ITSecurityEngineer

A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding. Our group of caring associates create financial security by helping individuals and businesses make a new start when a loss occurs. **_Job Description_** **We offer a merit-based work-from-home program based on job responsibilities. After initial training in-person, this specific role could have the flexibility to work from home up to 3 days per week.** **Please note that we are not currently hiring fully remote positions. All candidates must have the ability to work in one of our tech offices from time to time. Our tech offices for this role are in Lansing and Grand Rapids, Michigan.** Auto-Owners Insurance, a top-rated insurance carrier, is seeking a motivated individual to join our IT Division as an IT Security Engineer. This position is part of the IT Security department and is responsible for reducing IT Security risk and responding to incidents for the company and its affiliates. The position requires the person to: * Cultivate an environment of IT security compliance by enforcing corporate policies and facilitating corporate practices in an effort to uphold confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our infrastructure * Comprehend, write, and maintain department procedures and documentation * Administer, upgrade, troubleshoot security products/applications * Research and recommend mitigation controls for cybersecurity risks in accordance with the Company’s and its affiliates’ policies and industry best practices * Monitor and advise on IT security issues related to the Company’s and its affiliates’ systems to ensure internal security controls are appropriate and operating as intended **Desired Skills and Experience** * A four‐year college degree in Information Security, Information Security and Assurance, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field is preferred. Candidates without a four‐year degree, but with several years of relevant experie