Cybersecurity Engineer V
$139,120–$173,900 year
On-siteTucker, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Lead cybersecurity engineering, threat detection, vulnerability management, and incident response initiatives across mission-critical technology environments. Serve as a technical subject matter expert to implement, optimize, and manage security platforms including SIEM, EDR, and cloud controls within Azure and other enterprise architectures. Conduct threat hunting, analyze indicators of compromise, and develop detection rules, alerting logic, and incident response playbooks. Manage vulnerability scanning, remediation prioritization, and risk reduction reporting while designing secure configuration baselines and hardening standards. Mentor technical team members, provide guidance to cross-functional infrastructure and application teams, and partner with MSSPs and vendors to evaluate and manage security services. Review new technologies for regulatory alignment and develop comprehensive cybersecurity documentation. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required to support operations and security event response.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
- Eight or more years of experience in cyber or information security
- twelve or more years of relevant experience
- Expert-level knowledge of cybersecurity architecture, security engineering principles, enterprise technologies, and industry best practices
- Strong technical skills and understanding of security events across multiple operating system and appliance platforms
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and documentation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to lead implementation of processes, collaborate with diverse stakeholders, and resolve issues in a practical and professional manner
- Strong customer service mindset and ability to adapt quickly to evolving technologies, processes, and compliance standards
- Occasional evening and weekend work
- This role may support customers, incident response processes, and systems after hours as needed
- The role is primarily office-based
Desired Qualifications
- Security Operations & Threat Detection
- Expertise with security monitoring and analysis tools, including SIEM and IDS/IPS platforms
- Experience developing detection use cases, threat hunting methodologies, and security monitoring content aligned with industry frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
- Experience leading cybersecurity incident investigations and coordinating enterprise incident response activities
- Security Engineering & Architecture
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise security controls across network, endpoint, identity, cloud, and application environments
- Experience evaluating, implementing, and integrating cybersecurity technologies into existing enterprise environments
- Experience developing cybersecurity policies, standards, procedures, architecture principles, and technical security baselines
- Experience supporting Zero Trust architecture initiatives is a plus
- Vulnerability, Data & Cloud Security
- Expertise with vulnerability scanning platforms and vulnerability remediation guidance
- Experience implementing and administering enterprise data security technologies, including data classification, data loss prevention, encryption, and data governance solutions
- Experience securing cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, including cloud-native security controls and architectures
- Experience securing containerized and virtualized environments such as Kubernetes, Docker, VMware, or similar platforms
- Collaboration & Leadership
- Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing cybersecurity professionals
- Experience leading cross-functional projects involving infrastructure, networking, cloud, and application teams
- Experience managing relationships with MSSPs, third-party SOCs, consultants, professional services organizations, and technology vendors
- Frameworks & Certifications
- Working knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory standards such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, CIS Controls, and ISO 27001
- CISSP or GIAC certification is preferred
- CySA+, CCSP, CISM, GCIH, or OSCP certifications are a plus
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