Security Engineer

Job Description

Posting Description

Aon is looking for a Security Engineer

As part of an industry-leading team, you will help empower results for our clients by delivering innovative and effective solutions. As a Security Engineer, you will report directly to the Director of Security Monitoring Engineering. This role can be based in either Chicago, IL or Lincolnshire, IL.

Your impact as a Security Engineer

Job Responsibilities:

• Architect, build, maintain and support a database security monitoring platform – IBM Guardium (including support outside of office hours)
• Deploy and support other security solutions across domestic and international data centers (including support outside of office hours)
• Work with various Aon teams in order to provide guidance and to make sure the best security practices are addressed.
• Work hand in hand with Enterprise Architecture as new technologies are deployed to ensure that security best practice is built into the fabric of the deployments.
• Coordinate various tasks with other teams related to department’s initiatives/projects (e.g. infrastructure engineers, network engineers, DBA, compliance, architecture)
• Engage and work with vendors.
• Research and evaluate new capabilities in security monitoring area
• Run POC initiatives.
• Perform incident response for escalated security events including on-call support, issue triage and resolution

You Bring Knowledge and Expertise

Required Skills:

• 7+ years of proven technical experience and expertise with security infrastructure architecture design, implementation, management and support for security solutions
• 2+ years of proven hands-on experience designing, implementing, supporting database security monitoring solution (IBM Guardium preferred)
• Knowledge of and hands on experience with SQL language
• Working knowledge of Linux, Windows, TCP/IP networking stack and regular expressions
• Experience supporting 24x7x365 high availability solutions in large complex data center environment.
• Experience with change control processes
• Excellent communications skills, both written and oral are required
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of GDPR requirements
• Experience with security monitoring in a cloud environments
• Scripting Skills (e.g. python, json, bash)
• CISSP desired
• Familiarity with open source stream-processing software like Apache Kafka will be a plus.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of industry experience.

We offer you

A competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

Our Colleague Experience:

From helping clients gain access to capital after natural disasters, to creating access to health care and retirement for millions, Aon colleagues empower results for our clients, communities, and each other every day. They make a difference, work with the best, own their potential, and value one another. This is the Aon Colleague Experience, defining what it means to work at Aon and realizing our vision of empowering human and economic possibility. To learn more visit Aon Colleague Experience.

About Aon:

Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.

By applying for a position with Aon, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Aon's employment policies. Background checks may include some or all of the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, fingerprint verification, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, or domestic partner status. Aon is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.

DISCLAIMER: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.