Security Engineer: Incident Response & Cloud Security

Watsco; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Watsco is seeking a Security Engineer to operate and continuously improve cybersecurity monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, email and endpoint security, and cloud/identity controls. You will work with an MDR provider to reduce risk while ensuring independent review of security controls.

The role involves leading incident response, managing vulnerability programs, and coordinating with IT owners and vendors across the Americas. Local travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in cybersecurity engineering or equivalent defensive-security experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of SIEM, EDR, email security, identity and cloud security.
• Ability to analyze logs and alerts, communicate risk clearly, preserve evidence, and coordinate remediation.
• Working knowledge of common security frameworks and controls, least privilege, segmentation, secure configuration, risk treatment.
• Willingness to participate in after-hours incident response and handle sensitive information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Operate or oversee SIEM, EDR, email-security, identity, cloud, and MDR monitoring; investigate alerts and tune detections.
• Lead technical incident response with triage, containment, evidence preservation, and recovery support.
• Run the vulnerability-management program including scans, risk ranking, and remediation tracking.
• Manage Proofpoint policies, phishing investigations, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC coordination.
• Define and validate MFA, conditional access, and privileged access requirements with Infrastructure.
• Review firewall rules, cloud configurations, and network security for changes and risks.
• Maintain security policies, risk register, and audit evidence.

Skills

Incident response

Log analysis

Security operations

Risk communication

Remediation coordination

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Proofpoint

Microsoft Defender

Entra ID

Microsoft 365

Cloud security tools

Job description

Watsco is seeking a Security Engineer to operate and continuously improve cybersecurity monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, email and endpoint security, and cloud/identity controls. You will work with an MDR provider to reduce risk while ensuring independent review of security controls.

The role involves leading incident response, managing vulnerability programs, and coordinating with IT owners and vendors across the Americas. Local travel may be required.