Security Engineer II | Cybersecurity Engineering

Security Engineer II | Cybersecurity Engineering Chicago Area | Hybrid, Onsite Only a Few Days per Month | Contract-to-Hire or Direct Hire I’m hiring a Security Engineer II for a large healthcare organization in the Chicago area. This is a great opportunity for a hands-on security professional who wants ownership, not a narrowly siloed security role. The team is looking for someone who started with a solid IT foundation and progressed into cybersecurity. You’ll take technical ownership of 2–3 enterprise security applications, lead and support security projects, improve controls, automate processes, troubleshoot issues, and help determine the operational strategy for the technologies you own. This is not a SOC monitoring-only position. They want an engineer who can get into the technology and drive it. What I’m looking for:8–10 years of overall IT experience preferred, including 4+ years in cybersecurity Hands-on Security Analyst/Security Engineer background Experience implementing, administering and owning enterprise security tools Strong automation/scripting experience with Python and/or Power Shell Security incident investigation and response Vulnerability management and threat detection Endpoint, network, application and cloud security Experience with technologies such as SIEM, EDR/XDR, DLP, PAM, IDS/IPS, CSPM, CNAPP or SOARStrong documentation and process-development skills Ability to independently lead security projects and work across IT teams Bachelor's degree required Security certification such as CISSP, Security+ or similar Understanding of NIST, HIPAA and PCIExperience with any of these technologies will get my attention: Crowd Strike Falcon / EDR / DLP | Tenable Security Center | Microsoft E5 | Delinea PAM | Qualys | xDome/Medigate | Prisma | Cisco FTD