Senior Cybersecurity Architect & Engineering Lead

Permian Resources Management, LLC

Midland (TX)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 230,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Permian Resources, based in Midland, Texas, is seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to serve as the principal technical authority for the security engineering function. You will set technical direction, own the security engineering roadmap, and mentor a cross-disciplinary team while remaining hands-on across security engineering, IAM, vulnerability management, and threat analysis.

The role requires deep technical expertise across multiple domains and strong leadership to guide a

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
8+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering or a related role, including demonstrated experience as a technical lead.
Proven ability to set technical direction, mentor engineers, and own security architecture or programs.
Deep, hands-on expertise across multiple domains (security engineering, IAM, vulnerability management, and security operations) with strong working knowledge of all four.
Strong understanding of threat analysis, mitigation techniques, and incident response.
Familiarity with industry standards such as NIST CSF.
Technical expertise in several of the following security tools and technologies: Firewall Management, WAF, EDR, DLP, Cloud Security, SIEM, IAM, PAM.
Proficiency with scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python) and automation-first engineering practices.
Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

Serve as the principal technical authority and design lead across security engineering, IAM, vulnerability management, and security operations.
Own and maintain the security engineering roadmap, standards, and reference architectures, and drive maturity improvements over time.
Provide technical direction, coaching, and mentorship to security engineers and analysts, and partner with leadership on hiring and skills development.
Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of security tools and platforms, and own key vendor and technical relationships.
Design and implement enterprise security solutions across network, endpoint, cloud, and application layers, including firewalls, EDR/XDR, SIEM, and DLP.
Develop and enforce security policies, procedures, and hardening standards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of company data.
Own the identity architecture - SSO, MFA, conditional access, least-privilege/RBAC, and PAM.
Direct the vulnerability management program - scanning strategy, risk-based prioritization, SLAs, and remediation governance.
Act as senior escalation point for complex investigations and major-incident response, leading containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident reviews.
Guide detection engineering and threat hunting, and incorporate threat intelligence into defensive controls.
Communicate risk, roadmap, and incident posture clearly to technical teams and executive stakeholders.