Security Engineer I — Cyber Defense & Security Tooling

Texas A&M University; College Station (TX); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, is seeking a Security Engineer I to help plan and design security capabilities that enable the organization to identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover from cyber threats and vulnerabilities. The role emphasizes solutions engineering, collaboration with enterprise stakeholders, security analysis, and documentation.

A bachelor’s degree and two years of related IT security operations experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two years of related experience in information technology security operations.
• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
• Broad IT technical knowledge.
• Ability to analyze and solve complex problems.
• Excellent written communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Solutions Engineering: Helps develop and manage data, system, and network security architecture. Implements new technology deployments and integration testing.
• Strategic Collaboration & Partnerships: Collaborates with enterprise stakeholders to coordinate the development of specifications within service-based solutions.
• Security Analysis: Enforces, audits, and consults on the appropriate application of security policies and procedures. Administers and monitors data security on various platforms, conducts audits, reviews security violation reports, and investigates security exceptions.
• Documentation: Helps with the development of standard operating procedures. Coordinates some documentation provided to partner support teams, customers, stakeholders, and vendors.
• Professional Development: Participates in training, professional development sessions, and continual and ongoing training and exploration into new technologies.

Skills

Multitask

Broad IT technical knowledge

Analytical problem solving

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SIEMs

Firewalls

Vulnerability scanners

Intrusion detection systems

Python scripting

Bash scripting

PowerShell scripting

Job description

Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, is seeking a Security Engineer I to help plan and design security capabilities that enable the organization to identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover from cyber threats and vulnerabilities. The role emphasizes solutions engineering, collaboration with enterprise stakeholders, security analysis, and documentation.

A bachelor’s degree and two years of related IT security operations experience are required.