Security Engineer: Automation, AI Ops & Incident Response

SkyWest Airlines; Saint George (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Profit sharing

Health insurance

Flight benefits

Job summary

SkyWest Airlines is seeking an Information Security Engineer to implement, maintain, and improve cybersecurity controls across the organization. The role focuses on security engineering, security operations support, automation, incident response, and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will partner with Infrastructure, Network, Systems Engineering, and Application Development teams to deploy practical security solutions aligned with business objectives and to strengthen defenses

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of related information security experience.
• Working knowledge of security operations, incident response, and security monitoring concepts.
• Experience administering, supporting, or integrating enterprise security technologies.
• Experience with scripting, automation, APIs, or workflow orchestration.
• Understanding of endpoint, network, email, web application, and infrastructure security concepts.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and communicate findings clearly.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and collaborate across technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain, and improve cybersecurity controls and technologies.
• Participate in evaluation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of security solutions.
• Assist with security reviews of infrastructure, network, and application projects.
• Develop and maintain security standards, procedures, technical documentation, and operational runbooks.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen security posture through technology and process improvements.
• Investigate security alerts, incidents, containment, recovery, and lessons-learned activities.
• Assist with forensic analysis, evidence collection, and documentation when required.
• Develop incident response procedures and operational playbooks.
• Collaborate with technical teams to resolve security issues and improve response readiness.
• Design, implement, and maintain automation that improves security operational efficiency.
• Develop and support integrations between security and operational platforms.
• Build and maintain SOAR workflows and playbooks.
• Automate repetitive security tasks, alert enrichment, ticket creation, and response actions where appropriate.
• Measure the value and effectiveness of automation and recommend improvements.
• Evaluate and use AI capabilities to improve security analysis, investigation, and response activities.
• Develop responsible AI-assisted workflows for relevant security use cases.
• Validate AI-generated findings and recommendations before operational use.
• Monitor emerging AI-related threats and defensive capabilities.
• Identify practical applications of AI that improve quality, speed, or visibility.
• Assist with monitoring and analysis of security events and telemetry.
• Tune security alerts and controls to improve effectiveness and reduce noise.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Security monitoring

Automation

SOAR

AI in security

Threat hunting

Documentation

Communication

Job description

SkyWest Airlines is seeking an Information Security Engineer to implement, maintain, and improve cybersecurity controls across the organization. The role focuses on security engineering, security operations support, automation, incident response, and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will partner with Infrastructure, Network, Systems Engineering, and Application Development teams to deploy practical security solutions aligned with business objectives and to strengthen defenses