Sr. Associate Engineer, Security & Governance Operations, Global IT Group

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Job Summary

The Sr. Associate Engineer, Security Operations independently administers and maintains assigned security platforms, implements configuration changes and integrations, identifies coverage gaps, and supports Incident Response with tooling and emergency changes. The role may supervise and mentor Associate Engineers.

Position Details

Team: Cyber Team – Security Operations

Level: Sr. Associate Engineer (2 of 5: Associate Engineer, Sr. Associate Engineer, Specialist Engineer, Sr. Specialist Engineer, Technical Lead)

Reports to: Technical Lead, Security Operations, or SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Supervisory scope: May supervise, mentor, and assign work to Associate Engineers.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Platform Administration & Configuration

• Independently administer assigned security platforms, including policy configuration, tuning, and access management.

• Identify and remediate coverage gaps, misconfigurations, and platform health issues.

Change, Upgrades & Integration

• Plan and implement changes and upgrades with testing and rollback plans, in line with change management.

• Support integrations between security platforms and log sources.

Automation

• Develop basic scripts and automations to reduce manual administration.

Incident Support

• Execute emergency changes requested by Incident Response, such as isolation, blocking, and policy updates.

Team Support

• Mentor Associate Engineers, assign and review their work, and support their development.

Incident Availability and On-Call

All members of the Cyber Team, in both Incident Response and Security Operations, support the organization's incident response capability. The following availability expectations are a condition of this role:

• Participate in the team's formal after-hours on-call rotation, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, and acknowledge and respond to alerts and escalations within defined response times while on call.

• Be available and readily reachable outside normal business hours at any time during a material cybersecurity incident, including when not scheduled for on-call coverage. Material incidents require an all-hands response from every member of the Cyber Team.

• Keep mobile notifications enabled and monitor designated incident communication channels (phone, text, email, collaboration, and paging tools) after hours so that material incident notifications are received and acknowledged promptly.

• Support containment, investigation, remediation, recovery, and post-incident activities as directed by incident leadership for the duration of the incident, which may include extended, overnight, or weekend hours.

• Maintain current emergency contact details with the Cyber Team and notify management in advance of planned unavailability (such as travel or leave) so that coverage can be arranged.

• These expectations apply regardless of the employee's home location or time zone.

• Serve in the on-call rotation for security platforms and execute emergency changes requested by Incident Response, such as isolation, blocking, and policy updates.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years' experience in security engineering, systems administration, or network administration.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Hands-on experience administering endpoint, network security, identity, or email security platforms.

• Working knowledge of networking, directory and cloud identity services, and cloud platforms.

• Scripting experience (e.g., PowerShell, Python) preferred.

• Security certifications such as CompTIA Security+ or CySA+ preferred.

• Clear written and verbal communication and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Ability to meet the on-call and material incident availability requirements of the role.

The salary range for this role is between:

Compensation

$67,000– $96,000

The annualized base pay range is a broad range based on analysis of similar positions in the market. The actual base pay for the position may be above or below the listed range and determined by a number of considerations, including but not limited to complexity, location, and scope of the role, along with experience, skills, education, training, and other conditions of employment. Base salary represents one component of Allied World’s comprehensive total reward package, which may also include annual incentive compensation rewards.

Our generous benefits package includes: Health, Dental and Disability Insurance, a company match 401k plan, and Group Term Life Insurance. Allied World is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without consideration of any disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Working at Allied World

Our team of over 1,650 professionals has deep expertise in the industry. They enjoy their work, and many have served for several years. This is what you can expect when you join us:
• Instant membership in the Allied World — a global network of colleagues who will support your career journey
• A manager who will help you build your career through a structured coaching program
• Access to a full suite of learning and development tools and resources
Global Presence

Headquartered in Bermuda, Allied World has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Brisbane, Chicago, Costa Mesa, Dallas, Dublin, Farmington (CT), Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Malaysia, Manchester, Miami, Nashville, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney, Switzerland and Toronto. We strive to provide exceptional service to our clients and distribution partners.