Security Engineer - Cybersecurity Operations - Tools and Optimization at Costco in Issaquah, WA

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Security Engineers develop, design, implement, and integrate security systems used to safeguard enterprise assets against cyber-attack. Security Engineers drive innovation, influence delivery, and maximize performance. They deliver high quality artifacts, develop and run security tests, and continuously tune security tools for optimization. Security Engineers identify gaps and inefficiencies and work with the business to implement solutions based on their requirements.

The role of every Cybersecurity Operations team member is to support the overarching values and business goals of Costco Wholesale as they relate to meeting legal, ethical, and regulatory obligations; protecting members’ and employees’ privacy; and maintaining a security technology environment for our operations.

This Cybersecurity Operations Engineer position will be a key member of the Cybersecurity Operations - Tools and Optimization team that will design, develop, and deploy tools, services, programs, and projects involving platform security technologies. Additionally, they will work with management and vendors for product consideration; perform auditing of information system activities; as a Subject Matter Expert, provide consultative services; drive innovation in technology, process, and procedure; and maintain operational excellence for their tools, services, and programs; create and maintain documentation related to policies, standards, and procedures. This will involve working with many groups throughout IT both domestically and internationally.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

● Identifies and investigates security issues and develops security solutions that address compliance requirements that can/ do impact security.

● Identifies, develops, and implements mechanisms to detect security incidents in order to enhance compliance and support of the security standards and procedures.

● Develops and executes security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal/external data infiltrations.

● Takes assessment of existing Cybersecurity Infrastructure platforms and tools.

● Creates the roadmap for addressing capability gaps, maturity improvements, and innovation.

● Evaluates and hardens tooling and instrumentation to prevent cybersecurity exploits.

● Performs and/or coordinates regular security assessments of existing or new infrastructure.

● Performs duties necessary to assist in establishing practices and system configurations to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect information systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.

● Works with information systems custodians (i.e. department managers, user community, and systems administrators) at different levels in the organization to understand their respective security needs and assists with implementing practices and procedures consistent with Costco’s Information Security Policy.

● Assists with monitoring and auditing of information systems activities and systems to confirm information security policy compliance and provides management with security policy compliance assessments and system monitoring reports.

● Works with stakeholders to provide security solutions that support their business requirements.

● Conducts security risk assessments on new products and systems; periodic security risk assessments on existing systems and identifies and/or recommends appropriate security countermeasures and best practices.

● Coordinates activities or engagements with loss prevention; interacts with legal and law enforcement as required.

● Identifies security gaps that expose Costco to potential exploit; and develops short and long term prioritized remediations to address those gaps, ensuring management is apprised of the risk in a timely manner.

● Mentors and develops team members.

REQUIRED

● Subject Matter Expertise and demonstrated experience with platform security technologies, including but not limited to, security orchestration and response, attack surface management, IoT security, and email security.

● Automation and Orchestration experience with managing security infrastructure at scale.

● Experience integrating disparate systems using APIs.

● Good working knowledge of Authentication protocols, such as: Kerberos, SAML, OAUTH, etc.

● Willingness to share knowledge with co-workers and to assist them in understanding technical and business topics.

● Working knowledge of information systems security standards and practices (e.g. access control, system hardening, system auditing, log file monitoring, security policies, and incident handling).

● Demonstrated experience of “hands on” security knowledge of one or more of the following platforms: Windows, Linux, AIX, iSeries.

● Working knowledge of networking protocols, web technologies, and cloud computing.

● Ability to interpret information security data and processes to identify potential compliance issues.

● Ability to quickly understand complicated data flows in order to identify and validate security requirements.

● A team player and willing to establish a strong positive working relationship with all areas of the business.

● Ability to work effectively, independent of assistance or supervision.

● Innovative, creative, and extremely responsive with a strong sense of urgency.

● Ability to clearly communicate information security matters to executives, auditors, end users, and engineers using appropriate language, examples, and more.

● Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States.

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