Senior Purple Team Analyst: Threat Detection & Pen Tests

United Airlines; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 27,552 - 41,328; Full time

Job summary

United Airlines seeks a Principal Analyst to lead its Purple Team in Ohio. You will drive detection capability development, conduct pink/purple engagements and vulnerability testing, and present outcomes with actionable remediation guidelines.

The role requires extensive IT security experience, strong testing skills across networks and mobile systems, and collaboration with cross-functional threat teams to strengthen the airline’s cybersecurity posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s diploma in a related field or equivalent training.
• At least 9 years of related experience with minimum 5 years in IT security.
• 2+ years in vulnerability testing, code reviews, and penetration checks across networks, cloud, infrastructure, and languages.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Desire to conduct research and lead purple team engagements.
• Experience in penetration testing on mobile systems.
• Authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of detection capabilities and defenses.
• Design and execute purple team engagements and related tests.
• Present engagement outcomes with mitigation and detection guidelines.
• Assist with Vulnerability Disclosure applications.
• Lead and conduct vulnerability studies and security risk evaluations.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and threat teams to power results.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Vulnerability testing

Penetration testing

Team collaboration

Research

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field (laptop technology)

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

BurpSuite/Fiddler

Xcode

Java/Objective-C/SQL

Job description

United Airlines seeks a Principal Analyst to lead its Purple Team in Ohio. You will drive detection capability development, conduct pink/purple engagements and vulnerability testing, and present outcomes with actionable remediation guidelines.

The role requires extensive IT security experience, strong testing skills across networks and mobile systems, and collaboration with cross-functional threat teams to strengthen the airline’s cybersecurity posture.