Hybrid Cloud Security Engineer & Incident Response

Cybersecurity Jobs; North Carolina; On-site; USD 140,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Cybersecurity Jobs is seeking a Security Engineer to design and deploy security controls across cloud and on-prem environments, enhancing automated incident response and leading forensic investigations.

You will work with DevOps and engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities, provide technical leadership, and review code to strengthen security architectures. A Bachelor's degree and 3–5 years in SOC/ security engineering are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, or a related technical field.
• 3–5 years of professional experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or a security-focused engineering role.
• Experience using SIEM, EDR, and Vulnerability Management platforms in a hybrid enterprise environment.
• Ability to apply current security frameworks and secure coding principles.
• Experience building or maintaining security tools and services within a formal development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy security sub-components and features across cloud and on-premises environments to intercept emerging risks.
• Build and refine automated incident response playbooks to improve MTTR and operational efficiency.
• Conduct deep-dive forensic investigations and hypothesis-based threat hunting to detect stealthy adversaries bypassing traditional controls.
• Work with DevOps and engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities and support compliance through technical leadership and code reviews.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide architectural guidance to strengthen Cisco’s security defenses and sustainability solutions.

Skills

Security operations

Threat hunting

Forensics

Secure coding

DevOps collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Wiz.io

Tenable Nessus

Splunk

Cisco Secure Suite

Trend Micro

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

Microsoft Defender

AWS

Azure

Job description

Cybersecurity Jobs is seeking a Security Engineer to design and deploy security controls across cloud and on-prem environments, enhancing automated incident response and leading forensic investigations.

You will work with DevOps and engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities, provide technical leadership, and review code to strengthen security architectures. A Bachelor's degree and 3–5 years in SOC/ security engineering are required.