Senior Cybersecurity Engineer: Cloud & Network Defense Lead

Cybersecurity Jobs; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible schedule

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Aivanta Tech Inc. is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and oversee security across IT infrastructure and cloud environments.

This role focuses on protecting digital assets through strong engineering, incident response readiness, and security policy enforcement, with close collaboration across cross-functional teams. You will design architectures, perform risk analyses, manage security tooling, and support governance frameworks including PCI DSS, FedRAMP, and COBIT,

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating cybersecurity architectures across IT and cloud environments.
• Hands-on with SIEM, IDS/IPS, and EDR tooling; able to perform vulnerability assessments.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001/27002, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, and COBIT.
• Proficient in Python or Bash scripting for automation and tooling.
• Experience with cloud security in AWS/Azure/GCP and DR/HA planning.
• Understanding of PKI, encryption, and system hardening (SELinux).
• Industry certifications such as CISSP/CISA/CEH are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cybersecurity architectures (firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM).
• Lead incident response, investigations, and recovery coordination.
• Manage security administration across Windows, Linux, macOS, and UNIX.
• Collaborate on cloud security for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Develop and enforce information security policies for PCI DSS, FedRAMP, COBIT; support RMF/DIACAP.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Networking fundamentals

SIEM/IDS/EDR tooling

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Terraform/Ansible automation

Security standards (ISO/NIST)

Cloud security (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Education

Certifications (CISSP/CISA/CEH)

Tools

Splunk

SolarWinds

Nmap

Burp Suite

Fiddler

Terraform

Ansible

Cisco ASA

Cisco ISE

VMware vSphere

Job description

Aivanta Tech Inc. is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and oversee security across IT infrastructure and cloud environments.

This role focuses on protecting digital assets through strong engineering, incident response readiness, and security policy enforcement, with close collaboration across cross-functional teams. You will design architectures, perform risk analyses, manage security tooling, and support governance frameworks including PCI DSS, FedRAMP, and COBIT,