Who we are...

COCC delivers complete enterprise processing solutions to financial institutions throughout the northeastern United States. Listed among American Banker's FinTech 100 and the Inc. 5,000 fastest growing companies in the nation, COCC inspires the industry with innovation and top quality support. Designated as a Top Workplace in Connecticut and a National Great Place to Work, COCC recognizes employees as the core of our success! COCC offers a progressive training program to support employees in personal and professional development.

What we need...

COCC is looking for a network & cloud focused Security Engineer II to help the Security Architecture & Engineering team develop network security solutions, solve complex problems, and secure our cloud technologies. The ideal candidate will be collaborative, communicative, inquisitive, curious, and have a thirst for knowledge. Unincumbered by failure or complexity, you will dig into new technologies without fret, learning what you need to be successful as-needed/required. Ideally, you will possess industry-specific security certifications with experience in a fast-paced enterprise environment that has a strong focus on security principles. Working with little supervision, you must know when to make judgement calls and when to ask for help.

What's in it for you...

COCC offers a unique and collaborative experience as you grow your career with us and all of the benefits you'd expect from an award-winning employer plus:

• A hybrid schedule allowing you the flexibility to balance your work/life needs
• A customized training plan to successfully onboard you through your first year
• A robust employee training and development program aligned with career pathing objectives
• Generous PTO offering as well as competitive pay and benefits
• On-site fitness center / off-site fitness/wellness reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• One-on-one career coaching
• Financial planning assistance with certified professionals
• Fun employee events such as company outings, trivia, sports leagues wellness events
• Peer recognition programs

What you'll do...

COCC Security Engineers design, support, analyze, and maintain COCC's corporate security infrastructure. Platforms include remote access, network firewalls, next-gen firewalls, web application firewalls, IDS & IPS, MFA, PKI, and Internet access protections such as web filtering and IP reputation services. Some security assistance with web hosting (server), DNS, and email (server) may be required on an as-needed basis. You will assist with requests for service installations and service configuration changes & project implementations. These services and projects are requested by the business as well as internal to the Security Architecture & Engineering team and can consist of new vendor onboarding, network security changes, security enhancements, threat mitigation, and/or solving sometimes complex "problems of the day". You will bring cloud security experience to the team, supporting projects in AWS and VMware NSX. You must have a comfort level working with a diverse set of individuals and backgrounds. Our team is responsible for maintaining security infrastructure including upgrades and patches, which includes a low-volume on-call rotation with some weekend work required quarterly.

What you'll bring...

• Bachelor's degree is preferred for this role but will consider appropriate work experience and/or relevant certifications.
• 5-7 years experience supporting & designing security-oriented services leveraging firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, web application firewalls, and other threat mitigation technologies.
• Security certifications (SANS, ISC2, CompTIA, etc.)
• Experience with VMWare NSX in a production environment; certifications preferred
• Experience with AWS or Azure; certifications preferred
• Knowledge of security engineering within a containerized environment, and securing cloud-based infrastructure

Salary range for this role is $105000-137000/annually

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not currently or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

COCC is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace. All applicants are required to pass a credit, background, and substance test prior to employment. COCC procures background and consumer reports in compliance with all Federal and State regulations, including The Fair Credit Reporting Act and CT Department of Labor laws regarding pre-employment screens. COCC is an equal opportunity employer committed to a community of inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

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