Position Summary

Ryan Specialty is looking for an Information Security Engineer to join our Chicago team. We are a fast paced, energetic and rapidly growing organization that offers a great opportunity for someone interested in further developing their career. The Information Security Engineer will play a critical role in safeguarding our organization’s digital assets and ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our systems. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain robust security solutions. Your expertise in zero trust networking, cloud concepts, firewalls, and network security groups will be essential in protecting our infrastructure.

Location:

Chicago - Illinois - Wacker

What will your job entail?

Essential Functions

Develop and implement security controls, policies, and procedures to protect our networks, systems, and data.
Apply zero trust principles to network architecture, ensuring secure access and minimizing attack surfaces.
Leverage your knowledge of cloud services and best practices to secure cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
Collaborate with the network team to ensure secure configuration and management of firewalls and security groups to prevent unauthorized access and monitor traffic.
Engage in regular security assessments, vulnerability scans, and penetration tests.
Design and document best-practice security procedures, standards, and guidelines for other teams or business units.
When needed, analyze traffic, investigate alerts, set policy and work with other teams to investigate and mitigate security events.
Work with managed services partner to continue to expand log ingestion, build additional alarms, and maintain infrastructure reliability and stability.
Identify new cybersecurity risks and work with the team to develop mitigation plans.
Assist in identifying and managing privileged access across the enterprise
Assess and provide gap analysis of existing tools and controls to determine areas of increased risk and action those items through remediation.
Participate and assist team through Tabletop exercises, documenting gaps and maintaining until resolution.
Partner with other departments and business units to implement security solutions including project & change management.
Advocate security awareness and teach secure behavior and methods.
Perform technical risk assessments, triage security testing results and manage security response actions.
Work closely with IT on the development of security metrics, assisting in compliance audits, and continuous security improvements.
Assist in compliance activities such as external audits from customers, regulatory compliance projects, and overall information security reviews.

Education/Experience/Skills

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Security or equivalent experience.
Minimum 2 years information security engineering experience.
CISSP or comparable Information Security certification.
Proficiency in zero trust networking principles.
Understanding of cloud services and security features.
Firewall management background, including overseeing the policy management, VPN controls, and traffic analysis processes.
Self-motivated and capable of managing tasks independently.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the organization. Our vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions. Differences in race, creed, color, religious beliefs, physical or mental capabilities, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients, trading partners, and communities. This policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, discipline, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms, conditions, and benefits of employment.

How We Support Our Teammates

Ryan Specialty seeks to offer our employees a comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package that helps them — and their family members — achieve their physical, financial, and emotional well-being goals. In addition to paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days, Ryan offers paid parental leave, mental health services and more.

The target salary range for this position is $89,200.00 - $117,075.00 annually.

The wage range for this role considers many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, licensure and certification, business needs, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time roles are eligible for bonuses and benefits. For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards, visit our website https://benefits.ryansg.com/.

We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation at HR@Ryansg.com

The above is intended to describe this job's general requirements. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

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