Security Engineer II

Job Description:

The Engineer II, Security will help drive continuous improvements in NextGen’s security posture. This role will leverage automation, including nascent technologies, to increase efficiency in security operations.

• Take guidance in developing and maintaining security tooling, guidelines, and standards for the Security Engineering team.
• Participate in threat intelligence and forensic analysis exercises, with guidance from senior engineers.
• Work closely with application and infrastructure teams on mitigation of vulnerabilities against all cloud hosted systems.
• Help create and maintain thorough runbooks and incident response documentation for the Security Operations Center (SOC).
• Help create and monitor correlated event dashboards in the SIEM, alerting against thresholds you develop with assistance from senior engineers.
• Research, implement, and configure security protections for email, hosts, and identities.
• Write scripts to automate manual tasks.
• Create and provide training to assist new staff and internal teams.
• Perform other duties that support the overall objective of the position.

Education Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Or, any combination of education and experience which would provide the required qualifications for the position.

Experience Required:

• 2+ years of experience in systems engineering and/or software engineering.
• Experience deploying and managing applications in cloud services like Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience in protecting against application and infrastructure security threats.

License/Certification Required:

• Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect / Developer.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of: Public Cloud services such as AWS, Azure, GCP Services; computer systems and infrastructure; a wide variety of operating systems; programming/scripting languages such as python, java, etc.; computer networking solutions; application development operations (DevOps); shell scripting and coding with a language like Python; infrastructure-as-code tooling like CloudFormation & Terraform; Linux operating system; configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and containerization technologies; building and testing software using Jenkins or similar continuous integration systems; relational and/or NoSQL databases like Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB; Microsoft Office Suite.
• Skill in: Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills; troubleshooting and resolving architecture and application development issues. Communication, working as a team member.
• Ability to: Determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes; demonstrate presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences; work in a fast- paced environment; plan, organize, and prioritize workload and multi-task, to meet deadlines; establish and maintain effective working relationships through collaboration and respect.

The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.

NextGen Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.