Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer - Cisco Secure Network Analytics

In this onsite role in Charlotte, NC, you will design, test, and operationalize advanced cybersecurity capabilities across the assigned domain.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect critical assets, contributing technical direction for complex builds while aligning to established strategies and patterns.
• Perform and improve threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing for in-scope high risk platforms and services to identify and remediate significant vulnerabilities.
• Integrate and configure information security technologies in production environments, defining and evolving configuration patterns, automation, and domain handoff processes.
• Act as a technical escalation point for difficult security issues, diagnosing recurring problems and creating reusable fixes that strengthen team operations.
• Evaluate emerging security threats, tools, and architectural options, then provide recommendations that influence technical plans, priorities, and goals for the job area.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to apply modern security architecture, secure-by-design practices, and governance controls across the local development lifecycle.
• Establish and maintain security baselines, guardrails, and control patterns for systems and applications within your responsibility area, supporting regulatory and policy compliance approaches.
• Lead technical incident response execution and forensic activities, coordinating tasks, using tooling effectively, and recommending improvements to playbooks and processes.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and technical training to security engineers, including leading code and design reviews and sharing best practices.
• Lead large or complex security engineering initiatives by delegating to lower level technical professionals, reviewing outputs, and ensuring delivery meets agreed objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Deep specialized knowledge of cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Proven experience applying security practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Deep knowledge of threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
• Experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.

Security Engineer Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Advanced knowledge of cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Proven experience applying security practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Advanced knowledge of threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
• Experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or MBA and ten years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Banking or financial services experience.
• Other security certifications (e.g., CCNA Security, GSEC, GCED, GPPA).
• Other technical certifications (e.g., CCNA, RHCE, MCSE).
• Certification in Information Security Management, such as CISSP, CRISC, or CISM, or related security certification(s).
• Expertise with security technologies including Cisco Firepower FTD and ASA, and cloud native technologies such as AWS GuardDuty; plus network security policy management technologies.

Technologies

• Cisco Firepower FTD
• ASA
• AWS GuardDuty

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Disability
• Accidental death and dismemberment
• Tax-preferred savings accounts
• 401k plan
• No less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and full-time or part-time status) during the first year of employment
• 10 sick days (prorated)
• Paid holidays
• Depending on position and division: defined benefit pension plan
• Depending on position and division: restricted stock units
• Depending on position and division: deferred compensation plan

Employment type: Full-time

Location: Charlotte, NC (onsite)