Senior Information Security Engineer

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Baylor Genetics

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1978

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Healthcare • Consulting • Food & Beverage

Baylor Genetics is a clinical genomics and precision diagnostics laboratory affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine that provides comprehensive genetic testing and interpretation services. The company offers whole genome and whole exome sequencing, chromosomal microarray analysis, mitochondrial testing, pharmacogenomics, and specialized assays, along with genetic counseling, provider support, and insurance/payment resources. Baylor Genetics supports healthcare providers, researchers, and families with AI-enhanced interpretation, multimodal data integration, and end-to-end clinical and laboratory services.

📋 Description

• Serve as a senior technical leader within Baylor Genetics’ Information Security team • Design, implement, and operate security controls protecting systems, networks, endpoints, and cloud environments • Lead and operate detection and response capabilities, including SIEM/MDR, EDR/XDR, and SOAR • Tune security detections using organization-specific policies and response actions • Establish and mature a centralized, risk-based vulnerability management program with patch SLAs and secure configuration baselines • Remediate penetration test findings • Design and implement identity and access security controls, including PAM, JIT access, MFA, SSO, Conditional Access, and least privilege • Advance the Zero Trust roadmap across identity, endpoints, networks, cloud, and data • Respond to and investigate security incidents through detection, containment, investigation, and recovery • Lead post-incident reviews • Implement and manage PHI/PII data protection controls, including auto-classification and DLP across endpoints and cloud services • Collaborate with IT, Privacy, Compliance, and application teams to embed security best practices into system designs, cloud deployments, and the SDLC • Provide technical mentorship to other engineers • Report to the Director of Information Security

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field — or an equivalent combination of education and experience • Minimum of 6–8 years of experience in information security engineering, security operations, or a related discipline • Hands-on expertise with SIEM/MDR and EDR platforms (e.g., CrowdStrike, Microsoft Sentinel) and security event monitoring, triage, and tuning • Strong knowledge of network security, firewalls, IDS/IPS, cryptography, authentication, and authorization principles • Experience with vulnerability management, penetration test remediation, incident response, and endpoint/OS hardening • Working knowledge of cloud security (Azure and/or AWS) and identity platforms (SSO, MFA, conditional access) • Understanding of compliance frameworks and regulations relevant to healthcare data, including HIPAA, HITRUST, NIST, and GDPR • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders • Advanced certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GCIA, GCIH, or a cloud security specialty (e.g., Azure/AWS Security) preferred • Experience with privileged access management (PAM), SOAR, and Zero Trust architectures preferred • Familiarity with data loss prevention (e.g., Microsoft Purview) and data classification programs preferred • Prior experience in a healthcare, clinical laboratory, or other regulated (HIPAA/PHI) environment preferred • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a risk-based, outcome-driven mindset • Sound judgment and composure when responding to security incidents under pressure • Collaborative, cross-functional approach with the ability to influence peers and mentor others • Self-directed, detail-oriented, and able to prioritize competing demands in a fast-moving environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work based in the USA • Periodic on-call availability may be required to support security incident response • Occasional travel for meetings, conferences, or audits