Senior Cybersecurity Engineer & Technical Lead

First Student; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

First Student is seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and operate controls across cloud, endpoint, application, and identity environments. This senior IC role leads engineering projects, drives detection and response efforts, and mentors junior teammates while collaborating with I&O, Data, and Application teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, incident leadership, and cross-functional partnership to advance cybersecurity posture and resilience within the

Qualifications

• BS/BA in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Industry certifications preferred: AWS Security Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect, SANS/GIAC, CISSP, CCSP, CRISC.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess cybersecurity platforms, cloud services, identity/authN/authZ changes, and externally-facing systems.
• Lead offensive-informed assessments and remediation planning.
• Perform threat modeling for cloud and SDLC initiatives.
• Engineer and operate cybersecurity controls and CSPM.
• Code-review IaC for cloud governance components.
• Provide SDLC cybersecurity guidance for secure coding.

Skills

AWS cybersecurity engineering

Threat modeling

Incident response

SAST/DAST tooling

IaC review

Python/PowerShell automation

Education

BS/BA in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience

Tools

Cloud security posture management (CSPM)

Terraform/IaC tooling

IAM design & policy

SAST/DAST tooling platforms

Job description

First Student is seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and operate controls across cloud, endpoint, application, and identity environments. This senior IC role leads engineering projects, drives detection and response efforts, and mentors junior teammates while collaborating with I&O, Data, and Application teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, incident leadership, and cross-functional partnership to advance cybersecurity posture and resilience within the