Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2

Skills

Cloud Security
Continuous Integration
Bitbucket
Prisma Cloud Enterprise

Job Details

Trident Consulting is seeking a " Senior Cybersecurity Engineer" for one of our clients in " Chandler, AZ / Charlotte, NC / Dallas, TX " A global leader in business and technology services.

Location: Chandler, AZ | Charlotte, NC | Dallas, TX

Work Schedule: **IN OFFICE hybrid IN THE OFFICE 3 days per week.

Project Scope
Seeking an experienced Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join our Cloud Workload Lifecycle Security (CWLS) team, working on support, engineering and automation specific to Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud Enterprise, with primary focus on container security/Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) modules. CWLS is part of the Cloud Security organization within Cybersecurity.

Day to Day

  • Actively support and perform engineering work on implementation of Prisma Cloud Enterprise or PCE (SaaS hosted), ensuring effective delivery of product roadmap
  • Design/Develop automation for various PCE engineering and support processes, with primary focus on Container Security/Cloud Workload Protection areas
  • Leverage your deep expertise maintaining and automating Prisma Defender agent deploys/monitoring for Public & Private Cloud Kubernetes/Containers envs. (Tanzu, AKS, GKE & OpenShift/OCP)
  • Generate design diagrams using draw.io or Visio and documentation using confluence.
  • Perform upgrades, maintenance and configuration management on PCE Consoles
  • Respond to incidents/troubleshoot issues with the SaaS and deployed Defender agents for PCE
  • Provide professional expertise relating to resolution of host and application vulnerability false positive claims and guiding partner teams in resolving vulnerabilities & compliance issues

Must Haves

  • 4+ Years Experience in Software Engineering, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 4+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 2+ years Prisma Cloud Enterprise (PCE) experience with a focus on engineering support, admin., configuration management and automation
  • 1+ years Prisma Cloud Enterprise (PCE) experience supporting/deploying Prisma Defender agent, preferably at scale on Kubernetes (public and private cloud) platforms
  • 4+ years of experience in GitHub/Bitbucket or any other version control system.
  • 1+ years' experience with AI/ML and GenAI tools or platforms (e.g., CoPilot, Azure AI, Google Vertex AI)
  • 2+ years experience with programmatic interaction with RESTful APIs extracting, manipulating and processing of JSON data with Python/PowerShell/Bash
  • Proficiency in Python libraries: NumPy, Pandas, FastAPI, etc
  • 2+ years experience working with Containers Orchestration platforms (Kubernetes preferred), microservice architectures and engineering
  • 2+ years experience with 2 or more of these major cloud service providers (Google Cloud Platform, Azure, AWS)
  • 1+ years experience with CI/CD (Harness, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions) security and/or dev sec ops.
  • Intermediate to advanced cloud security knowledge of services, workloads and hardening practices.

Desired Qualifications:

  • 1+ years of experience with relational databases and SQL queries
  • 2+ years of Linux experience
  • Familiarity with of various cloud security and related risk frameworks (CIS, NIST, COBIT, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), FedRAMP, etc.)
  • Knowledge and understanding of diverse platforms and operating systems, including current and emerging technologies
  • Splunk Cloud experience, including writing queries
  • Agile experience
  • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • CISSP Certification
  • Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Certifications

Trident Consulting is a premier IT staffing firm providing high-impact workforce solutions to Fortune 500 and mid-market clients. Since 2005, we've specialized in sourcing elite technology and engineering talent for contract, direct hire, and managed services roles. Our expertise spans cloud, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and data analytics, supported by a 3M+ candidate database and a 78% fill ratio. With a highly engaged leadership team and a reputation for delivering hard-to-fill, niche talent, we help organizations build agile, high-performing teams that drive innovation and business success. Learn more: .
Some of our recent awards include:

  • Trailblazer Women Award 2025 by Consulate General of India in San Francisco.
  • Ranked as the #1 Women Owned Business Enterprise in the large category by ITServe.
  • Received the TechServe Excellence award.
  • Consistently ranked in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America.

Recognized in the SF Business Times as one of the Largest Bay Area BIPOC/Minority-Owned Businesses in 2022.

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