Open: November 10, 2026 Close: When Filled
Job Title: Security Engineer Department: IT
Reports To: Director Hours: 40 Hrs/Wk – Full Time
Salary: Based on Salary Matrix+Benefits Requisition: 872
*Salaries are market competitive. For accurate salary information, call (253)573-7863 or email jobs@puyalluptribe-nsn.gov. The Puyallup Tribe of Indians provides a generous benefits package that includes employer paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a retirement/401(k) plan with profit sharing, paid holidays, and paid time off including birthday leave.
Position Summary: Under general direction, will provide expert technical and organizational guidance in the overall understanding of complex IT Security solutions to protect PTOI mission critical, enterprise-wide business applications and systems from cybersecurity threats.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Analyze, research and assess risk and determine appropriate response; provide guidance and requirements to IT system owners to ensure infected systems are cleaned; serve as the lead Subject Matter Expert providing incident response services.
Mentor IT staff in all aspects of the Threat and Vulnerability Management Solutions.
Schedules Penetration Tests.
Perform Regular Vulnerability Assessments, and creates teaching and education curriculum for all employees, including social engineering, policy and procedure testing, and Acceptable Use Policy review.
Provide security consulting to PTOI business areas, IT staff, IT leadership and vendors; translate technical security concepts for customers and audiences; analyze business area and technical group proposals.
Act as firewall administrator; analyze requests for new access control lists; diagnose and resolve firewall related network problems; set requirements for other firewall technologies.
Serve as IT Security expert for projects; manage work breakdown structures and coordinate work efforts with other teams.
Researches, analyzes, monitors, troubleshoots and resolves data and voice network security problems
Keeps current regarding new security measures and threats for hardware/software products in the enterprise.
Assists and provides support to the IT staff as necessary
Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications and Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor’s degree (four-year degree) in a related field, and
at least eight years of IT experience working in a complex/enterprise IT environment across multiple disciplines (IT Security, network engineering, application security, database, risk management, project management, etc.) inlcuding at least eight years of experience with two or more of the following: vulnerability management, penetration testing, firewall management, Intrusion detection and prevention, application security, digital forensics, anti-virus / malware management, network security, desktop security, security assessments, security project requirements.
Language Skills
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.…