**Job Description:** **Security Engineer II** ****Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.; Sponsorship is not available for this position.** Established security professional responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and responding to security events and incidents, building security solutions supporting Information Security capabilities and products, and maintaining and supporting existing security controls. You will independently review and assess common and unusual security events from a variety of sources including commercial security event and incident monitoring technology. You will assist with engineering maintenance, and application administration for the Information Security tool suite including firewall rules, phishing controls and other common security tools, driving towards best practices, industry standards and compliant deployments. This position will initially focus securing and monitoring AWS while supporting a complex, customer-facing applications. **Duties:** + Monitor, analyze, and respond to security events and incidents. Work with MDR (Managed Detection and Response), SIEM tools and custom automation to filter, respond to and forward alerts to specific parties. + Review logs and security reports from various systems including AWS (Amazon Web Services including GuardDuty), Microsoft Azure (including Defender) and vulnerability management detection systems. + Respond to user tickets regarding issues with security systems or requests to adjust security capabilities (e.g., firewall rules, anti-malware exceptions, system password creation/reset, email/phishing rules and overrides). Capture complex user requests as written requirements, and coordinate with peers to execute complex requests. + Perform troubleshooting against existing security controls and networking + Off-hours Level 2 on-call up to 20% of the time. We contract for 24/7 monitoring services but also back those services with a week-long “primary/secondary” rotation. + Build and configure preventative security controls in firewalls, phishing/malware tools, endpoint protection and management, DNS and other security and administrative tools. + Assist with security audits, perform vulnerably assessments and guide remediation with other teams. + Create and maintain security documentation. **Requirements** : + Experience with AWS administration, AWS Guard Duty, and working through both CSPM remediations and alert-driven responses in an AWS environment. Working understanding of deploying AWS infrastructure according to AWS and industry best practices, using Configuration as Code and IaC + Experience or formal education in any combination of the following SecOps disciplines: networking, network firewalls, DNS, WAF (web application firewalls), phishing/malware tools, application administration, scripting, security analysis, endpoint protection and management, threat detection, threat intelligence and incident response. + Experience with application troubleshooting and performance tuning. + Experience with operating systems including Windows desktop, Windows Server and Linux, and at least one cloud service such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, GCP, Google Docs administration, etc. + (Infrastructure as Code). + Experience with common ITSM (Information Technology Service Management) tools and password managers. + At least 5 years of IT and/or security experience + Good communication skills and ability to work patiently with end users and technical peers via internal text message, email and phone or video calls. (We use Microsoft Teams internally but experience with any video conferencing software is fine.) **Optional:** + Bachelor's degree preferred or relevant work experience + 3+ years experience monitoring, designing, implementing and supporting cybersecurity systems + AWS Foundational or Associate certifications + Security certifications such as CEH, Security+, CISSP, CISM, etc. **We provide these great perks and benefits:** + Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans + Generous 401 (K) savings plan + Education assistance + On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service + And many more, check out our benefits site HERE (https://www.milwaukeetool.jobs/Benefits) . _Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer._ Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled We endeavor to make this site accessible to any and all users. If you need to contact us regarding technical accessibility of our website call 443-391-1542. This number is only for technical accessibility issues, not general employment or job posting inquiries.