Principal Cyber Security Engineer (IAM)

$130,800 - $222,500/Yr

Walgreens Boots Alliance - Deerfield, IL

Full-time - Senior

Deerfield, IL

5,001-10,000 employees

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The Principal Cyber Security Engineer (IAM) at Walgreens is responsible for building and leading the most complex and industry-leading technical security programs aimed at protecting the integrity of digital networks, systems, applications, and data. This role involves designing, enhancing, building, operating, and automating key information security solutions and processes. The engineer will consult with internal development teams to anticipate potential threats, advise on defensive coding strategies, and remediate vulnerabilities in software. In addition to technical responsibilities, the Principal Cyber Security Engineer will meet and collaborate with internal business partners and customers to design and develop information security requirements while conducting thorough risk assessments. The position requires providing technical leadership on highly complex security projects, participating in security risk analyses, and reviewing third-party software and service providers. Staying current on evolving security and legislative/regulatory changes is crucial for this role. The engineer will also develop or lead the development of technical and business approaches, as well as new or enhanced technical tools. Proactively assessing potential risks and vulnerabilities in the network and systems is a key aspect of the job. The engineer will be recognized as an expert in the field, determining leading-edge technical and business approaches and developing major new technical tools. Additionally, the role includes performing network security audits and testing, evaluating system security configurations to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Designs complex or industry-leading technical security programs to protect digital networks, systems, applications, and data.
• Leads in designing, enhancing, building, operating, and automating key information security solutions and processes.
• Consults with internal development teams to anticipate threats and advise on defensive coding strategies.
• Conducts risk assessments and develops information security requirements in collaboration with internal business partners and customers.
• Provides technical leadership on highly complex security projects to solve challenging security problems.
• Participates in complex security risk analyses and reviews of third-party software and service providers.
• Stays current on evolving security and legislative/regulatory changes related to security.
• Develops or leads the development of technical/business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools.
• Proactively anticipates and assesses potential risks and vulnerabilities in the network and systems.
• Performs network security audits and testing, evaluating system security configurations for compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and at least 6 years of experience in IT security, or a High School Diploma/GED with at least 9 years of experience in IT security.
• At least 4 years of experience with security protocols and standards, vulnerability assessment tools, packet analyzers, scripting languages, and security management suites.
• Experience with security engineering, identity engineering, security applications engineering, and/or security infrastructure engineering.
• Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization and with vendors.
• Experience interacting at the executive level.
• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 3 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership, and/or cross-functional team leadership.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics.
• CISSP or CISA Certification.