Job description
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer needed to join SentinelGuard Technologies in Austin, TX. You will design, implement, and optimize security controls across cloud and on premises environments, ensuring resilient defenses against modern threats.
This role blends hands on engineering, threat intelligence, and cross functional collaboration with DevOps, SRE and product teams to shape secure by design practices and fast threat response.
Responsibility
- Lead design and deployment of core security controls including SIEM, EDR, IAM, and network security to protect cloud and on premises infrastructure
- Develop and maintain incident response playbooks, runbooks, and tabletop exercises to improve containment and recovery times
- Perform threat modeling, vulnerability management, and risk assessments to inform security strategy
- Architect and secure cloud environments across AWS and Azure with strong emphasis on IAM, network segmentation, and data protection
- Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to implement secure CI/CD pipelines and enforce DevSecOps practices
- Lead security engineering projects, mentor junior engineers, and communicate risk to stakeholders
- Monitor security telemetry, detect anomalies, and coordinate incident response activities quickly and effectively
Qualification
- Bachelors or masters in computer science, cybersecurity or related field; 5+ years of security engineering experience
- Hands on experience with SIEM and EDR platforms such as Splunk, Elastic Security, CrowdStrike, or similar
- Cloud security expertise in AWS, Azure or GCP; strong understanding of IAM, VPC, WAF, encryption and key management
- Proven incident response, forensics, and malware analysis capabilities; familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK
- Strong scripting skills in Python or PowerShell; automation and tooling mindset
- Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC or equivalent
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and ability to present complex risks to non technical stakeholders