Cyber Security Engineer II

Ping Identity; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ping Identity is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer II to help build out and deploy security automation, harden configurations, and support incident response across SaaS and enterprise systems. You will join the Security Engineering team to design reliable security solutions and collaborate with multiple teams to meet roadmap goals.

The role emphasizes incident response, threat detection, and secure by design principles, with an on-call rotation and opportunities to influence security strategy

Qualifications

• Experience with automation within Security Orchestration and Automation Tooling and bespoke scripting automation.
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, ideally Google Chronicle and YARA-L.
• Strong understanding of Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).
• Experience with container technologies, notably Kubernetes and Docker in development and incident response context.
• Experience deploying and utilising Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in security engineering initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of incident response playbooks.
• Perform incident response and coordination across teams.
• Lead in assessment of system design and change related to security.
• Be part of weekly on-call rotation.
• Design and implement engineered security solutions that are reliable and maintainable.
• Support in detection engineering activities.
• Identify security improvement opportunities and translate them into actionable solutions.
• Influence and align the team’s vision and strategy.

Skills

Automation tooling

Scripting automation

SIEM systems

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Docker

EDR tools

Tools

Google Chronicle

YARA-L

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

GCP

EDR tools

Job description

About Ping Identity:

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.

Ping Cyber Security Engineer II

You will be involved with every facet of our enterprise systems, including our Software-as-a-Service business areas. You will be responsible for helping to build out and deploy security automation, harden security configuration, provide incident response, and more within the Cyber Security Engineering team. Cyber Security Engineers are expected to have a broad understanding of security principles, and be able to communicate and support other teams in the design and deployment of security and robust systems. This role would be well suited to an experienced Security Operations Centre analyst, or Site Reliability Engineer looking to transition into Security Engineering.

You will:

• Lead the design, develop, and implementation of incident response playbooks
• Perform incident response and coordination
• Lead in the assessment of system design and change
• Be part of a weekly on-call rotation
• Lead the design, develop, and implement engineered solutions that are reliable and maintainable
• Support in detection engineering
• Identify areas of the business that require security improvement and translate that into a workable solution
• Influence and align the team’s vision and strategy
• Collaborate cross functionality to support delivery of roadmap items and projects

Requirements

• Experienced with automation within Security Orchestration and Automation Tooling, as well as, bespoke scripting automation
• Experienced with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Systems, ideally, Google Chronicle, and YARA-L
• Strong understanding of Cloud (preferred AWS/GCP)
• Experienced working with container technologies, notably, Kubernetes and Docker in a development and incident response context
• Experienced deploying and utilising Endpoint Detection and Response tools
• Experienced leading cross f