Associate Security Engineer

Job Description

Associate Security Engineer

Remote – US

The Opportunity:

Anthology offers the largest EdTech ecosystem on a global scale, supporting over 150 million users in 80 countries. Our mission is to provide dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community so that learners and educators can achieve their goals.    

We believe in the power of a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. As we expand globally, we are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of not only our hiring practices but who we are as a company.   

For more information about Anthology and our career opportunities, please visit www.anthology.com.  

The Anthology IT Security Program leads the engineering and operation of technology to monitor and enhance the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all corporate information systems and products. This team is a core part of the Anthology organization, providing it substantial opportunities to influence the overall corporate mission. This team is growing, built on frictionless interactions with partners across the corporation, leveraging transparency, trust, and collaboration to elevate Anthology security through partnerships.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Engineering the design, deployment, operation, and improvement of corporate security systems
• Advancing enterprise security through customization of systems, automation of processes, and collaboration with product teams
• Developing the secure configuration of Anthology’s Office 365 environment for protected access to corporate services
• Managing the architecture, design, and operation of Anthology Security systems including vulnerability management, endpoint protection, and centralized logging
• Providing research, evaluation, and expert judgment for product security planning
• Implementing security infrastructure for endpoint security, perimeter access control, and threat detection
• Forensically analyze endpoints, network activity, weblogs, and cloud logs to investigate security alerts and determine the appropriate response.

The Candidate:

Required skills/qualifications:

• Experience researching, deploying, and supporting information security systems
• Experience consulting with internal teams on the technical implementation and support of information security controls
• Experience engineering cloud-based information security systems
• Experience scripting and automating information security systems

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Experience with Incident Response and Forensics
• Knowledge of secure development methodologies, tools, and practices
• Linux, Windows, and MacOS expertise
• Vulnerability management, Tenable.sc, and Tenable.io expertise
• Endpoint protection, Check Point Harmony, Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike Falcon expertise
• Centralized logging, Microsoft Sentinel expertise
• Microsoft M365, Office 365 Cloud Security and Compliance
• Experience implementing secure baselines, including FedRAMP and CIS controls

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.  

Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.

This position is not available for candidates residing in the following states: CO, CA, MA

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