AWS Cybersecurity Engineer | Agile Security Specialist

Southwest Airlines; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 27,552 - 41,328; Full time

Job summary

Southwest Airlines is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer in Olympia, WA. The role focuses on building and refreshing cybersecurity solutions in AWS within an Agile framework, with emphasis on enterprise integration and platform improvements.

You will guide application teams on security practices, deliver client training, and manage incident response and ongoing maintenance of security configurations to ensure high-quality protections.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, engineering, or related field; or equivalent formal schooling.
• Experience with secure software development lifecycle is a plus.
• Strong understanding of Agile development practices and security standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide security guidance to application teams to remediate vulnerabilities and policy exceptions.
• Deliver training for clients on cybersecurity systems and automated environments.
• Identify cybersecurity issues, plan responses, and coordinate remediation efforts.
• Oversee incident response and protection for manufacturing software.
• Collaborate with testers to identify defects and ensure proper testing.
• Analyze and implement system upgrades maintaining system integrity.
• Maintain configurations and handle escalation of issues.
• Triage and address capability defects; transition capabilities to support teams.
• Maintain security configurations to ensure high quality and reliability.
• Communicate with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.

Skills

Agile practices

PingFederate

eDirectory

Live directory

CyberArk

IDM

Python

PowerShell

JavaScript

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Chef

Puppet

Ansible

Security checks

Monitoring tools

Software delivery

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Southwest Airlines is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer in Olympia, WA. The role focuses on building and refreshing cybersecurity solutions in AWS within an Agile framework, with emphasis on enterprise integration and platform improvements.

You will guide application teams on security practices, deliver client training, and manage incident response and ongoing maintenance of security configurations to ensure high-quality protections.