IT Cybersecurity Engineer I (Dallas, TX) - Austin Industries

Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies.

With more than 7,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

 

Austin Industries has an outstanding opportunity for a cybersecurity engineer I at our corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Reporting to the Cybersecurity manager the Cybersecurity Engineer I role will be responsible for implementing, administering and monitoring the various Cybersecurity solutions that protect the company’s on-premise and cloud digital assets.

The role will also be responsible for continuously improving the organizations Cybersecurity posture.

 

Responsibilities:


* Troubleshoot and resolve Cyber Security related support tickets that have been escalated from helpdesk and other IT groups.


* Monitor environment for security events and resolve accordingly


* Work with Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to resolve security alerts and investigations


* Perform hands-on, day-to-day administration of the network infrastructure, including reviewing logs, physical inspections, testing for vulnerabilities, solving security issues, configuration and maintaining documentation.


* Participate in On-Call rotation schedule.


* Perform monthly vulnerability scans


* Work with appropriate teams and MSP to ensure that servers and workstations throughout the organization are kept up to date with security patches.


* Lead and participate in Cyber Security related projects as assigned


* Work closely with other IT teams to implement and enforce Cyber Security best practices and standards.


* Interface with employees, technical staff, and management to identify issues, negotiate changes, and provide strong customer service both orally and in writing.


* Work closely with the Cyber Security Manager to continually improve the Cyber Security posture of the organization.


* Help manage firewalls, web filters, IDS/IPS and other security tools


* Collaborate with various stakeholders and technical teams to continuously improve the security posture of the organization’s infrastructure.


* Research and implement hardware and software for Proofs of Concepts and production use for new and emerging Cyber Security technologies.


* Create training materials and provide troubleshooting procedures to IT Support personnel for first-line security issues.


* Provide input into the research, development, documentation, and implementation of Cyber Security solutions that can be applied throughout the organization.


* Continually look for ways to improve the Cyber Security posture for the organization.


* Continually look for security gaps and risks and provide input on how best to mitigate them.


* Plan, Implement and upgrade ...