Senior Security Engineer II — Hybrid/Remote

Hills Bank and Trust Company; Iowa City (IA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid remote option

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Hills Bank and Trust Company in Iowa City is seeking a Security Engineer 2 to join our security practice. This senior role engineers, operates, and continuously improves cybersecurity controls across on‑prem and cloud environments, aligning with risk and regulatory requirements.

You will mentor junior staff, participate in incident response, design and implement zero‑trust and least‑privilege strategies, and lead security workstreams while collaborating with IT teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, engineering, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Five or more years of progressive IT experience, including at least two years in cybersecurity engineering or operations.
• Experience with Windows and Linux, networking, IAM, endpoint security, cloud security, audit/logging, vulnerability management, and incident response.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Controls, MITRE ATT&CK; certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, operate, and improve security capabilities across SIEM, XDR/EDR, endpoint, network, identity, cloud, data protection, vulnerability management, and privileged access platforms.
• Monitor, investigate, and respond to security incidents with containment, eradication, recovery, and stakeholder communication.
• Lead Tier 2 and Tier 3 escalation; participate in on‑call response for time‑sensitive security events.
• Develop and automate detection and response capabilities, including security analytics, alerts, queries, enrichment, evidence collection, response workflows, and reporting.
• Document incidents and lessons learned, and update playbooks and procedures.
• Lead vulnerability and exposure management activities across technology environments.
• Conduct security architecture and design reviews for projects and vendor integrations.
• Apply zero trust, least privilege, and strong authentication principles.

Skills

Security engineering

Incident response

Threat detection

Automation

PowerShell

Python

KQL

Zero trust

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity/related field

Equivalent education/experience

Tools

Microsoft Defender XDR

Sentinel

Entra ID

Intune

Purview

Azure security

Firewalls

Vulnerability management platforms

Job description

Hills Bank and Trust Company in Iowa City is seeking a Security Engineer 2 to join our security practice. This senior role engineers, operates, and continuously improves cybersecurity controls across on‑prem and cloud environments, aligning with risk and regulatory requirements.

You will mentor junior staff, participate in incident response, design and implement zero‑trust and least‑privilege strategies, and lead security workstreams while collaborating with IT teams.