Cyber Security Engineer 3

AAA; Coppell (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(K) match

Pension plan

Tuition assistance

Floating holidays

Job summary

Auto Club Enterprises in Coppell, TX is seeking a senior information security leader to protect information systems assets and drive secure business outcomes. You will oversee security architecture, risk management, and policy enforcement across IT environments.

The role requires leading Security Analysts and Engineers, securing AI-enabled technologies, and translating security findings into actionable controls with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Science or related field.
• 10+ years of information security experience.
• Proven expertise securing AI-enabled technologies and models.
• Experience leading technical teams and driving security outcomes.
• Knowledge of cloud, on-prem, and hybrid security controls.

Responsibilities

• Serves as team lead and senior technical leader for Security Analysts and Engineers.
• Secures and validates AI-enabled technologies through security assessments and controls.
• Applies advanced analytics and ML to security data to improve threat detection and risk prioritization.
• Develops and implements information security architectures and vendor engagements.
• Incidents response leadership and post-incident investigation.

Skills

Security leadership

AI security

Threat detection

Security analytics

Education

Bachelors Computer and Information Science

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Prisma

CASB

Job description

Job Summary

Under general direction, performs all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction. Interfaces with user community to understand their security needs, implements procedures and processes that effectively protect the Club while driving effective business outcomes. Ensures that Club employees and contractors understand and adhere to necessary procedures to maintain security. Requires practitioner level familiarity with the Club Information Security program and associated technology such as applications, infrastructure, cloud services, and supporting Information Systems architectures. Conducts accurate evaluation of the level of security required and the most appropriate Club security controls for a given desired outcome. Must be able to demonstrate good judgement and operational practices, proactively weighing business needs against security concerns and articulating issues to management and peers.

Job Duties

• Serves as a team lead and senior technical leader, demonstrating a proven track record of providing day-to-day leadership, technical direction, work coordination, mentoring, and coaching to Security Analysts and Engineers. Promotes accountability, knowledge sharing, consistent execution, and professional development while assuming increasing leadership and operational responsibilities.
• Secures and validates AI-enabled technologies through security assessments, adversarial testing, and control validation to identify risks and drive effective controls, mitigation, and remediation.
• Applies statistical analysis, and machine learning to security data to develop advanced analytics that improve threat detection, signal quality, risk prioritization, and identification of emerging threats, while partnering across security and business functions to translate insights into actionable controls, detection, and response capabilities.
• As required by each desired business outcome, works independently or with peers, appropriate departments, vendors, and management to develop and implement cost and outcome effective information security architectures and solutions.
• Researches, designs, and advocates new technologies, architectures, standards, and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise, our customers, and business partners.
• Works with architects and other functional area architects and security specialists to ensure adequate security solutions are in place throughout all IT systems and platforms to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Analyzes business impact and exposure based on emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, and risks. Communicates security risks and solutions to business partners and IT staff as needed.
• Acts as a resource and role model for performance, competence, direction, training and technical guidance of less experienced staff.
• Develops and implements sustainable and effective operational use of security appliances, software, and surveillance capabilities. Evaluates, guides and leads vendor engagements as necessary.
• Incident response technical leadership on behalf of the department. Includes steps to minimize impact and then conducting technical and forensic investigation into how the breach happened and the extent of damage.
• Active resource ensuring security operations, monitoring security controls for breaches, leading and conducting investigations as appropriate.
• Requires high level technical and analytical skills, as well as systems knowledge, to design and implement complex system security solutions for operational needs.
• Evaluation and analysis of the business requests requires the decision making and problem-solving skills to integrate Club systems security procedures into business processes.
• Evaluates, manages, and effectively guides vendor engagements and resources to consistently achieve desired information security outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Computer and Information Science
• 10+ years Information security Required
• Demonstrated expertise securing AI-enabled technologies, including generative AI, large language models, agents, and API integrations, with knowledge of identity and access controls, data protection, security monitoring, prompt injection, adversarial testing, and AI misuse risks.
• Proven experience applying advanced analytical methods to develop and validate security analytics across cloud and enterprise environments, combined with demonstrated readiness to lead technical teams through work coordination, mentoring, decision-making, and accountable execution.
• Comprehensive knowledge of cross-platform technical principles, security practices, and procedures for private/public cloud computing, mainframe computers, distributed systems, desktop computers, laptops, tablets, phones, and workstations is desired.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following cloud service provider platform frameworks (AWS, GCP, Azure) and security controls (e.g., Prisma, CASB)
• Proven ability to work as a project leader or subject matter expert on multiple projects of high complexity that require in-depth knowledge.
• Conceptual understanding of data network configuration and infrastructure concepts, including TCP/IP routers, internet/intranet/extranet, firewalls, web servers and security hierarchy including the application of encryption key infrastructures and authentication processes.
• General knowledge and experience with security technologies including public and private key encryption, digital certificates, Kerberos, challenge/response, smart card, Secure ID or one-time password authentication mechanisms, Java, HTML-5, and ActiveX.

Travel Requirements

• Occasional travel to off-site business meetings or conferences. (5% proficiency)

Remarkable benefits

• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
• 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
• Tuition assistance
• Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)

Auto Club Enterprises is the largest club within the national AAA federation. We have nearly 17,000 employees in 24 states helping more than 18 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity - we win. All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1900, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team.

"Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value."

AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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