Security Engineer III: Threat Detection & Incident Response

American University; United States; Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

American University in Washington, DC, seeks a Cyber Security Engineer III to safeguard information infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments. The role administers security systems, performs threat detection, incident response, and forensic analysis while shaping secure architectures.

You will contribute to security strategy, policy enforcement, and risk assessment, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with the CISO and Director of Information Security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 5-8 years of relevant experience.
• Security incident response, log management and analysis experience.
• Strong knowledge of OSes, networks and security protocols.

Responsibilities

• Administers security systems across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Performs threat detection, incident response and forensics.
• Contributes to security strategy, policy enforcement and risk assessment.

Skills

Security monitoring

Incident response

Forensic analysis

Security architecture

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

VPNs

Virtualization

Firewalls

WAF/IDS/IPS

Python

PowerShell

Job description

American University in Washington, DC, seeks a Cyber Security Engineer III to safeguard information infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments. The role administers security systems, performs threat detection, incident response, and forensic analysis while shaping secure architectures.

You will contribute to security strategy, policy enforcement, and risk assessment, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with the CISO and Director of Information Security.