Information Security Engineer

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider of sex education. Planned Parenthood organizations serve all people with care and compassion, with respect, and without judgment, striving to create equitable access to health care. Through health centers, programs in schools and communities, and online resources, Planned Parenthood is a trusted source of reliable education and information that allows people to make informed health decisions. We do all this because we care passionately about helping people lead healthier lives. 

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports the independently incorporated Planned Parenthood affiliates, which operate non-profit health centers across the U.S. PPFA also works to educate the public on and advocate for issues of sexual and reproductive health. Formed as the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a separate non-profit membership organization tax-exempt under section 501(c)(4). The Action Fund engages in educational, advocacy, and limited electoral activity, including grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and voter education in furtherance of the Planned Parenthood mission. Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Action Fund seek a dynamic and effective Associate Director, Information Security Engineer. This job reports directly to the Dir, Security Operations in the Information Security division of PPFA. The Office of Information Security provides the strategy and implementation of the information security program that safeguards the data entrusted to Planned Parenthood by its patients, supporters, donors, and staff. 

Purpose:

The Security Engineer manages Information Technology security protections with the goal of protecting PPFA from and reducing the impact of security incidents and system compromises for the organization. This position provides security monitoring, event investigation and analysis, and countermeasure proposals on a 24x7 basis along with providing support and guidance to Tier I Analysts, will provide technical assistance for Tier II & III incidents as assigned, and is responsible to directly interface with the InfoSec Operations Team, Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) and IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) as it relates to security event architecture, collection, management, reporting, and alerting within PPFA’s SIEM Platforms.

Engagement:

The Security Engineer will engage with InfoSecOps, InfoSec, ITOps/MSP, the MSSP, ATS and staff within both PPFA and Affiliates.

Delivery:

The Security Engineer will deliver by identifying, implementing, and maintaining Information Security toolsets, primarily focused on SIEM, to protect the organization; interfacing with IT Ops to ensure proper security event logging setup; and, where applicable, supporting the Information Security SIEM management needs of PPFA and Affiliates.