Security Engineer (Dallas Ft Worth Metroplex)

About the position Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team. Gartner information security teams are a group of passionate information security professionals dedicated to Protecting, Detecting, and Responding to threats. Our team is filled with lifelong learners who are consistently researching ways to better defend and stay ahead of the threats of tomorrow. We are a collaborative group, where good ideas come together whether they come from the most experienced or the newest members of the team. We are looking for a well-rounded and motivated Security Engineer to join its Threat & Vulnerability Management team which is responsible for full lifecycle management of vulnerabilities for all Gartner assets, products, and applications. Additionally, the team works closely with key resources throughout Gartner IT to design secure applications/solutions/platforms, build context-aware threat models for existing applications, and partner with teams on strategic remediation initiatives to continuously improve Gartner's security posture.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to design secure applications, test applications for security weakness, and partner on remediation of identified issues.
• Work with key stakeholders to identify, respond to, and remediate information security issues.
• Coordinate the orchestration, automation, and management of security technologies and platforms.
• Own day-to-day life cycle management, including identification and remediation of security vulnerabilities.
• Create reasonable and actionable reports showing direct impact to the security posture.
• Define and implement meaningful metrics to measure the effectiveness of security controls through KRIs and security scorecards.
• Serve as a subject-matter-expert for Threat & Vulnerability Management; act as a first point of contact for critical issues, security risk assessments, third-party audits, and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate business and technical requirements to identify and implement tools, processes, and technologies to improve our security posture in our environments.
• Ensure the continuous improvement of existing compliance processes.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in a Security Engineering role with proven experience in Threat & Vulnerability Management, Cloud Security, and Application Security.
• Strong independent critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to consistently evaluate and pivot based on the current organizational priorities.
• Maintain one or more of the following certifications: CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CCSP, AWS or Azure Security.
• Experience using vulnerability scanning technologies, AST platforms, and cloud security tooling.
• Scripting or programming experience (Java, .NET, HTML, Ruby, PHP, Perl, C#, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, Bash).
• Experience leading projects, initiatives, and resources through direct and indirect leadership.
• Deep knowledge of Threat & Vulnerability Management with an ability to think like a bad actor and use that context to conduct threat models.
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proven communication, collaboration, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to build trusting, meaningful relationships with peers, stakeholders, partners and suppliers.
• Ability to define and communicate risk in a business-relevant language to both non-technical and technical audiences.
• Desire for life-long learning and continuous personal/professional development.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
• A chance to make an impact - your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
• 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
• Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
• Parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gartner Gives Charity Match.

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