Senior Cyber Defense Infrastructure Engineer (Security Tooling Operations)

IDEXX is an innovation leader in the healthcare industry, and they are seeking a Senior Cyber Defense Infrastructure Engineer to ensure the reliable operation, performance, and lifecycle management of enterprise information security tooling. This role is critical to maintaining the availability and effectiveness of security platforms that protect the organization’s systems, data, and users.

Responsibilities:

• The implementation, configuration, and operational readiness of security tooling after tool selection has been approved. Tool strategy, vendor selection, and control design are owned by Security Architecture and leadership functions
• Lead the post‑selection deployment, configuration, and operationalization of enterprise security tools in alignment with approved architectures and standards
• Implement baseline configurations, integrations, and scaling required to bring new security platforms into production‑ready operational state
• Partner with Security Architecture and platform teams to operationalize approved tool designs, ensuring reliability, availability, and supportability
• Develop monitoring, runbooks, and operational processes to support secure and reliable ongoing operations following rollout
• Configure, maintain, patch, and upgrade security tools in alignment with architectural standards
• Manage security tool lifecycles, including scaling, optimization, and decommissioning
• Implement and maintain integrations with cloud platforms, identity systems, logging pipelines, and operational tools
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures
• Partner with incident response teams to ensure tools are fully operational during security events
• Support audits and assessments by demonstrating tooling configuration, availability, and operational controls
• Work closely with Security Architecture to operationalize new tooling and designs
• Collaborate with Security Operations teams to support detection and response capabilities
• Identify opportunities to improve tooling reliability, automation, and operational efficiency

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience supporting or engineering enterprise security platforms
• Hands‑on experience with one or more of the following: Endpoint protection / EDR tools, SIEM or security analytics platforms, Vulnerability management solutions, Cloud or infrastructure security tooling
• Strong understanding of Linux and/or Windows systems
• Strong understanding of Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or hybrid)
• Strong understanding of System integrations, logging, and telemetry pipelines
• Experience working within change, incident, and problem management processes
• Experience in large‑scale or regulated enterprise environments
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Controls
• Experience supporting SOC or incident response teams
• Relevant certifications (preferred but not required), such as cloud or security certifications