Configuration Hardening Specialist

ABOUT US

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value - across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value - a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

**Swift is unable to sponsor an employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

Configuration Hardening Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze configuration hardening deviation requests and interact with internal customers to achieve desirable compliance levels through remediation/mitigation.
• Scan Swift systems to determine their compliance levels against the defined configuration hardening documents.
• Identify and automate repetitive and manual tasks in the day-to-day operations.
• Identify, document and implement process improvements.
• Define / customize configuration hardening documents, similar to CIS benchmarks or DOD STIGS, for technologies such as Linux, Windows, Databases, Network devices, web servers and many others.
• Customize compliance hardening verification tools to align with the company’s official configuration hardening documents.

Required skills:

• 1 - 5 years of IT/Security related experience.
• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Certifications: Security+, Network+, CISSP a plus
• Experience with technologies such as Windows, Linux, Web Servers, Databases, Kubernetes, AWS, Network Devices.
• Experience with Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks / DOD STIGs and CIS tools such as CIS CAT-pro a plus
• Experience with Tenable Nessus, including development/customization of compliance audit files.
• Experience in risk analysis of identified deviations to security related controls.
• Excellent written, presentation and communication skills
• Analytical problem solving and investigation approach.
• Autonomous, driven, with strong ability to quickly adapt and respond to changing priorities.
• Customer oriented, driven by high quality and result based mindset
• Team player - gaining energy through collaboration with others.

Preferred skills:

• Familiarity with regular expressions and XML
• Experience with ServiceNow Configuration Compliance module
• Experience with automation/scripting (Linux shell scripting, Git).

The estimated salary range for a new hire in this position in Virginia is $70,000 USD Annual MINIMUM to $95,000.00 USD Annual MAXIMUM. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Our compensation packages include a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity for all employee’s contingent on personal and company performance. Our generous benefits program includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance with no premium costs for our employees and their families, and retirement plan plus matching 401k.

What we offer

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals - like you - with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

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Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.