Security Engineer II

About the business: LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. We are a fast-growing division of the RELX Group, and the convergence of many industry-leading solutions are providing LexisNexis Risk with significant opportunity for future growth. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below. https://risk.lexisnexis.com/

About Us:
Our Information Security team is on the frontline of protecting our organization against evolving cyber threats. We leverage cutting-edge tools and methodologies to ensure our systems and data remain secure. We are looking for a skilled Security Engineer II to join our team, bringing expertise in cloud security, incident response, and security operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Security:

• Manage and monitor Azure and AWS cloud security configurations to ensure compliance and best practices.

• Implement and maintain cloud-native security tools.

• Support cloud access control, encryption, and network security processes.

​Incident Response:

• Investigate and respond to security incidents, coordinating remediation efforts across teams.

• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and procedures.

Security Operations:

• Utilize XDR / SIEM platforms (e.g., Microsoft Defender / Sentinel) to monitor, detect, and analyze security events.

• Conduct vulnerability assessments and manage remediation efforts.

ServiceNow Integration:​

• Design and configure ServiceNow Security Incident Response workflows to streamline incident tracking and resolution.

• Automate security operations processes within ServiceNow.

Threat Intelligence & Threat Hunting:​

• Analyze threat intelligence to identify and mitigate risks.

• Perform proactive threat hunting to identify potential vulnerabilities or compromises.

Collaboration:​

• Work with cross-functional teams, including the Security Operations Center teams (SOC), to strengthen our security posture.

• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior team members.

You will be responsible for: 

• Handling escalated security investigations

• Detecting and responding to advanced threats, actor techniques, anomalous or suspicious activity, combined with intelligence, identifying potential and active risks to systems and data

• Defining and implementing new defensive security processes

• Incident Management

• CI/CD Pipeline Devops (Github)

• Security mitigation efforts based on vulnerability assessment results

• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 1-3+ years of IT security experience

• BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required

• Purple Teaming

• Threat Hunting

• Microsoft Defender or similar

• Entra ID / Active Directory

• ServiceNow or similar

• SIEM Knowledge and expertise



U.S. National Base Pay Range: $65,100 - $108,500. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.



This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.



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