Senior Associate Security Engineer

Cybersecurity Jobs; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance; disability

401k plan

Paid holidays

Vacation and sick days

Job summary

Cybersecurity Jobs in Charlotte, NC is seeking an experienced security engineer to support secure-by-design governance across the software development lifecycle. This onsite, full-time role focuses on threat modeling, security testing, monitoring, and incident response to protect critical assets.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to apply security guidelines, maintain baselines, and participate in code reviews and incident handling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Developing knowledge of cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Experience applying security practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Proficiency implementing and managing information security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Implement cybersecurity solutions to protect critical assets, influencing design and configuration decisions.
• Perform threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Integrate and configure information security technologies across test and production environments.

Skills

Security engineering experience

Threat modeling

Security testing

Incident response

Governance and compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Security automation tools

Threat detection tools

Job description

Join a team focused on delivering advanced cybersecurity capabilities across the software development lifecycle. This role supports secure-by-design governance through hands-on engineering work, from threat modeling and security testing to monitoring and incident response. Based in Charlotte, NC, this onsite position is a full-time, regular 1st shift opportunity for experienced security engineers who want to help protect critical assets and improve how systems are built and operated.

What you'll do

• Implement cybersecurity solutions to protect critical assets in the job area, contributing to design and configuration decisions while following established strategies, patterns, and guidance.
• Perform threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing for assigned platforms and services to identify and remediate vulnerabilities using defined methods.
• Integrate and configure information security technologies across test and production environments, applying approved configuration patterns, automation, and handoff steps for assigned systems.
• Investigate security issues escalated within the team, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement practical fixes to prevent recurrence.
• Review relevant security threats, tools, and design options, providing input that supports technical plans and priorities for the job area.
• Partner with product and engineering teammates to apply security guidelines, secure-by-design practices, and governance controls in day-to-day development and delivery activities.
• Maintain security baselines, guardrails, and control configurations for systems and applications to support regulatory and policy compliance.
• Execute incident response and basic forensic activities for assigned services using established playbooks and approved tooling, and suggest targeted improvements based on hands-on experience.
• Share knowledge and best practices through informal guidance and support during code reviews, design discussions, and pairing sessions.
• Plan and manage your own work to meet objectives and milestones, seeking feedback, pursuing self-development, and refining approaches over time.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Developing knowledge of cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Experience applying security practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Proficiency implementing and managing information security technologies.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with security automation, orchestration, and advanced threat detection tools.
• Familiarity with emerging cybersecurity technologies, industry trends, and strategic risk management.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance; disability
• Accidental death and dismemberment
• Tax-preferred savings accounts
• 401k plan
• No less than 10 days of vacation during the first year of employment (prorated based on date of hire and full-time or part-time status)
• 10 sick days (prorated)
• Paid holidays
• Defined benefit pension plan (depending on position and division)
• Restricted stock units (depending on position and division)
• Deferred compensation plan (depending on position and division)

Language: English (Required). Type: Full-time. Regular.