Information Security Engineer II

Who We Are
BankUnited (NYSE: BKU) is a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida with banking centers in Florida, the New York metropolitan area, Dallas and Atlanta. BankUnited has two subsidiaries, Pinnacle Public Finance headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and Bridge Funding Group headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial and collaborative culture encompassing the best minds, the brightest talent and the boldest decision makers.
BankUnited is honored to announce that we have been included on the Newsweek and Statista America's Most Trusted Companies Award List!
BankUnited has been recognized by Newsweek for two outstanding awards in 2023 as one of America's Greatest Workplaces and as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Job Starters , which acknowledges our commitment to creating an exceptional workplace.
Our Culture
At BankUnited, we foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees have the opportunity to advance, grow and achieve their goals. Our rally cry is to GO FOR MORE™, a call to action to go above and beyond to provide the best customer experience to every client and to GO FOR MORE in your career.
Why BankUnited
Working for BankUnited offers you exciting challenges and opportunities to advance your professional development, while empowering you to deliver and be your best. We are happy to report the average tenure according to LinkedIn insights is 8.3 years. We strive to provide a competitive benefits plan to our employees and are proud to have been nationally ranked #1 as one of the 2023 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America by Springbuk and awarded HEALTHIEST EMPLOYER by the South Florida Business Journal since 2020.
As a company, we believe we are only as successful as our people and are committed to providing training and innovative resources that prepare you to reach your full potential. That's why in addition to tuition reimbursement, we provide our employees with exciting career coaching, courses and training through our own GO FOR MORE™ Academy and mentoring opportunities through our iCARE™ (Inclusive Community of Advocacy, Respect and Equality) program.
At BankUnited, we strive to provide our employees with a work life balance. Specifically, retail branches operate 5 days a week Monday - Friday, excluding evening and/or weekend hours. For many of our positions, we offer a hybrid work environment, as well as a remote work environment for designated positions.
If you thrive in a fast-paced collaborative work environment, Apply Now and start your journey with BankUnited today!
Job Description
SUMMARY: Information Security Engineers are responsible for establishing and maintaining a corporate-wide information security technology program to ensure that information assets are adequately protected. This includes having an up-to-date understanding of the latest security threats, trends, and technologies, managing and supporting existing security solutions, evaluating, designing, and implementing new technical security controls and working to meet security objectives.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties and special projects may be assigned.

• Assist in the design and implementation of the security infrastructure.
• Configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot various information security technologies such as anti-virus and email security solutions.
• Perform monitoring for security alerts for various systems and databases, alerting management to security issues and making recommendations on proposed resolutions.
• Assist in managing third party SSL certificates for company websites
• Assist in maintaining all technical security controls.
• Make recommendations on improvements to reduce the frequency and duration of incidents impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization's data.
• Represent Information Security at change control meetings.
• Participate in disaster recovery activities as needed.
• Support end-user community with security related issues.
• Must be able to work outside normal hours in order to perform diagnosis and/or implementation of product releases or changes, so that normal workflow is not interrupted
• On-call duties will be required in a team environment
• Perform additional duties as assigned.
• Perform data analysis of data derived from system logs, and reports
• Assist in the selection, testing, implementation, documentation, operation, and maintenance of various information security technologies such as authentication devices, access controls, firewalls, IDS/IPS/SIEM systems, malware detection systems, forensic, and vulnerability management tools.
• Configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot various information security technologies such as firewalls, VPN solutions, anti-virus, SIMS, DLP, vulnerability scanners, web filtering and email security solutions.
• Interface with external vendors on hosted security services provided to the organization.
• Work with IT and business units on new and existing projects to identify security requirements that will ensure the confidential, integrity and availability of the organization's assets.
• Assist with providing reports, presentations, and recommendations covering the operational aspects of information security to IT senior management.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Adhere to and comply with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.).
• Adhere to Bank policies and procedures and completing required training.
• Identifies and reports suspicious activity.

EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems or equivalent combination of related education and experience required
EXPERIENCE

• Working experience with security technologies such as firewalls, DLP solutions, vulnerability scanners, anti-virus solutions, SIMS, email gateway solutions and content proxies is requiredrequired
• At least 3 years of IT experience working extensively on network and data security infrastructure and analytical experiencerequired

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Familiarity with bank security policies and government regulations pertaining to information security preferred.
• Strong system administration, network, security and troubleshooting skills.
• Working knowledge of network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls and associated network protocols and concepts required
• Working knowledge of network infrastructure, including routers, switches and associated network protocols and concepts required.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• Strong communication and written skills.
• Ability to perform multiple projects simultaneously.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional preferred
• SANS GIAC preferred
• CCNA/NP preferred
• Security + or related security certification preferred