Senior System Security Engineering
Compex Legal Services
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced
Senior Systems & Security Engineer
to help strengthen and secure our IT environment while keeping our systems reliable, scalable, and running smoothly.
This is a hands-on senior technical role that blends
systems engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and incident response
. You’ll play an important part in how we design and protect our technology environment, from servers and networks to cloud platforms and security tools.
If you enjoy solving complex technical problems, improving security, and taking ownership of infrastructure projects from start to finish, this could be a great fit.
Build, implement, and manage secure and scalable on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments with a focus on security, availability, performance, and resiliency.
Help design, implement, and continuously improve security controls, tools, and processes to reduce risk and support industry best practices.
Partner with our third-party Security Operations Center (SOC) and serve as a key technical escalation point for incident investigation, root cause analysis, remediation, and post-incident reviews.
Develop and maintain clear system and security documentation that supports organizational standards and regulatory requirements.
Improve monitoring and reliability.
Monitor system, network, and security activity, identify trends, and make improvements that strengthen performance, availability, threat detection, and overall efficiency.
Manage critical IT infrastructure.
Install, administer, troubleshoot, and support enterprise servers, networks, operating systems, virtualization platforms, firewalls, routers, switches, endpoint protection, and monitoring tools.
Identify and reduce risk.
Find and prioritize vulnerabilities, security gaps, and infrastructure risks, then partner with the appropriate teams to drive remediation.
Lead technical projects.
Take ownership of infrastructure and security initiatives such as system upgrades, migrations, new platform implementations, automation, and security tool deployments.
Work closely with IT leadership, technical teams, and outside vendors to make sure infrastructure and security decisions align with business needs.
3–5 years of experience
in network and systems administration.
~ A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
~ Experience supporting
cloud or hybrid infrastructure
, including platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
~ Strong knowledge of networking concepts and technologies, including
TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, and routing protocols
.
~ Familiarity with
Storage Area Networks (SANs) .
~ Experience with
firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection, and network security practices
.
~ Strong knowledge of
security architecture, system hardening, incident response, vulnerability management, risk assessment, and mitigation planning
.
~ An understanding of
governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) principles.
~ Can work independently while still being a collaborative member of the larger IT team.
Reference: WJ-4487_23108751