Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Tek Ninjas
Dallas, TX, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Software System Penetration Testing Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Cloud Computing Security Cyber Security DevOps Disaster Recovery Multi-Factor Authentication Identity and Access Management Intrusion Detection Systems Key Management
+15 more
PCI Data Security Standards Zero Trust Network Access Security Information and Event Management Data Logging Cloud-native Network Functions (CNF) Google Cloud Mitre Att&ck Cyber Threat Analysis Information Technology Cybercrime Microsoft Sentinel CIS Benchmarks Firewall Services Module Prisma Cloud Platform Vulnerability Analysis

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cybersecurity Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise security operations, security architecture, threat management, and cloud security. The ideal candidate will play a key role in protecting enterprise infrastructure, applications, networks, and cloud platforms from cyber threats while ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices. Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage enterprise cybersecurity solutions and security controls
  • Monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to security incidents and threats
  • Lead vulnerability assessments, penetration testing coordination, and remediation activities
  • Develop and maintain cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures
  • Implement and manage SIEM, EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, DLP, and endpoint security solutions
  • Secure enterprise cloud environments including AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Configure and maintain IAM, MFA, encryption, and Zero Trust security frameworks
  • Conduct threat hunting and analyze security events using SIEM platforms
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, network, DevOps, and application teams to implement security best practices
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory and security frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and CIS benchmarks
  • Support disaster recovery, business continuity, and incident response planning
  • Mentor junior security engineers and provide technical leadership

Requirements

  • Minimum 3-4 years of experience securing cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Mandatory experience in Cloud Security (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • Experience implementing cloud-native security controls and best practices
  • Strong understanding of IAM (Identity and Access Management), Cloud network security, Security groups, VPCs/VNETs, and firewall configurations, Encryption and key management, Cloud logging and monitoring.
  • Experience with cloud security tools such as AWS Security Hub or AWS GuardDuty, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Sentinel / Microsoft Sentinel, Prisma Cloud, Wiz.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience in SOC environments and incident response teams.
  • Experience with enterprise cloud migration security.
  • Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat intelligence platforms.
  • Experience supporting global or multi-region infrastructures.
  • Prior leadership or team management experience preferred.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or related field.
  • Master’s degree preferred.

Preferred Certifications

  • AWS Certified Security/Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate/Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer
  • CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional)

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