Cybersecurity Engineer

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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Cybersecurity Engineer in Dallas TX.

The Cybersecurity Engineer implements and manages security technologies and controls that protect organizational assets in partnership with senior engineers architects and leaders. This role is responsible for hands-on execution and troubleshooting of security systems collaborating with architecture operations and compliance teams to ensure security controls are both effective and aligned with enterprise risk. This role is critical in ensuring the confidentiality and security of the Companys data applications cloud and network infrastructure.

They act as technical contributors with expertise in areas like system hardening threat detection vulnerability management and compliance enforcement. This role provides a foundation for branching into specialization tracks such as Cloud Security Engineer Application Security Engineer or Network Security Engineer.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful you will have access to Heart U our award-winning corporate university as well as additional training and support locally.

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• Implement and maintain enterprise security tools (e.g. SIEM endpoint protection vulnerability scanners firewalls cloud security tooling) according to established configurations and operational runbooks
• Monitor security alerts analyze logs and investigate anomalies to detect and respond to threats; contribute to response playbooks and collaborate with SOC and IR teams for incident triage and root cause analysis
• Perform vulnerability assessments across systems networks and applications; Support track and report on remediation progress and exceptions
• Apply technical controls to meet regulatory compliance and internal policy requirements (e.g. NIST PCI DSS SOC 2 CIS FedRAMP) supporting audits and assessments
• Execute security control testing and participate in risk assessments in alignment with engineering practices with enterprise risk management goals and control frameworks
• Apply secure configurations for systems networks cloud resources and endpoints leveraging established benchmarks and baselines (i.e. CIS) to ensure consistent hardening
• Maintain configuration management standards within CI/CD pipelines and secure configurations baselines (i.e. OWASP) under direction of senior engineers
• Develop scripts integrations or automation to improve detection response and reporting; contribute to ideas for process improvements
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines cloud environments and endpoint platforms following defined standards
• Support incident investigations with log analysis technical troubleshooting and forensic data collection; Participate in tabletop exercises post-incident reviews and lessons learns implementation

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
• 3 years minimum prior relevant experience
• Required Skills: Analytical Thinking Technical Troubleshooting Collaboration Problem Solving Effective Communication Adapability Time Management Cybersecurity Engineer Application Security Cloud Security Network Security Risk Awareness Documentation & Reporting endpoint detection and response (EDR) vulnerability management Experience addressing misconfigurations

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. Thats why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments as needed.
  
  
• Performance and Recognition You are rewarded for achieving success through annual salary planning and incentive programs; based on the type of position
  
  
• Benefits We offer a wide array of benefits including medical dental vision disability and life insurance along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being we also offer an employee assistance program employee wellness program and telemedicine and medical consultation.
  
  
• Professional Development You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. Heart U is the Associations national online university with more than 100000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
  
  
• Work-Life Harmonization The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year which includes several days off at the end of the year.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Associations 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health by 2028 the Association will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science policy and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association American Stroke Association our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer healthier lives regardless of race ethnicity gender gender identity religion age language sexual orientation national origin and physical or cognitive abilities.

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