Information Security Engineer - EndPoint Solutions at Wintrust Financial Corporation in Rosemont, Illinois

Job Description:

Founded in 1991 with the idea to be the alternative to the big banks, Wintrust has since grown into a financial services company with more than $45 billion in assets, headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois. Through our multiple companies and divisions, we provide traditional community banking and commercial banking services, wealth management solutions, commercial and life insurance premium financing, mortgage origination, and short-term accounts receivable financing and certain administrative services, such as data processing of payrolls, billing, and treasury management services. We provide community-oriented personal and business banking services to customers located in the greater Chicagoland area, northwest Indiana, and southern Wisconsin through more than 175 community bank locations.

Position Overview

The Information Security Engineer will work directly with all business units in support of maintaining and identifying opportunities to improve the information security posture of both Wintrust and its customers. The Security Engineer will be an active participant in the daily execution of information security related compliance controls including monitoring, scanning, analysis, reporting, validation, and evidence archival. Where appropriate, the Engineer will serve Wintrust and its customers in a consultative role as a corporate information security subject matter expert (SME).

Key Accountabilities

• Develop security metrics and dashboards for presentation to Executive team members




• Researches/investigates emerging business application security topics, threats, capabilities, and solution options to create/update policy and governance, technology strategies, solution architecture, and vulnerability assessments




• Analyzes, designs, and facilitates capabilities, solutions, or preventative/remediation controls to protect proprietary/confidential data and systems in accordance with industry standards and governance/compliance requirements




• Assist in creating and maintaining information security policies, including technical and administrative policies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.




• 3-5 years of related experience




• Completion of at least 1 security related certification preferred (e.g. CISA, CIA, CFE, CISM, SSCP, CEH, CIPP, GIAC, GCIH)




• A thorough understanding of network and system based attack vectors




• Solid understanding of information security related concerns in the deployment of firewalls, switches, routers, DNS, IDS/IPS, cloud infrastructure, and log management




• Working knowledge of various compliance regulations and IT/security frameworks/standards (e.g. PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, FFIEC, FINRA, ISO20000, ISO27000, ITILv3, NIST, SAS70)




• Experience implementing new security oriented technology solutions within a given environment




• Hands-on experience managing and configuring network access control solutions, email security, and endpoint detection and response technologies

Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.