Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 14 hours ago
IS&T Security Engineer 2
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expMassachusetts Institute of Technology is seeking an IT Security Engineer to serve as a subject matter expert and final escalation point for cybersecurity events. The role involves investigating, diagnosing, and resolving complex security issues to protect the Institute’s digital infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Independently investigate, diagnose, and resolve sophisticated security issues from phishing and threat analysis to incident response and prevention
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
a minimum of five years of experience in cybersecurity, information systems, or another related field
understanding of email systems
common phishing techniques
experience analyzing raw email headers in text format
understanding of networking concepts such as network segmentation and isolation, routing, client-server communications, ARP, DHCP, TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, HTTP/S, RDP, SSH, FTP, etc
understanding of system administration concepts such as operating system patching and lifecycle, scheduled tasks, administration of services, and common log types such as syslog, json, M365, message trace, IDP logs, and Windows Security Log
Comfortable utilizing a command line on Windows, MacOS, and Linux
familiarity with software engineering and application development concepts such as dlls and shared object libraries, memory allocation and abuse, packaging and dependencies, etc
Company
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a research university that conducts research and offers educational courses.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.11BKey Investors
US Department of EnergyAlfred P. Sloan FoundationMassachusetts Life Sciences Center
2023-08-15Grant
2021-01-01Grant· $1.5M
2020-01-30Grant· $0.07M
Leadership Team
Carlos Botelho de Paula Filho
Chief Technology Officer at Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI)
Gaspare LoDuca
Vice President for Information Systems & Technology and CIO
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