Senior IT Security Engineer - AI-Driven Automation

Chipotle Mexican Grill; Newport Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Sick leave

Vacation time

Job summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill is seeking a Senior Engineer, IT Security Engineering, to advance security capabilities across the technology environment. You will partner with IT and business teams to tackle complex security challenges and drive AI-enabled security workflows.

Based in Newport Beach, CA or Columbus, OH, this hybrid role involves 4 days in office with one remote day. A broad range of security topics includes risk assessments, monitoring, automation, and incident response.

Qualifications

• BS in related field or equivalent experience and training preferred.
• 5-8 years of experience leading security initiatives, projects, or cross-functional workstreams preferred.
• Relevant trainings and certifications preferred (CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, TAISE, etc.).
• Ability to perform event analysis and investigation.
• Strong automation and integration engineering skillset.
• Comprehensive understanding of Security Risk Frameworks.
• Ability to configure and manage core technologies.
• Broad security engineering knowledge across infra, identity, endpoint, network, cloud, data protection, and response.
• Experience with event logging, parsing, orchestration, and alert enrichment across security platforms.
• Understanding of proper maintenance of security solutions.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills.
• Experience in technical writing, and ability to present information at the executive level.
• Skilled at performing IT security focused application/environment design reviews.
• Experience using common security testing tools and techniques to identify risk and remediation.
• Understanding of how generative AI, AI agents, and autonomous technologies can be applied to cybersecurity use cases.
• Experience using automation, orchestration, or AI-enabled technologies to improve security operations or engineering processes.
• Deeply knowledgeable about security vulnerabilities with the ability to identify them, assess risk, and provide remediation guidance.
• Knowledgeable regarding incorporating security requirements into a SDLC.
• Working knowledge of cloud security principles, including identity, network segmentation, logging, vulnerability exposure, workload protection, SaaS security, and secure configuration management.
• Design and implementation experience in Security solutions.

Responsibilities

• Evangelize IT and AI security fundamentals, tools, processes, and acts as a consultative partner with IT and Business teams.
• Develop, and integrate, and improve automated, AI-enabled, and agentic security workflows that enrich, investigate, prioritize, and respond to security events using data and capabilities from enterprise security platforms.
• Perform IT security assessments and remediation activities as part of the IT security organization and ensure CMG teams adhere to the NIST Framework.
• Manage a suite of IT security tools providing controls that support our security policies.
• Technical ownership with current or future solution providers and work closely with the Governance Risk and Compliance team to provide analysis of external, and internal risk assessments.
• Work cross functionally with all departments to provide SME level security guidance on all projects which have security impact to CMG.
• Guide and perform security activities including vulnerability testing and analysis, design and implementation of new solutions/features and investigation into security events.
• Ensure teams are implementing applications/environments in compliance of defined security policies based on risk avoidance and security best practices.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve security tools, processes, and operations through engineering, automation, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.
• Evaluate current and emerging security technologies, including AI-enabled and autonomous security capabilities, and provide recommendations based on technical effectiveness, operational value, risk reduction, and business requirements.
• Participate as a key member in security incident response activities as well as daily Security Operational tasks.
• Participate in documentation and adherence to Security Policies and Operating Procedures.
• Develop and mature IT security program through interaction with Security and GRC Leadership.
• Remain current with Information Security best practices.

Skills

Security engineering

Automation

Cloud security

Event analysis

Technical writing

Communication

Education

BS in related field

Tools

Security platforms

Automation tools

AI-enabled tools

Job description

Chipotle Mexican Grill is seeking a Senior Engineer, IT Security Engineering, to advance security capabilities across the technology environment. You will partner with IT and business teams to tackle complex security challenges and drive AI-enabled security workflows.

Based in Newport Beach, CA or Columbus, OH, this hybrid role involves 4 days in office with one remote day. A broad range of security topics includes risk assessments, monitoring, automation, and incident response.