Avetta is seeking to enhance the maturity and effectiveness of its security program and AI initiatives by hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to architect, build, and operationalize advanced security controls.
Requirements
- Applies advanced cybersecurity and engineering expertise to architect and mature complex security controls and systems
- Develops innovative, effective solutions to sophisticated security challenges across cloud, product, and enterprise environments
- Influences secure design and operational practices across teams by integrating security principles with engineering, infrastructure, and business needs
- Drives adoption of established security frameworks while shaping new standards, patterns, and capabilities to improve organizational security maturity
- Analyzes complex security issues and architectures, applying deep technical evaluation to variable risk and threat factors
- Selects and defines security methods, tools, and approaches for new initiatives, exercising sound judgment and technical discretion
- Adapts and applies advanced security techniques and evaluation criteria to achieve effective, scalable solutions
Responsibilities
- Design, automate, and validate security controls across enterprise, cloud, and product environments to enhance defense-in-depth
- Lead efforts to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows, partnering with engineering to mature DevSecOps practices
- Evaluate, implement, and operationalize cybersecurity platforms and tooling
- Establish and enforce secure configuration baselines and system hardening standards
- Serve as a security engineering point-of-contact for internal teams, providing expert guidance and mentoring less experienced engineers
- Review and improve infrastructure-as-code, pipelines, and automation frameworks to ensure secure design and deployment practices
- Own vulnerability and misconfiguration lifecycle policies and procedures
Other
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field
- 6+ years of Cybersecurity experience
- Ability to follow a hybrid work schedule of three days in-office and two days remote each week
- Residence within a commutable distance to Avetta’s Lehi, UT office
- Strong cross-functional relationships and collaboration with teams beyond security to drive secure business outcomes
