First American Financial Group, Inc. · 9 hours ago
Senior Security Engineer
Santa Ana, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expFirst American Financial Corporation is a company that values its people and has a strong commitment to fostering an inclusive work environment. The Senior Security Engineer is responsible for providing operational security solutions, leading the technical direction in designing and implementing security solutions, and managing information security risks to ensure the protection of corporate assets and infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Leads technical direction in designing and implementing security solutions for corporate technical infrastructure and business applications
Participates in all phases of project planning in security service support, including functional requirements, design specifications, testing and quality assurance, implementation and support
Leads technical engineering services to support and update existing security systems and works to automate processes related to security implementations, monitoring, and enforcement
Investigates, recommends, evaluates, deploys and integrates security tools and techniques to improve our ability to protect corporate assets and infrastructure
Participates in technical risk assessments and security exposure analyses of systems, networks and business applications
Evaluates and implements security devices such as firewalls, IDS, IPS, threat correlation tools, vulnerability management tools, encryption capabilities, etc
Analyzes network elements and designs to ensure secure and optimal system and network performance and cost effectiveness
Oversees the purchase, installation, and support of security devices
Responsible for assessing and managing information security risks to pre-existing current systems
Assists in the planning of large scale systems projects through vendor comparison and cost studies
Monitors, reports and resolves all security related problems and discrepancies
Participates as a member of the Information Security Incident Response Team
Interacts with internal and external clients on security requirements, identifies security process and develops strategies/solutions to security issues while maintaining tight security discipline
Develops test plan and implements rigorous testing prior to rollout of new systems into the production environment
Leads Cyber Security incident investigations
Required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs
Qualification
Required
Must have minimum 7 years information security experience
Must have 5+ years hands on experience with networking, intrusion detection, VPN, PKI, Next-Generation firewalls, NAC; Identity management and encryption technologies
Experience in implementing Information Security technologies and/or processes required
Experience in product evaluation and managing vendor relationships required
Experience in defining Information Security strategy and integrating security technologies into corporate frameworks
Must have hands on working knowledge of UNIX/AIX, Microsoft NT/2000, firewall multi-layer design and implementation, router access list/packet filtering (CISCO), WANs, LANs, the Internet, Intranets, network protocols and network services (i.e., telnet, ftp, etc.), Intrusion detection systems, Virtual Private Network (VPN), two factor authentication
Generally requires a BS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience
Preferred
CISSP
GIAC
CCNA
CCNP
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO/paid sick leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Company
First American Financial Group, Inc.
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2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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2025-04-18
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