Security Engineer

Looking for an opportunity with a dynamic, fun, and goal-oriented company? We’re growing quickly and we’re looking for some not-so-typical talent to join our team. 
 
Progress Residential® is the largest providers of high-quality, single-family rental homes in the United States. With more than 90,000 homes across some of the fastest-growing markets, our residents appreciate the flexibility, freedom, and convenience of living in a single-family home without the obligations of home ownership. 

Progress is committed to making the home rental process easy and enjoyable for the residents we serve by empowering our team members and investing in innovative systems and technology. Our portfolio has continued to grow substantially the past few years and we see increasing demand for professionally managed single-family rental homes and anticipate continued growth. 

Employment with Progress Residential is conditional on a satisfactory background and drug screen.

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Position Summary:

The Security Engineer provides Progress Residential operational, administrative and project support for the Information Security department whose purpose is to ensure the integrity of Information Systems assets and to protect systems from unauthorized access or destruction. This role includes, but is not limited to: network security, systems security, IT policy, security solutions, incident response, monitoring, reporting, and general Information Technology concepts.

The Security Engineer will perform technical analysis, installation, maintenance & modification of systems and software. Monitor, analyze and report on performance of systems. Participate in security solution implementations, incident response & remediation for identified incidents, participate in the development of policies, standards, procedures for the general operation of the InfoSec Team. This is a full-time position that requires availability from 8:00am to 4:00pm MST, Monday through Friday.

Essential Functions:

• Perform security assessments and threat hunting campaigns to identify potential security risks in all aspects of the business including technical implementations (applications or equipment) as well as IT or business processes.

• Assist in the development and delivery of end user security awareness training, effective reporting, as well as performance metrics.

• Train and mentor team members as well as non-team members in the global IT environment of security best practices and methods.

• Risk Management and Reporting both written and oral

• Identification of potential security risks in all aspects of the business including technical implementations (applications or equipment) and IT or business process

• Stay up-to-date with emerging cybersecurity threats and trends and provide recommendations to mitigate them.

• Participation in internal and third-party audits of the company’s IT security policies, procedures, as well as operational duties while leading any remediation efforts that may be identified as a result of an audit.

• Conduct research and analysis and/or develop recommendations related to public security breaches.

• Develop automation and playbooks to improve process and response to security actions

• Integrate security practices into the DevOps pipeline: Collaborate with development and operations teams to embed security measures throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring continuous security monitoring and automated security testing.

• Automate security processes: Develop and implement automated security workflows and tools within the CI/CD pipeline to ensure continuous integration of security checks, vulnerability scanning, and compliance validation.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of three years of experience performing triage/incident response in enterprise environments

• Minimum of three years of experience performing forensic analysis of logs and packet captures to identify malicious artifacts

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Strong understanding of automation and playbook creation

• Security certificates recommended, but not required similar to CompTIA Security+, CySA or Network+

• Strong research background and an analytical approach, especially with respect to event classification, event correlation, and root cause analysis

• Ability to follow through with projects to completion both individually and in a group

• Demonstrates key competencies to include and ensures accountability, drives results, and self-development

• Experience with PowerShell and Python

What you can expect from us:

Progress Residential® offers all the financial and non-financial incentives you would expect from an innovative real estate investment and management firm:

• In addition to outstanding training, we host quarterly summits and town hall meetings to encourage growth, knowledge sharing and a good time. After all, it’s about progress, not perfection. 

• We offer competitive compensation, including a performance-based bonus.

• Our generous benefits package includes comprehensive healthcare coverage for you and your family, parental leave, paid time off, 401k match, 10 paid holidays and much more.
   

Closing Statement:
This summary is not an all-inclusive description of job duties. Other job duties and responsibilities may also be assigned by the incumbent’s supervisor at any time based upon Company need.
 
Progress Residential® is a proud Equal Opportunity employer, m/f/d/v. 
 

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