Sr. IT Security Engineer

Great West Casualty Company is a premier insurance provider for trucking companies in America. They are seeking an experienced Senior IT Security Engineer to protect enterprise systems and data, design security controls, and enhance the organization's security posture.

Responsibilities:

• Lead root cause analysis and security investigations across endpoints, servers, network infrastructure, identity platforms, and cloud environments
• Design, implement, and continuously improve security controls to protect data, reduce risk, and align with cybersecurity best practices and frameworks
• Own and enhance monitoring, detection, and incident response processes—triaging alerts, coordinating containment/eradication, and driving lessons learned
• Engineer and operationalize security tooling
• Drive vulnerability management activities including identification, prioritization, remediation coordination, and verification
• Lead or significantly contribute to vendor risk management activities, security assessments, and third-party control validation

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or Masters in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field
• 7+ years of progressive experience in IT security engineering, security operations, or a closely related role
• Strong knowledge of security principles, common frameworks and practical risk reduction techniques
• Hands-on experience with modern security tools and technologies, vulnerability management and network security controls
• Support compliance initiatives and security standards
• Security certifications such as CISSP, Security+, Azure/AWS security certifications are a plus