Vailexa
IT Infrastructure Compliance Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Senior
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About the role
- If you're someone who wants to learn fast, take ownership, and grow beyond limits, you'll feel right at home here.
- Audit network segmentation, access controls, APIs, and data transmission protocols supporting automated data exchange between internal systems and external facilities.
- Draft clear, actionable audit reports for leadership and track remediation efforts to ensure identified risks are effectively resolved.
Responsibilities
- Plan, lead, and execute IT and security audits covering infrastructure, enterprise applications (including MES, PLM, and ERP/SAP), and supply chain B2B integrations.
- Evaluate the IT risk and security posture of external partners, assessing compliance with security standards, data protection protocols, and intellectual property safeguards.
- manage urgent escalations with third-party IT vendors on connectivity, servers, and production systems.
- Assess the accuracy and completeness of operational data and metrics flowing from partner systems into internal data warehouses, using data analytics tools to identify anomalies or control gaps.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Management, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
- 8+ years of experience in IT Audit, IT Security, IT Infrastructure, or Technology Risk Management.
- Strong hands-on infrastructure expertise, including Windows/Unix server administration, virtualization, and enterprise storage systems.
- Solid network audit expertise, including TCP/IP routing, firewall policy configuration, and core protocols (DNS, DHCP, HTTPS, SSH) to independently verify system security and compliance controls.
- Familiarity with cloud security (AWS/Azure) and identity and access management (IAM).
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical risk into terms both technical and non-technical stakeholders can act on.
Nice to have
- Experience in IT audit, security, or risk management within high-tech or manufacturing environments.
- Domain knowledge of automated manufacturing environments, supply chain logistics, and B2B integration technologies (e.g., EDI, APIs, SFTP).
- Familiarity with Shop Floor Control and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
- Professional certification such as CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) or CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional).
- Hands-on experience with data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., SQL, Python, Tableau, or Power BI) to automate audit testing.
- Experience auditing intellectual property (IP) protection controls in a collaborative engineering or manufacturing environment.
- energetic, proactive, and comfortable communicating with both IT and non-IT personnel.
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Compensation
- $15k-$20k
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