Remote Security Operations Engineer: Automate & Protect

Daxko; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 83,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Monthly fitness reimbursement

401(k) matching

New-Parent Paid Leave

Casual work environments

Remote work

Job summary

Daxko is seeking a Security Operations Engineer who loves security, automation, and building resilient systems. You will protect our networks across production and non-production environments and build automation to speed audits, reporting to the Director of Information Security.

You will implement security controls, support compliance with PCI-DSS, SOC 1/2, and GDPR, and partner with the compliance team during audits, while staying hands-on with firewalls, IDS, and log management.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of information security experience.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining security systems (firewalls, IDS, antivirus, authentication, log management, content filtering).
• Strong knowledge of network, database and operating system security and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with PCI-DSS, SOC 1, SOC 2, and GDPR.
• Working proficiency with AI tools relevant to security work.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Implement and monitor security measures to protect systems, networks, and data.
• Define security requirements and write SOPs and policies for regulatory alignment.
• Build security tools to close vulnerabilities and automate repetitive tasks.
• Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot security software and hardware; verify firewalls and encryption usage.
• Monitor networks for intrusions; investigate incidents to determine root cause.
• Conduct quarterly server hardening reviews, internal penetration tests, and data encryption scans.
• Collaborate with compliance during audits and automate evidence collection.

Skills

InfoSec experience

Security systems

Network security

AI tools for security

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

Firewalls

Intrusion detection

Log management

Authentication

Content filtering

Job description

Daxko is seeking a Security Operations Engineer who loves security, automation, and building resilient systems. You will protect our networks across production and non-production environments and build automation to speed audits, reporting to the Director of Information Security.

You will implement security controls, support compliance with PCI-DSS, SOC 1/2, and GDPR, and partner with the compliance team during audits, while staying hands-on with firewalls, IDS, and log management.