Senior Cybersecurity Engineer: Security Architect & Leader

Burlington; Edgewater Park Township (NJ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Burlington Stores, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise security engineering capabilities across identity, network, cloud, endpoint, and application security.

This senior contributor works autonomously, mentors junior engineers, and partners with cybersecurity operations, identity, infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to influence architecture decisions and embed security into engineering workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years of IT experience.
• 5+ years in technical cybersecurity experience (3+ years incident response and/or detection engineering)
• At least 1 expert level cybersecurity certification such as CISSP, CASP, CCSP, etc.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-grade security engineering solutions across multiple domains.
• Lead complex security engineering initiatives requiring deep technical expertise.
• Influence architecture decisions to reduce attack surface and systemic risk.
• Ensure security controls are resilient, scalable, and aligned with real-world threats.
• Establish engineering patterns, standards, and reference architectures.

Skills

Security engineering

Incident response

Detection engineering

Cybersecurity certification

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Position Overview

The Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer serves as a senior technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving enterprise security engineering capabilities. This role focuses on building scalable, resilient security controls and platforms that protect the organization’s infrastructure, applications, and data.

The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise across multiple security domains such as identity, network security, cloud security, endpoint protection, or application security. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and is responsible for making sound technical decisions in complex environments. The Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer partners closely with cybersecurity operations, identity, infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to influence architecture decisions, embed security into engineering workflows, and ensure controls are effective against real-world threats. This role also provides technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers without direct people management responsibility.

A Day in the Life

Security Architecture & Engineering Leadership

• Design and implement enterprise-grade security engineering solutions across multiple domains.
• Lead complex security engineering initiatives requiring deep technical expertise.
• Influence architecture decisions to reduce attack surface and systemic risk.
• Ensure security controls are resilient, scalable, and aligned with real-world threats.
• Establish engineering patterns, standards, and reference architectures.
• Review and validate designs and implementations for security effectiveness.

Strategic Collaboration & Technical Influence

• Partner closely with cybersecurity operations, identity, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to align engineering and operational security.
• Provide technical leadership during complex security events requiring engineering intervention.
• Represent security engineering in architecture reviews and cross-functional forums.
• Advise on risk trade-offs, control design, and platform decisions.
• Support long-term security capability planning through engineering insight.

Automation, Mentorship & Continuous Improvement

• Design and build advanced automation and infrastructure-as-code to support security controls.
• Drive improvements in reliability, observability, and operational readiness of security platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance and design reviews.
• Influence tooling strategy through hands-on evaluation and expertise.
• Ensure documentation and standards support repeatable, scalable engineering outcomes.

Scope & Impact

• This position plays a critical role in strengthening the organization’s security posture by leading the design and implementation of enterprise-grade security engineering solutions.
• The role requires deep technical expertise across multiple security domains and the ability to make high-impact engineering decisions in complex environments.
• The Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer is directly accountable for improving the scalability, resilience, and effectiveness of security controls and platforms.
• This role influences architecture and design decisions across infrastructure, cloud, identity, endpoint, and application environments.
• Decisions made in this role affect enterprise-wide attack surface reduction, control reliability, and long-term operational resilience.
• The position drives continuous improvement by translating architectural gaps, operational issues, and emerging threats into engineering enhancements.
• This role contributes to the development of security engineering talent by mentoring junior engineers and raising engineering standards without direct people management responsibility.
• The role directly supports enterprise risk reduction objectives by ensuring security engineering capabilities evolve with the environment and threat landscape.

You’ll Come With

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

• 7+ years of experience IT

• 5+ technical cybersecurity experience (3+ years incident response and/or detection engineering)

• Expert level knowledge of detection engineering and incident response

• At least 1 expert level cybersecurity certification such as CISSP, CASP, CCSP, etc.

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Come join our team. You’re going to like it here!

You will enjoy competitive wages, flexible hours, and an associate discount. Burlington’s benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage including life and disability insurance. Full-time associates are also eligible for paid time off, paid holidays and a 401(k) plan.

We are a rapidly growing brand and provide a variety of training and development opportunities so our associates can grow with us. Our teams work hard and have fun together! Burlington associates make a difference in the lives of customers, colleagues, and the communities where we live and work every day. Burlington Stores, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity

Individual pay decisions will be based on a variety of factors, such as but not limited to, qualifications, education, job-related skills, relevant experience, and geographic location.

Compensation Range: $95,000.00 - $125,000.00