Security Engineer II Job Houston area,Texas USA,IT/Tech

Getix Health is seeking an experienced Security Engineer II, Sec Ops to join our Information Technology team. This mid-level role is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and improving technical security controls across cloud, endpoint, network, identity, and application environments.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on cybersecurity engineering experience and an understanding of security and regulatory requirements within healthcare or another highly regulated environment. This role will partner closely with Infrastructure, Dev Ops, Software Engineering, IT, Compliance, and GRC teams to identify risks, strengthen security controls, respond to security events, and help maintain a secure and resilient environment.

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Location: Remote

Department: Information Technology

Compensation: $110,000–$135,000 annually

Position Type: Full-Time

Travel: Up to 10%, as needed

Key Responsibilities:

Design, implement, configure, and maintain security controls across cloud, endpoint, network, identity, and application environments
Manage and improve security technologies including SIEM, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, email security, DLP, identity protection, firewalls, and cloud security platforms
Monitor and investigate security alerts, suspicious activity, potential threats, and security incidents
Develop and tune security detections, alerts, dashboards, and automated response workflows
Perform vulnerability scanning and support remediation across servers, endpoints, applications, cloud infrastructure, and network devices
Support penetration testing, security assessments, and remediation efforts
Support identity and access management controls, including SSO, MFA, conditional access, and privileged access management
Investigate suspicious login activity, compromised accounts, and identity-related threats
Help secure cloud infrastructure and services within Microsoft Azure and/or AWS
Partner with Dev Ops and Software Engineering to incorporate security into CI/CD pipelines and software development practices
Participate in incident response, including investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident analysis
Analyze security logs, endpoint telemetry, authentication events, network activity, and forensic evidence
Support compliance with HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, PCI-DSS
, and applicable contractual and regulatory requirements
Assist GRC teams with technical evidence for audits, assessments, and customer security reviews
Maintain security documentation, procedures, standards, diagrams, and technical control evidence

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
3–5 years of professional cybersecurity, security engineering, security operations, or related IT security experience
Hands-on experience with several of the following:
- SIEM and security monitoring platforms
- EDR/XDR technologies
- Vulnerability management platforms
- Identity and access management
- Microsoft 365 / Entra similar enterprise identity platforms
- Azure and/or AWS cloud security
- Firewalls, network security, and secure remote access
- Email and phishing protection
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Experience investigating security alerts and responding to security incidents
Working knowledge of vulnerability management and remediation
Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, VPNs, firewalls, and network segmentation
Understanding of Windows and Linux security fundamentals
Ability to analyze logs and security telemetry across multiple systems
Familiarity with scripting or automation using Power Shell, Python, Bash, APIs
, or similar technologies
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and…