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# IT SECURITY ENGINEER 2

- **Company:** Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $115,000.0 - $140,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Address Resolution Protocols, Apple Mac Systems, Client Server Models, Command-Line Interface, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Computer Networks, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Memory Management, JSON, Routing, Network Segmentation, Phishing, Software Engineering, Syslog, TCP/IP, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Office365, Information Technology, Windows Security
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_mit/external/jobDetails/jobDetail.html?jobPostId=33571&localeCode=en_US

## About the Role

REQUIRED: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience and a minimum of five years of experience in cybersecurity, information systems, or another related field, understanding of email systems, common phishing techniques, and experience analyzing raw email headers in text format, understanding of networking concepts such as network segmentation and isolation, routing, client-server communications, ARP, DHCP, TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, HTTP/S, RDP, SSH, FTP, etc; understanding of system administration concepts such as operating system patching and lifecycle, scheduled tasks, administration of services , and common log types such as syslog, json, M365, message trace, IDP logs, and Windows Security Log. Comfortable utilizing a command line on Windows, MacOS, and Linux; and familiarity with software engineering and application development concepts such as dlls and shared object libraries, memory allocation and abuse, packaging and dependencies, etc.



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