Engineer​/Sr Engineer, IT Platform Security

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Start Date:

11/3/26

Location
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DFW Reservations Office (DFW-SV01)
Cities
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Fort Worth - TX
Requisition :89059

Job Description

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• This job is a member of the Cybersecurity Team within the Information Technology Division.
• Responsible for building and supporting the underlying technologies that support the Cybersecurity Incident Response (CIR) groups as well as producing architecture, enforcing process governance, mentoring, and shepherding of teams seeking regulatory compliance. These technologies include Security Analytical platforms, SOAR, SIEM, EDR, and other detection and incident response technologies.

• Manages or assists in the management of the CIR event and information platform
• Develops playbook and process automation utilizing the SOAR technologies
• Assists external teams in the proper configuration of security infrastructure that CIR relies on (IDS/IPS, Phish technologies, Firewalls, etc.)
• Aides application teams seeking to comsume threat intel into the appropriate tools and services
• Tuning of alerts generated from all Cybersecurity tooling
• Supports and maintains the endpoint detection and response tooling
• Ensures appropriate configuration and rollout of the File Integrity Monitoring solution
• Aides external teams in ingestion of asset data into CIR systems
• Available if needed during an immediate incident to manage tools (24/7)
• Maintains and monitorsplatforms to ensure 24/7 readiness and operability of CIRE services
• Presents technical documentation to enterprise architecture and standardization boards
• Creates processes that allow non-security minded teams the ability to achieve regulatory compliance
• Consistently work with CIR and Application team in an iterative fashion to ensure that all security logs are monitored, complete, and accounted for

Minimum Qualifications
- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Technology, or related field or equivalent experience/training
• 3 years of Information Technology related experience

Preferred Qualifications
- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Cloud experience (IBM and/or Azure)
• Active Directory experience
• 5+ years of Software development experience
• 5+ years of Information Technology related experience
• 5+ years of scripting and automation experience
• 5+ years of building and using APIs
• 5+ years of networking experience
• 5+ years of Windows/Linux experience
• 5+ years of data engineering experience
• 3+ years of container technology experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Information Security Certification
  • Security+
  • CISSP
• Ability to script in languages like Python or Java Script
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix, Powershell, Basic Windows Administration, Git
• Knowledge of Security Concepts, Mitre ATT&CK Framework, PCI Compliance Requirements
• Knowledge of Networking concepts, services, and protocols
• Knowledge of basic cloud security controls and architecture
• Knowledge of SIEM, EDR, SOAR Platforms, Big Data Platforms
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools
• A solid understanding of networking, cyber security concepts, vulnerability identification and cyber threat intelligence
• Must be detail…