Sr Principal Cybersecurity Engineer - 90397492 - Remote

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As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

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Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
The Sr Principal IT Security Engineer provides specialized depth and breadth of information security technologies to protect IT systems, network and data across the enterprise. The role identifies technology improvements and makes recommendations to support strategic business and operational goals. The Sr Principal IT Security Engineer manages internal security technologies and guides matrixed project teams throughout the Amtrak SDLC process. 

The Sr Principal IT Security Engineer embodies security-first principles, constantly assesses the threat landscape and adapt quickly to manage enterprise risk, as well as technology integration and deployment requirements.  IT Security Engineers think like attackers to identify how solutions may be abused to an attacker’s advantage.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Serves as a service offering lead of security technologies in support of the service owner and cybersecurity strategic plan.
• Provides technical security guidance to employees and IT colleagues.
• Leads security technology projects that are complex and specialized within the information security engineering function.
• Leads project teams to achieve milestones established by the service owner.
• Makes decisions that impact the functional operation of security technologies.
• Presents complex solutions to key stakeholders that influence the strategic direction of technology projects.   
• Builds relationships with developers, stakeholders, security champions, and scrum masters to incorporate security principles into engineering design and deployments.
• Solves complex technology problems and adopts precedence where traditional approaches do not work or exist.
• Supervise testing and validation in application security controls across projects.
• Oversee implementation of defensive practices and countermeasures across infrastructure and applications.
• Build services and tools to enable developers and engineers to easily use security components produced by security team members. 
• Simplify automation that applies security inter-workings with CI/CD pipelines.
• Support the ability to “shift left” and incorporate security early on and throughout the development lifecycle.
• Communicate vulnerability results in a manner understood by technical and non-technical business units based on risk tolerance and threat to the business, and gain support through influential messaging.
• Join forces and provision security principles in architecture, infrastructure and code. 
• Conducts quality test activities and validates test completeness in preparation for go-live.
• Expertise in ICS/SCADA cybersecurity concerns.
• Provides in-depth expertise to resolve problems, security incidents and conduct forensic investigations.
• Develops of user manuals and knowledge databases and assists in user training.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field plus relevant experience required.
• Professional security-related certifications (e.g. Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), CISCO, SANS certifications, etc.).
• Must possess excellent customer service, strong communication and interpersonal skills, work well with others in an integrated team environment, and must be self-motivated. 
• Specialized experience in securing Windows and *nix operating systems, endpoint applications, networking protocols and devices.
• Advanced scripting ability in Python, Bash, Perl, PowerShell or other relevant language.
• Deep understanding of OWASP, CVSS, the MITRE ATT&CK framework and the secure software development lifecycle (SLDC).
• Experience with SIEM/SOAR, EDR, CASB, IDS/IPS, AV, DLP, UEBA, FW, etc. technologies 
• Extensive experience performing technical risk and vulnerability assessments. 
• Strong analytical skills with experience working in or supporting a Security Operations Center.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or equivalent
• Experience with scripting languages.
• 9+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering specialization.
• Extensive experience with operations and security across Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.
• Advanced working level of the Microsoft Security Stack.
• Broad knowledge of Payment Card Industry (PCI), Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), National Institute of Standards (NIST), Center for Internet Security (CIS) or International Standards Organization (ISO) requirements.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work is performed in an office environment
• May require travel up to 10% of the time 
• Requires on-call status
• After hours, weekend and periodic shift work may be required
• Other duties as assigned

COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.

The salary/hourly range is $149,400-$193,644, Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, internal equity, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.

Requisition ID:165104

Work Arrangement:02-Remote Optional Click here for more information about work arrangements at Amtrak. 
Relocation Offered:No 
Travel Requirements:Up to 25% 

You power our progress through your performance.
 

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions. 

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen. 

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.  

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses. 

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law..