Leads complex security initiatives and provides expert guidance on threat mitigation, compliance, and architecture.
The Cybersecurity Engineer builds, manages, and enhances tools, automations, and data systems that power cyber defense operations.
Involves hands-on work with security technologies, developing workflow efficiencies, supporting detection engineering, ensuring high-quality security data, and mentoring teammates to strengthen overall team capability.
Identify capability gaps, propose solutions, and design modern defensive approaches.
Build or enhance automated workflows to reduce manual effort, improve reliability, and accelerate detection/response.
Maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot security platforms, custom tools, and log pipelines across the enterprise.
Oversee the lifecycle of security data—ingestion, transformation, normalization, and quality control across systems.
Support detection engineering through maintenance, testing, and improvement of detection logic, rules, dashboards, and data sources.
Guide junior engineers and analysts on tools, processes, automation practices, and new capabilities.
Requirements
Bachelor of Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, Information Technology, or 4+ years of equivalent experience.
4+ years of enterprise level cybersecurity detection, response, or engineering experience.
Ability to collaborate across enterprise teams within a cybersecurity context
Strong oral/written communication skills with experience in cybersecurity technical process documentation.
Demonstrated passion for cyber defense and commitment to maintaining technical proficiency
Proven innovation and non-traditional problem solving
Advanced knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, malware sandboxing and related tools
Experience building or maintaining automation scripts or workflows (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash, APIs).
Ability to diagnose and solve complex technical issues across tools, data flows, and integrations.
Experience mentoring or training others on tools, techniques, or processes.
Strong problem-solving mindset with an interest in improving systems and workflows.
Understanding of detection logic, threat behaviors, and MITRE ATT&CK.