Cyber Security Engineer

American Express Global Business Travel; United States; On-site; USD 104,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Wellbeing resources

Travel perks

Job summary

American Express Global Business Travel is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain security controls that protect our systems, data, and infrastructure in the United States.

The role requires strong technical expertise, analytical thinking, and collaboration across teams to reduce cyber risk and ensure compliance with security standards. You will deploy security tools and continuously improve our security posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, cybersecurity or related field.
• Knowledge of security controls design and implementation across enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage security controls across enterprise systems and networks.
• Deploy and maintain security technologies (WAF, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DLP, Proxy, endpoint protection).
• Configure and troubleshoot security infrastructure for high availability and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with CyberSecurity Architects for planning and implementation of security controls.

Skills

Cyber security engineering

Security controls

Cloud security

Incident response

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Certifications such as CISSP CEH GSEC CSSP

Tools

WAF

IDS/IPS

SIEM

DLP

Proxy

Endpoint protection

Cloud platforms

Job description

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

The Cyber Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security controls that protect the organization’s systems, data, and infrastructure.

This role requires strong technical expertise, analytical thinking, and the ability to collaborate across teams to reduce cyber risk and ensure compliance with security standards.

Cyber Security Engineers play a critical role in deploying security tools, maintaining security technologies, and continuously improving the organization’s security posture.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and manage security controls across enterprise systems and networks.
• Deploy and maintain security technologies such as WAF, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DLP, Proxy, and endpoint protection tools.
• Configure and troubleshoot security infrastructure to ensure high availability and effectiveness.
• Estimate technical effort, work breakdown structure, risks, and dependencies.
• Analyze and resolve technical problems.
• Establish and promote design guidelines and standards.
• Experiment with new and emerging technologies.
• Working with CyberSecurity Architects team for the planning, proposal and implementation of security controls and platforms.
• Working knowledge in the field of CyberSecurity, including but not limited to Cloud deployments, application integration, and APIs.
• Project level experience working in a team environment with multiple parallel workflows, team members, Project Managers, and defined deliverables.
• Identify and define system security requirements including requirements for achieving audit requirements.
• Preparing and documenting standard operating procedures and protocols for the Projects and workflows that the Engineer is participating in for the team.
• Configure and troubleshoot security infrastructure devices as necessary for a smooth and highly available set of controls.
• In a team environment, develop technical solutions and deploy security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks.
• Troubleshooting and diagnostic skills for the purpose of providing long term actionable solutions and remediation of issues.
• Responding to and participating in incidents as a representative of the CyberSecurity Engineering team.
• Ensuring that the organization's data and infrastructure are protected by enabling and maintaining security controls.
• This includes Gap Analysis as necessary.
• Participating in the change management process.
• Daily administrative tasks, reporting and communication with the relevant stakeholders, managers and directors.
• Delivering comprehensive reports including assessment-based findings, outcomes and solutions for increased system security enhancements.
• Working as part of a team with similarly tasked Engineers and Analysts in a diverse, engaging, supportive and respectful manner.

What We’re Looking For

• ~5+ years of experience in cyber security engineering or related roles
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or related field (or equivalent experience) such as CISSP, CEH, GSEC, CSSP
• Curiosity and passion for problem solving
• Fluent in English
• Inclusive, collaborative, and able to work seamlessly with a multicultural and international team
• Building real time analytics and data pipeline from different sources
• Developing micro-service using rest framework
• Exposing and consuming data using APIs
• Network security and networking technologies
• Operating system and database security
• Security monitoring and logging tools

Location

United States

Salary

The US national base salary range for this position is from $104,300.00 - $193,700.00. The national range provided includes the base salary that Amex GBT expects to pay for the role. Actual base salary will be based on factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and work location. In addition to base salary, the anticipated range of which is posted above, this role is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, which rewards participants based on company and individual performance. For information about our comprehensive US benefits programs and eligibility, please review our Benefits-at-a-Glance document.

Benefits

• Benefits at a glance
• The #TeamGBT Experience
• Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do.
• These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT.
• You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
• Andmuchmore!

Equal Opportunity

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

Accommodations

Furthermore, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process.

Privacy

For details regarding how we protect your data, please consult the Amex GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement.

Additional Information

If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;”. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!