hire position.

Muskan Koul

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