Senior Cybersecurity Engineer – Remote (1x/Week)

Metropolitan Transportation Authority; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 128,041 - 174,177; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Transportation Authority is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer Level 6 to manage and analyze cybersecurity risks. You will design, build, and maintain infrastructure and applications to support a secure posture across IT/OT domains.

Duties include system hardening, incident response, and collaborating with vendors, architects, and business units. The role requires leadership in security architecture, risk analysis, and incident handling, with ongoing updates to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least 8 years of cybersecurity experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields preferred.

Responsibilities

• Research emerging threats and vulnerabilities to aid in incident response.
• Apply secure configuration and hardening standards.
• Design, configure, and integrate secure solutions.
• Provide incident response support and forensic analysis.
• Install, configure, harden, and optimize infrastructure and security components.
• Review alerts and document incident reports.
• Test new systems and manage cybersecurity risks.

Skills

Security controls

Technical breadth

Risk assessment

TCP/IP knowledge

Scripting/Programming

Education

BA/BS in related field

CS or related degree preferred

Job description

Metropolitan Transportation Authority is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer Level 6 to manage and analyze cybersecurity risks. You will design, build, and maintain infrastructure and applications to support a secure posture across IT/OT domains.

Duties include system hardening, incident response, and collaborating with vendors, architects, and business units. The role requires leadership in security architecture, risk analysis, and incident handling, with ongoing updates to stakeholders.