Cybersecurity Engineer — Protect Health Data & Systems

American Heart Association; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Robust retirement plan with employer 4

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Wellness program and telemedicine

Professional development — Heart U

Job summary

The American Heart Association is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer in Dallas, TX. This role partners with senior engineers, architects, and leaders to implement and manage security controls protecting data, applications, cloud, and networks.

You will hands-on troubleshoot security systems and contribute to risk-based security improvements. Responsibilities include deploying and maintaining SIEM and security tooling, conducting vulnerability assessments, and ensuring compliance with NIST, PCI

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 3 years minimum prior relevant experience.
• Analytical thinking and strong troubleshooting skills required.
• Experience addressing misconfigurations and security gaps.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain enterprise security tools (e.g., SIEM, endpoint protection, vulnerability scanners, firewalls, cloud security tooling) according to configurations and runbooks.
• Monitor security alerts, analyze logs, investigate anomalies, and assist with incident triage and root cause analysis with SOC/IR teams.
• Perform vulnerability assessments across systems, networks, and apps; track remediation and exceptions.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (NIST, PCI DSS, SOC 2, CIS, FedRAMP).
• Execute security control testing and support risk assessments aligned with enterprise frameworks.
• Apply secure configurations in systems, networks, cloud resources, and endpoints to ensure hardening.
• Maintain configuration management in CI/CD pipelines and secure baselines (OWASP).
• Develop scripts/integrations to improve detection, response, and reporting; suggest process improvements.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD, cloud environments, and endpoints as per standards.
• Support incident investigations with log analysis and forensic data collection; participate in post-incident reviews.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Technical Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Effective Communication

Adaptability

Time Management

Cybersecurity Engineer

Application Security

Cloud Security

Network Security

Risk Awareness

Documentation & Reporting

EDR

Vulnerability Management

Misconfigurations

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SIEM

Endpoint protection

Vulnerability scanners

Firewalls

Cloud security tooling

CI/CD pipelines

OWASP benchmarks

Job description

The American Heart Association is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer in Dallas, TX. This role partners with senior engineers, architects, and leaders to implement and manage security controls protecting data, applications, cloud, and networks.

You will hands-on troubleshoot security systems and contribute to risk-based security improvements. Responsibilities include deploying and maintaining SIEM and security tooling, conducting vulnerability assessments, and ensuring compliance with NIST, PCI