Lead Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect

Permian Resources Corporation; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Permian Resources in Midland, TX seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to own the security engineering roadmap and mentor engineers across IAM, vulnerability management, and security operations. You will design enterprise security across network, endpoints, and cloud, while guiding governance and incident response.

The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership, driving maturity and escalation management in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity or related field.
• 8+ years in cybersecurity engineering with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Hands-on expertise across security engineering, IAM, vulnerability management, and security operations.
• Strong knowledge of threat analysis, incident response, and risk-based decision making.
• Familiarity with NIST CSF and security tooling.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal technical authority for security engineering, IAM, vulnerability management, and security operations.
• Own the security engineering roadmap, standards, and architectures and drive maturity.
• Lead evaluation and deployment of security tools and platforms and manage vendor relationships.
• Design and implement enterprise security across network, endpoint, cloud, and apps.
• Own identity architecture (SSO, MFA, PAM) and vulnerability management program governance.
• Lead major incidents, containment, eradication, and post-incident reviews.

Skills

Security engineering leadership

Threat analysis

Incident response

Scripting (PowerShell, Python)

Automation mindset

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

Firewall Management

WAF

EDR/XDR

DLP

SIEM

IAM

PAM

Cloud Security (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Permian Resources in Midland, TX seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to own the security engineering roadmap and mentor engineers across IAM, vulnerability management, and security operations. You will design enterprise security across network, endpoints, and cloud, while guiding governance and incident response.

The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership, driving maturity and escalation management in a fast-paced environment.