Sr. Cyber Security Engineer

Location: Hackensack, NJ, US

Salary: $ USD Annually - $ USD Annually

Title:

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Type:
Full Time

Location:

Remote

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer is a hands-on cybersecurity professional responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving enterprise security controls across a complex, distributed environment. This role serves as a senior technical escalation point for security operations, leading advanced threat detection, incident response, security automation, vulnerability remediation, and risk reduction initiatives.

• Design, implement, integrate, and optimize enterprise security technologies, including SIEM, EDR/XDR, identity security, email security, collaboration security, and managed detection solutions.
• Develop, tune, and maintain security detections, threat hunting queries, dashboards, and automated response workflows aligned to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Establish and maintain secure configuration baselines, control standards, telemetry integrations, health monitoring processes, operational runbooks, and exception management procedures.
• Enhance security monitoring capabilities by improving log collection, detection coverage, alert fidelity, escalation workflows, and operational readiness.
• Lead complex cybersecurity incident investigations, including triage, containment, eradication, recovery, evidence preservation, and post-incident analysis across endpoint, identity, cloud, network, application, email, and third-party environments.
• Act as the senior technical escalation resource for security operations teams and managed security service providers, validating findings and driving timely resolution of security issues.
• Create, maintain, and exercise incident response playbooks and tabletop exercises, incorporating lessons learned into long-term security improvements.
• Assess and prioritize vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, penetration test findings, and security assessment results based on risk, exploitability, threat intelligence, business impact, and compensating controls.
• Verify remediation efforts through rescanning, control testing, manual validation, and evidence review while managing security exceptions through documented closure.
• Conduct security architecture and design reviews for applications, cloud and SaaS platforms, Dev Sec Ops  initiatives, artificial intelligence technologies, acquisitions, vendor integrations, and third-party solutions.
• Develop automation for security analysis, data enrichment, evidence collection, remediation tracking, dashboards, and reporting to improve operational efficiency and visibility.
• Lead cybersecurity engineering initiatives, mentor team members, and contribute to security standards, roadmaps, audit readiness activities, and operational procedures.

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• CISSP or equivalent advanced cybersecurity certification.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in Information Technology.
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, security operations, infrastructure security, vulnerability management, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong expertise in SIEM platforms, EDR/XDR technologies, detection engineering, incident response, threat investigation, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Experience in at least two of the following areas:
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Email and Collaboration Security
  • Cloud and SaaS Security
  • Security Automation and Orchestration
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex investigations involving multiple data sources and convert findings into measurable security improvements.
• Hands-on experience with scripting, APIs, automation platforms, query languages, and version control systems.
• Strong understanding of networking, operating systems, cloud computing, identity management, and application security principles.
• Experience with vulnerability management programs, penetration testing, and security frameworks such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), CIS Controls, ISO 27001, or PCI DSS.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and collaboration skills with the ability to perform effectively in high-pressure situations.

• Experience supporting distributed enterprises, e-commerce organizations, supply chain environments, or…