Senior System Security Engineer
At the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), we are creating a better state of care, for our communities and our team members at more than 150 locations across Maryland.
UMMS believes all team members are caregivers—and we support our caregivers so they can care for our patients. When you join UMMS, you become part of a highly reliable community of more than 27,000, where your experience is respected, your expertise is recognized, and your passion and curiosity are nurtured. A generous benefits package supports your physical, mental, and financial health through a paid time off plan, comprehensive health coverage, dependent care and tuition reimbursement, retirement plan, wellbeing services and more.
UMMS embraces a just culture where all team members are treated fairly and are empowered to communicate their goals and pursue their full career potential. We are guided by our shared values—compassion, discovery, excellence, diversity and integrity—and we are looking for talented individuals who will embrace those values and help us achieve our mission and vision.
Senior System Security Engineer
Job ID: REF40905O
Area of Interest: Service
Location: Columbia,MD US
Hours of Work: 8a-5p
Job Facility: University Of Maryland Medical System Corporate Office
Employment Type: Full Time
Shift: Day
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.
Under limited or no supervision, gathers and analyzes security needs for developing security requirements in the healthcare environment. Provide ongoing security administration support, write documentation and define Security Operations requirements. Analyze metrics generated by security tools , propose solutions and/or recommendations in addition to modifying security applications and toolsets. Represent IT Security during planning and delivering of projects and initiatives.
- Monitor and tune alerts from SIEM and events from security monitoring tools.
- Identify opportunities to improve incident response procedures
- Administer IT Security tools and adjust controls to match cyber-attack patterns.
- Support Security Operation analysts during security investigations and forensic analysis.
- Collaborate with IT teams to remediate security concerns.
- Write Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) and participate in the improvement of existing workflows.
- Work closely with Security Analysts and ensure efficiency of controls.
- Follow up with ongoing Security administration tasks and related projects.
- Provide 24/7 support through an on-call scheduling rotation.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, a health, science, or business field is required. Master’s degree preferred.
- Required at least one industry certification such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, CSSLP, CHFI, CCSP, GCIH, GCIA, ITIL v3.
- Five (5) years in information system engineering or administration plus 3 years of IT security experience required.
- Experience working in a healthcare environment is preferred.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation
- Pay Range: $54.42-$81.64
- Other Compensation (if applicable):
- Review the 2024-2025 UMMS Benefits Guide
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