Senior Security Engineer at NexPoint – Dallas, Texas

NexPoint Advisors, LP (“NexPoint”) is a Dallas based SEC-registered investment adviser which, together with its affiliates, has approximately $10 billion of assets under management. NexPoint is a multibillion-dollar alternative investment platform comprised of a group of investment advisers and sponsors, a broker dealer, and a suite of related investment vehicles. NexPoint operates across a range of asset classes and investment strategies, including real estate, alternative credit, and public and private equities. The NexPoint platform provides differentiated access to alternatives through a range of offerings for both retail and institutional investors, including closed-end funds, open-end funds, public and private real estate investment trusts, and separately managed accounts, among others. NexPoint is based in Dallas, Texas. For more information visit www.nexpoint.com.

Summary

NexPoint seeks a dynamic and multi-talented Senior Security Engineer with a passion for all aspects of information technology with an emphasis on security. The candidate should possess a diverse skillset with experience in building, maintaining, and securing Windows Active Directory and Microsoft Azure environments from both the application and network layers, with a latter-day emphasis on security architecture and oversight.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the holistic architecture and implementation of security related systems, policies, procedures, and controls for the organization from layers three through seven in an Active Directory/Azure ecosystem.
• Responsible for drafting and maintaining information security policies for the organization
• Responsible for authoring, detecting, monitoring, and remediating indicators of compromise and other security related alerts
• Responsible for data retention, data loss prevention, and other areas pertaining to regulatory compliance and intellectual property theft
• Responsible for authentication and access control mechanisms
• Responsible for interfacing with compliance in regards to policies, procedures, and controls resulting from industry regulation.
• Responsible for employee education as it pertains to security
• Secondary Responsibilities:
• Responsible for helping manage, monitor, secure, and troubleshoot multi-tenant Azure/O365/On-prem computing environments.
• Assisting in maintaining Windows Active Directory for all tenants
• Helps develop and maintain adequate documentation for departmental activities, on-boarding/off-boarding, service and maintenance
• Provide overflow assistance to the helpdesk when needed
• Participate in a departmental rotation to address outside business hours’ network incidents

• An exemplary professional history with 7+ years dedicated infrastructure experience in Microsoft Windows Server environments.
• High level of proficiency in Windows Active Directory, Microsoft server products, O365, and Azure.
• Excellent understanding of Azure as it pertains to security, as well as an in-depth knowledge of the Microsoft Defender ecosystem of products (ATP, Identity, Cloud, endpoint, etc) including threat hunting.
• Bachelor’s degree highly desired but may be substituted by 10+ years industry experience
• Proficiency with Fortigate firewalls and Zscaler desirable but not required
• Networking and routing/firewall knowledge requisite to ensuring proper security
• Azure Architect/security, MCSA, CISSP and other security related certifications highly desired but may be substituted by sufficient industry experience. Any candidate lacking a security-specific accreditation must have held a dedicated security role at a previous employer.

Compensation & Benefits

NexPoint offers a competitive base salary and discretionary bonus based on performance. NexPoint has an industry leading health insurance plan with no premiums or deductibles. NexPoint’s talented professionals share a passion for excellence, commitment to teamwork and pride based on the firm’s track record in the alternative investment industry. NexPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.