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Penn State Health Corporation

Location: US:PA:Hershey
Work Type: Full Time
FTE: 1.00
Shift: Day
Hours: 8

CYBER DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

The Office of Cybersecurity and Privacy ensures cybersecurity and privacy risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Penn State Health (PSH) and College of Medicine (COM) information are identified, assessed, and maintained at acceptable levels. We are looking for people who are focused on delivery, prioritize data-driven decisions over opinions, are continuous learners, and are passionate about cybersecurity.

**100% REMOTE POSITION**

** WE ARE OPEN TO BOTH INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR LEVEL APPLICANTS**

JOB SUMMARY:

The Cyber Defense Infrastructure Engineer (CDIE) is a critical team member directly contributing to the Penn State Health and College of Medicine Office of Cyber Security's mission to Prevent, Detect, Analyze and Respond to threat activity (internal and external), information system vulnerabilities, and cyber incidents.

The CDIE installs, configures, troubleshoots, and maintains various cyber security capabilities (hardware and software) to ensure their confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Manages accounts, patches, and secure configurations. Capabilities include, but are not limited to, network and host-based anti-virus/anti-malware, host-based firewalls, advanced threat detection agents, net-flow analytics platform, secure email gateway, data loss prevention, full disk encryption, web proxy, password manager, incident response case management, and security orchestrations tools.

Responsible for setting up and maintaining a system or specific components of a system (e.g. for example, installing, configuring, and updating hardware and software; establishing and managing user accounts; overseeing or conducting backup and recovery tasks; implementing operational and technical security controls; and adhering to organizational security policies and procedures).

Tests, implements, deploys, maintains, reviews, and administers the infrastructure hardware and software that are required to effectively manage the cyber defense infrastructure and resources. Monitors assigned cyber defense infrastructure systems to actively remediate unauthorized activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Senior Level Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, software engineering, information systems, computer engineering, or equivalent experience AND 8 years' experience in network infrastructure, firewalls, IDS/IPS, application proxies, systems administration, network storage, enterprise authentication, backups and data retention, information assurance.

Intermediate Level Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, software engineering, information systems, computer engineering, or equivalent experience AND 4 years' experience in network infrastructure, firewalls, IDS/IPS, application proxies, systems administration, network storage, enterprise authentication, backups and data retention, information assurance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Certifications addressing system security, network infrastructure, access control, cryptography, assessments and audits, organizational security, information security, information systems, network security, information assurance, troubleshooting, security operations, cryptography

BENEFITS:

Medical, Dental, and Vision starting day one

Tuition Reimbursement

Short term and long term disability

Generous amount of time off and holidays

401k for retirement

Much more!

If chosen for this position, you may required to pass a Post Offer Employment Physical Exam in accordance with the measurements listed in the Work Task Analysis (WTA) report. This job description is a general outline of duties performed and is not to be misconstrued as encompassing all duties performed within the position. All individuals (including current employees) selected for a position will undergo a background check appropriate for the position's responsibilities.

Penn State Health is fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is unapologetically expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, martial status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please call 717-531-8440 between the hours of 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday, email hrsolutions@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or download our Accommodation Instructions for Job Applicants PDF for more detailed steps for assistance.