Senior Security Engineer: Threat & Cloud Security Lead

rctsglobal-com; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

rctsglobal-com is seeking an experienced Senior Security Engineer to design, implement, and manage our security infrastructure. The role focuses on protecting systems, networks, and applications while ensuring regulatory compliance and industry best practices.

The ideal candidate has a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and can communicate effectively across departments. This position involves security architecture, incident response, and collaboration with DevOps/IT

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5–8 years in cybersecurity, with at least 2 years in a senior-level role.
• Strong understanding of networking, system administration (Windows/Linux), and cloud environments.
• Deep knowledge of industry standards: NIST, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP, ISO 27001.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security architecture across on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Lead incident response, including triage, containment, and lessons learned.
• Perform regular vulnerability assessments and drive remediation, with executive reporting.
• Governance, compliance & training: security policies, audits, and security awareness.
• Cross-functional collaboration with IT, Legal, HR and engineering to embed security in SDLC.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SIEM (Splunk/Sentinel)

EDR (CrowdStrike/Defender)

Vulnerability scanners (Tenable/Qualys)

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Job description

rctsglobal-com is seeking an experienced Senior Security Engineer to design, implement, and manage our security infrastructure. The role focuses on protecting systems, networks, and applications while ensuring regulatory compliance and industry best practices.

The ideal candidate has a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and can communicate effectively across departments. This position involves security architecture, incident response, and collaboration with DevOps/IT