Associate Cybersecurity Engineer - Build Secure Systems

Discover Financial Services; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 59,500 - 99,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Health HS

STD, Life, LTD, and AD&D

Recognition Program

Education Assistance

Commuter Benefits

Family Support Programs

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Discover Financial Services in Honolulu seeks an Associate Cybersecurity Engineer to support the cybersecurity roadmap and deliver secure systems while meeting regulatory requirements. The role focuses on engineering new technologies, program optimization, vulnerability remediation, and risk mitigation in a high-velocity environment.

Responsibilities include evaluating security architectures, performing tool research and testing, and ensuring compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• In lieu of education, six continuous months of relevant Discover engineering training.
• Note: External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview.

Responsibilities

• Interpret technology direction and analyze cybersecurity systems using professional knowledge and advanced analytical techniques.
• Design new systems according to architecture guidelines and perform continuous integration.
• Conduct research and testing on scanning tools and develop comparison studies with security systems knowledge.
• Test defense technologies prior to deployment to determine feasibility for integration.
• Engineer cybersecurity and data-analytics solutions, including vendor technology reviews.
• Support current and future state architectural models to assess impact across assigned cybersecurity technology systems.
• Analyze cybersecurity technology capabilities and specifications to identify enhancements.
• Perform ongoing assessment of team and program activities to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with audit, regulatory, and legal requirements.
• Serve as the escalation point for engineering, security solutions, and advanced analytics tools.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

six continuous months of relevant Discover engineering training

Job description

Discover Financial Services in Honolulu seeks an Associate Cybersecurity Engineer to support the cybersecurity roadmap and deliver secure systems while meeting regulatory requirements. The role focuses on engineering new technologies, program optimization, vulnerability remediation, and risk mitigation in a high-velocity environment.

Responsibilities include evaluating security architectures, performing tool research and testing, and ensuring compliance.