Cybersecurity Engineer — Build Resilient, Cloud-Ready Defenses

Kyndryl; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyndryl Inc. is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and maintain security controls across networks, infrastructure, cloud, and endpoints.

You will work with cybersecurity architects, operations, and infrastructure teams to strengthen the organization’s security posture. You will lead incident response support, threat hunting, and vulnerability management while translating security requirements into deployable solutions.

Qualifications

• Foundational experience implementing, configuring, or supporting cybersecurity technologies.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles across networks, servers, endpoints, cloud environments, infrastructure, and hardware devices.
• Experience with security technologies such as EDR, MDR, SIEM, SOAR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, antivirus solutions, or vulnerability management tools.
• Understanding incident response, vulnerability management, and threat hunting practices.
• Knowledge of network, host, and cloud security concepts, attack techniques, and security investigations.
• Ability to support the implementation and maintenance of security controls and technologies.
• Understanding cybersecurity regulations, organizational requirements, and industry security standards.
• Ability to evaluate technical feasibility, dependencies, risks, and implementation constraints.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience creating technical documentation and operational guidance.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional technical teams and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implement, configure, and maintain cybersecurity technologies across network, endpoint, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
• Support the deployment and operation of security solutions, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, antivirus tools, and vulnerability scanners.
• Identify, assess, and remediate security vulnerabilities across systems and environments.
• Support incident response, cyber resiliency, and threat hunting activities.
• Translate technical and security requirements into secure, deployable configurations and solutions.
• Monitor security technologies and recommend tuning, enhancements, or new use cases to improve effectiveness.
• Evaluate implementation of dependencies, technical feasibility, and security requirements to support successful deployments.
• Troubleshoot security technology issues and configuration challenges.
• Create technical documentation, configuration standards, implementation guides, and best-practice materials.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, architecture, infrastructure, operations, and cloud teams throughout solution implementation and support.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Networking security

Threat hunting

Incident response

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IT

Tools

EDR

IDS/IPS

Firewall

Vulnerability scanners

SIEM

SOAR

Job description

Kyndryl Inc. is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and maintain security controls across networks, infrastructure, cloud, and endpoints.

You will work with cybersecurity architects, operations, and infrastructure teams to strengthen the organization’s security posture. You will lead incident response support, threat hunting, and vulnerability management while translating security requirements into deployable solutions.