Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Reporting to the Vice President of IT, the Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the cyber security solutions used within Kiniksa. This role ensures that systems are well designed and operating at their potential to protect from internal and external threats. The senior engineer brings deep and varied technical skills and strong communication skills to collaborate with IT and business teams.

This role is based in our Lexington, MA office. Our office-based employees follow a hybrid schedule of 4 days in the office, and 1 day remote.

Responsibilities (including, but not limited to) :

• Design and implement enterprise cyber security technologies
• Evaluate and recommend improvements in existing and new security tools, technologies, and practices
• Facilitate risk assessments, penetration testing and threat modeling to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities
• Lead incident response planning and execution, including configuration and performance of our security operation center, triage, support and escalation processes. This may range from oversight to playing a hands-on role in investigating incidents and conducting forensics.
• Collaborate with infrastructure. IT operations and application teams and drive initiatives that mitigate risk.
• Stay current with emerging threats, advancements in technologies and industry trends
• Assist with employee education to both IT and wider business teams on cyber security best practices
• Assist in maintaining security policies, standards, and procedures

Qualifications and Experience :

The expected salary range for Senior Cybersecurity Engineer is $125,000 - $147,000 annually. Compensation decisions are based on objective criteria including role responsibilities, experience / qualifications, internal equity, geographic location, and external market benchmarks.

Kiniksa is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, age, genetics, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or any other legally protected category. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.