Security Engineer: Incident Response & Data Integrity Lead

HFF; Taylorsville (UT); On-site; USD 86,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Conference budgets

Internal growth opportunities

Job summary

HFF in Taylorsville, UT is seeking a Security Engineer who can own Incident Response design and identify gaps in the security posture. The role requires at least 5 years of hands-on experience, familiarity with CompTIA Security+ workflows, and the ability to collaborate in a small, practical team.

You will backfill cryptography test coverage, monitor production health, respond to on-call rotations, and drive accountability across data pipelines.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of real-world security experience.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity with incomplete briefs.
• Hands-on experience with Security+ workflows and tooling.
• Experience in a human-first temporary team.
• Strong written communication and email tone.
• Knowledge of UT technology regulations.
• Collaborative reviewer to ease mid-level reviews.

Responsibilities

• Backfill cryptography test coverage on risky code areas.
• Monitor system health and set alerts for production environments.
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning.
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in postmortems.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with accountability.
• Lead the Accountability migration away from the legacy stack.
• Pull telemetry into dashboards used by leaders.

Skills

5+ years experience

Security+ workflows

Ambiguity navigation

UT regulations knowledge

Tools

Security+ tooling

Job description

HFF in Taylorsville, UT is seeking a Security Engineer who can own Incident Response design and identify gaps in the security posture. The role requires at least 5 years of hands-on experience, familiarity with CompTIA Security+ workflows, and the ability to collaborate in a small, practical team.

You will backfill cryptography test coverage, monitor production health, respond to on-call rotations, and drive accountability across data pipelines.