Aircraft Cybersecurity Engineer (Remote)

Cybersecurity Jobs; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flight benefits for employees and some

Health insurance and family coverage

401(k) retirement plan and Profit-Shar

Job summary

Southwest Airlines is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer for its Cybersecurity Aircraft Team. This remote role supports protection of aircraft systems and aviation technologies in a safety-critical environment.

You will build, test, and support cybersecurity solutions for aircraft, provide security direction, investigate vulnerabilities, and coordinate with FAA and stakeholders to mature the program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Experience with enterprise security technologies.
• Experience with cloud and IaC is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide security guidance to remediate vulnerabilities and policy exceptions.
• Deliver training for clients on cybersecurity systems and environments.
• Identify problems, plan solutions, and coordinate development to meet business needs.
• Oversee immediate response and maintenance for production issues.
• Partner with testers to identify defects and complete testing.
• Test and implement system enhancements preserving integrity.
• Maintain systems, manage escalation, and support functionality.
• Lead cross-functional communication to achieve goals.

Skills

Agile practices

Python

Go

JavaScript

AWS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

PingFederate

eDirectory

Active Directory

CyberArk

Micro Focus IDM

Terraform

CloudFormation

Chef

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

Southwest Airlines is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer for its Cybersecurity Aircraft Team. This remote role supports protection of aircraft systems and aviation technologies in a safety-critical environment.

You will build, test, and support cybersecurity solutions for aircraft, provide security direction, investigate vulnerabilities, and coordinate with FAA and stakeholders to mature the program.