Tripwire Platform Engineer: Automate, Optimize & Audit

Tripwire Platform Engineer

As MISO’s Tripwire Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing the organization’s Tripwire Enterprise platform. This role ensures accurate configuration baselines, timely detection of deviations, and reliable reporting in support of cybersecurity, audit, and compliance requirements. The Tripwire Administrator helps maintain a secure, efficient, and compliant monitoring and change‑management environment. This position will also support continuous improvement efforts, integrations, and automation initiatives across the enterprise.

• Administer, configure, and maintain Tripwire Enterprise components, including consoles, agents, policies, rules, and dashboards.
• Integrate Tripwire with other systems such as Service Now and Splunk; maintain logs, reporting schedules, and data exports.
• Develop scripts and automation (Power Shell, Bash, Python) to streamline reporting, deployments, and manual tasks.
• Reduce manual work through automation and leveraging AI capabilities in Service Now.
• Optimize Tripwire policies, rules, thresholds, and coverage to reduce false positives and improve overall performance.
• Deploy and manage Tripwire agents across Windows, Linux, and networked systems, ensuring platform health, agent connectivity, and data integrity.
• Generate and maintain audit‑ready Tripwire reports for internal and external assessments.
• Provide evidence for configuration baselines, deviation events, investigations, and change‑management linkage.
• Support compliance activities and internal security standards.
• Stay current with Tripwire best practices, patches, upgrades, and new features.

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline).
• Experience integrating Tripwire with SIEM or ITSM platforms, preferably Splunk and Service Now.
• Proven experience in reducing manual, repetitive, and error‑prone activities through scripting, automation, and process redesign.
• Creative, solution‑oriented mindset with the ability to streamline processes and leverage tools effectively.
• Hands‑on experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Power Shell, or Python to support automation.
• Comfort working within change‑management processes and configuration control environments.
• Familiarity with Tripwire Enterprise reporting, audit workflows, and configuration monitoring best practices.
• Experience working with compliance frameworks.
• Bachelor’s or better in Engineering, Information Technology, or Computer Science.

The base salary range offered for this role is $114,000 – $139,000 USD annually, and the position is also eligible for an annual bonus if individual performance and company objectives are met. At MISO we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 401(k), vacation, sick and safe time, available on your first day of employment.

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Information Technology – Full‑Time