SR SECURITY SPECIALIST – REMOTEARC Group has an immediate opportunity for a Senior Security Specialist with experience with ForgeRock Identity Gateway! This position is 100% remote. This is starting out as a contract position running through May 2024 with strong potential to extend longer or possibly convert to FTE. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.
At ARC Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We believe that diverse perspectives lead to better innovation and problem-solving. As an organization, we embrace diversity in all its forms and encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply.
100% REMOTE! Candidates must have permanent work authorization and work for any employer without sponsorship now or in the future. Third party candidates are not eligible for this role. Description
Accountable for activities that ensure all users in the organization have the appropriate levels of access to applications, systems, and data resources. Evaluates and maintains procedures to safeguard information systems assets from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction. Ensures compliance with Security regulations and laws. Recommends and implements changes to enhance security controls and prevent unauthorized access. Responsible for role-based implementation, role management, and access governance. Implements and manages the enterprise security support model for new applications. Monitors systems, networks, servers, and databases for potential system breaches. Responds to alerts from information security tools. Assigned to projects of medium size/scope. Provides consultative expertise on a wide variety of project and initiatives.
Essential functions:
- Responsible for supporting the ForgeRock Identity Platform including Identity Gateway
- Migrate Webservices/APIs to the ForgeRock Platform for secure authentication and assist in integration with API Gateway
- Migrate internal, and business partner users to ForgeRock
- Developing custom integration, workflows and rules between tools using Agile methodologies.
- Performs a lead role in promotion of security awareness programs, assessing gaps and implementing solutions.
- Responsible for the end-to-end completion of security requests.
- Provisions user security roles and manages security groups across systems, platforms, databases, applications, servers, directors, and folders.
- Analyzes existing role structures to improve and streamline structures, security administration and improve end-user experience.
- Responsible for highly sensitive security access for outsourced vendors and ensuring compliance with policy, regulations, and contractual requirements.
- Accountable for highly sensitive emergency processes.
- Creates or maintains application scripts and uses application specific tools to create or manage application security.
- Tracks and documents security issues and requests, actively monitors work queue.
- Plans, coordinates, communicates, tests, and implements audits ensuring that access entitlements are appropriate for job requirements.
- Accountable for follow-up of all security work requests including collaborating with other IT areas to ensure timely completion/resolution and obtainment of appropriate approval levels.
- Interfaces with users to understand new capabilities, implement procedures, ensure security procedures have been communicated properly and are being adhered to.
- Provides input to drive process improvements.
- Works closely with business areas and IT partners on troubleshooting, pre-implementation activities and to assess application security.
- Maintains and creates operational procedures and maintains Security Knowledge Base.
- Performs system monitoring activities, identification and evaluation of security threats, breaches, and vulnerabilities.
- Responds to security alerts.
- Responsible for on-call release support.
- Acts as lead liaison for internal and external audit requests and activities. Leads remedial activities as the result of audit findings.
- Defines scope of operational initiatives and adjusts priorities to support workload.
- Provides subject matter expertise, leadership, and guidance to work teams and end users on security policies, standards and procedures and processes.
- Investigates business processes to understand and implement security requirements weighing business needs and security risks and resolving issues.
- Research solutions works with vendors to enhance Security Monitoring Program.
- Coordinates and documents exceptions to security policy as directed by the Exception Governance Team.
- Develops training content as needed.
Required Experience:
- Experience with ForgeRock Access Management
- Experience with ForgeRock Identity Management
- Experience with Microsoft Active Directory and LDAP
- Proficiency with Active Directory groups and user accounts, Windows folder structures and folder security
- Development experience in any technologies, Java, PowerShell, etc.
- Proficiency with database security and tools used to administer security within the various databases, e.g., UDB, DB2, SQL and Oracle
- Proficiency of UNIX/Linux security and tools used to administer security in these environments
Required Experience:
5-8 year of related work experience or equivalent combination of transferable experience within IT Security
Required Education:
Related Bachelor's degree in an IT related field or relevant work experience
Required Certification:
COMPTIA Security+ or equivalent
Would you like to know more about our new opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume directly to John Burke at
johnb@arcgonline.com or apply online while viewing all of our open positions at
www.arcgonline.com.
ARC Group is a Forbes-ranked a top 20 recruiting and executive search firm working with clients nationwide to recruit the highest quality technical resources. We have achieved this by understanding both our candidate's and client's needs and goals and serving both with integrity and a shared desire to succeed. At ARC Group, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected status. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know. Position offered by No Fee Agency to candidates. •
Last updated on Nov 20, 2023