Remote Cybersecurity Engineer — Security Operations Lead

State of Georgia; United States; Remote; USD 77,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to lead Security Operations Engineering and cybersecurity monitoring for DECAL. You will mentor the team, enhance threat detection, and drive continuous improvement across security platforms.

Collaborating with Governance, Risk and Compliance, Legal, IT Operations and business units, you will elevate security visibility and incident response readiness in a remote-capable environment.

Qualifications

• We are seeking a skilled Cybersecurity Engineer to lead Security Operations Engineering and cybersecurity monitoring technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration and continuous improvement of security operations platforms and services.
• Engineer and maintain security monitoring, threat detection, automation, and response capabilities.
• Configure and optimize data sources, telemetry, security connectors, and monitoring integrations for DECAL Security Operations.
• Develop analytics rules, alerts, dashboards, and automation workflows to strengthen detection and response.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to improve security visibility, operational readiness, and maturity.

Job description

The State of Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to lead Security Operations Engineering and cybersecurity monitoring for DECAL. You will mentor the team, enhance threat detection, and drive continuous improvement across security platforms.

Collaborating with Governance, Risk and Compliance, Legal, IT Operations and business units, you will elevate security visibility and incident response readiness in a remote-capable environment.