Cybersecurity Engineer - Remote Optional

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Position Summary Delta Defense is actively seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer with a passion for growth and innovation. As a key player in “protecting the protectors,” you’ll be at the heart of our mission. Lead the charge in developing and optimizing state-of-the-art cybersecurity solutions, safeguarding our organization’s and customers’ critical assets. In this pivotal role, you’ll work hand-in-hand with security analysts, software engineers, devops engineers, and mission-aligned vendor partners.

Together, you’ll weave cutting-edge security into the fabric of our daily operations and risk management strategies, ensuring that our organization’s and our customers’ critical assets are safeguarded. Your work will directly support our broader mission of self-defense, empowerment, and personal protection. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level in a supportive, growth-oriented, dynamic environment, we want to hear from you.

Please note that applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

• Evaluate, design, and implement robust security systems. Shield our information assets (devices, networks, applications, data, users) from cyber threats and continuously fortify our security posture. Focus on reducing our attack surface and continuously improve our company security posture.
• Develop, modify, and implement security controls aligned with company policies and procedures that affect cybersecurity operations. Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards, frameworks, and regulations.
• Work hand-in-glove with Data Engineering, Analytics, and IT Operations to weave security and data governance best practices seamlessly into the software development life cycle.
• Evaluate company and vendor technology infrastructure security. Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity planning, reviews, and testing to continuously improve organizational and operational resilience.
• As a key member of the Security Incident Response team, apply investigative skills and take swift action in resolving security alerts or breaches, safeguarding our digital borders.
• Conduct penetration testing and vulnerability scanning on all company networks and applications. Collaborate with engineering stakeholders to prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities based on severity and impact.
• Research emerging products, technologies, and best practices to improve security posture for the company. Provide recommendations to security leadership for implementation.
• Key participant in company risk and security assessments. Able to assess, prioritize, and translate report findings into actionable insights for internal stakeholders and the security team.
• Domestic travel to company headquarters and/or vendor locations on a quarterly basis, with additional travel as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology or related field. Equivalent work experience and certifications may be considered.
• Strong technical background in software development with at least 4 years experience in cybersecurity engineering role working closely with software engineering, dev/ops, and/or cloud/networking/infrastructure teams.
• Experience designing, implementing, and managing layered security programs within cloud-first architectures integrated with other large third-party SaaS/ecommerce platforms (Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks).
• Experience working with tech stack/tools:
  Python, Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Kafka, Tableau, Git, Informatica, Kestra, Excel, and/or related technologies.
• Experience working with tech stack/tools: JS, PHP, Postgre
  
  SQL, Kubernetes, Kafka/Airflow, NeonDB, Cloudflare, Gitlab, Doppler, and/or related technologies.
• Experience securing applications built on cloud platforms (Digital Ocean, AWS, or GCP).
• Deep understanding of key industry frameworks and controls including NIST CSF, CIS CSC,…