Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Franklin Fitch; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement contributions

Paid time off

Parental leave

Healthcare

Job summary

Franklin Fitch in Houston, TX seeks a Senior IT Security Engineer to design, implement, and strengthen security across endpoints, networks, applications, and cloud environments. You’ll tackle complex challenges and translate emerging threats into practical defenses.

This hands-on role offers technical ownership, meaningful influence, and the opportunity to mentor others while collaborating with IT and business teams to embed security into the environment by design.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• Hands-on with security platforms, automation, scripting and APIs.
• Broad understanding of enterprise infrastructure including servers, networks, cloud and applications.
• Experience with IAM, logging, SIEM and security event analysis.
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain security solutions across endpoints, networks, applications, and cloud.
• Investigate and resolve complex security issues and incidents.
• Monitor threats, vulnerabilities and attack techniques to translate into controls.
• Work with IAM/authentication, logging, SIEM and event correlation technologies.
• Automate security processes using scripting, APIs and configuration management.
• Partner with IT and business teams to embed security into technology and business initiatives.
• Communicate security risks and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote security engineering best practices.

Skills

Security engineering

Automation

Scripting / APIs

Configuration management

IAM / authentication

SIEM

Cloud & networks

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Job description

Join a global organization where cybersecurity is treated as a core business capability—not just an IT function.

As a Senior IT Security Engineer, you’ll design, implement, and strengthen security across endpoints, networks, applications, and cloud environments. You’ll tackle complex security challenges, turn emerging threats into practical defenses, and work closely with technology and business teams to build security into the environment by design.

This is an opportunity for a hands‑on security professional who wants technical ownership, meaningful influence, and the opportunity to mentor others.

What You'll Do

• Design, configure, and maintain security solutions across endpoint, network, application, and cloud environments.
• Investigate and resolve complex security issues and incidents.
• Monitor emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques and translate intelligence into actionable controls.
• Work with authentication, access management, logging, SIEM, and event‑correlation technologies.
• Automate security processes using scripting, APIs, and configuration management.
• Partner with IT and business teams to embed security into technology and business initiatives.
• Communicate security risks and recommendations to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote security engineering best practices.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience with security platforms, automation, scripting/APIs, and configuration management.
• Broad understanding of enterprise infrastructure, including servers, networks, cloud, and applications.
• Experience with IAM/authentication, logging, SIEM, and security event analysis.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to translate complex security risks into practical, business‑focused solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach.
• A proactive mindset and genuine interest in the evolving threat landscape.

Preferred, not required:

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, MIS, or related field; Security+, CISSP, GIAC, SANS, or similar certifications.

Why Join?

• Work across a broad and modern security environment rather than a single security domain.
• High level of technical ownership and visibility.
• Opportunity to influence security architecture and engineering practices.
• Strong learning and professional development culture.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including retirement contributions, paid time off, parental leave, and healthcare.