Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Wiz Platform)

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Wiz Platform)

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 5+ years in cybersecurity engineering, with at least 2+ years of hands-on experience with the Wiz platform (Wiz Cloud, Wiz Defend, and/or Wiz Outpost).

• Wiz Platform:

  • Deep expertise in Wiz Cloud (CSPM, CIEM, vulnerability management) and Wiz Defend (CDR, runtime threat detection).

  • Hands-on experience deploying and managing Wiz Outpost in customer-managed or regulated cloud environments, including configuration, network integration, and operational support.

  • Proficiency in Wiz security graph, policy authoring, and integration APIs.

• Cloud Platforms:

  • Strong cloud-native engineering expertise across AWS (IAM, EKS, Lambda, VPC, GuardDuty, Security Hub) and Google Cloud Platform (IAM, GKE, Cloud Run, Security Command Center).

  • Hands-on experience with cloud networking, identity, and workload security across multi-cloud environments.

  • Familiarity with landing zone architectures, private connectivity (PrivateLink, VPC peering, VPN), and network segmentation — key for Wiz Outpost deployment patterns.

• Security Operations:

  • Experience integrating cloud security tooling with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Chronicle) and SOAR solutions.

  • Familiarity with threat detection, incident response workflows, and alert triage within a SOC environment.

• Technologies:

  • Containerization: Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/GKE).

  • IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent.

  • Scripting/Automation: Python, Bash, or similar for pipeline and workflow automation.

• Security Frameworks:

  • Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK (Cloud Matrix), CIS Benchmarks, NIST CSF, and cloud security best practices.

  • (Preferred) Experience with Zero Trust architecture and policy-as-code.

  • (Preferred) Familiarity with data residency, sovereignty, and regulated industry compliance requirements relevant to Wiz Outpost use cases.

Preferred Certifications

• Wiz Certified Expert

• AWS Certified Security – Specialty

• Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer

• CISSP or CCSP

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.