Senior Info Sec Engineer

Senior Information Security Engineer – Silver Spring, Maryland

The Senior Information Security Engineer supports the Info Sec mission of securing the patient experience. This position applies existing experience in engineering of information security applications, networks, and systems to ensure compliance with Children's National Hospital IT standards. Individuals in this position will be responsible for designing, building, configuring, testing, monitoring, and lifecycle management of such systems in order to validate performance and functional requirements.

This position, while working extensively with many different technologies, requires an expertise in network security.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, math, engineering, or another relevant discipline OR equivalent training and work experience (Required)

Minimum Work Experience

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity with a focus on engineering and implementation of cybersecurity controls, systems, and applications (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Experience in the application of key cybersecurity practices, controls, and frameworks
• Application of sound engineering principles
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills; interpersonal and collaborative skills; and the ability to communicate information risk-related concepts to technical as well as nontechnical audiences
• Some experience in the implementation of cybersecurity applications and systems including network devices, firewalls, asset management tools, access management systems, and active directory
• Some experience participating in the application of systems engineering principles including requirements definition, system design, test planning and documentation, integration, and functional and operational testing
• Experience with engineering practices related to performing operational tradeoffs in performance, functionality, cost, and efficiency
• Some experience in performing test measurement and analysis of cybersecurity and IT systems

• Initiates and executes tasks involving the identification of cybersecurity system performance
• Initiates and shapes tasking involving the operation, monitoring, and analysis of cybersecurity applications and systems
• Coordinates actions involving the testing and deployment of cybersecurity systems including firewalls, network analysis tools, access management systems, and vulnerability management applications
• Coordinates actions necessary to recover from system failures
• Identifies key reporting metrics associated with cybersecurity systems.

• Anticipate and respond to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
• Partner with all team members to achieve goals
• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions

• Contribute to a positive work environment
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

• Use resources efficiently
• Search for less costly ways of doing things

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and take time to resolve the situation
• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
• Attend carefully to important details – practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

Primary Location
:
Maryland, Silver Spring

Full-Time Salary Range
: $128,452–$214,087