Cyber Security Engineer

Description

We are looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a financial institution in Albuquerque, New Mexico in a contract role with the potential to become permanent. This position focuses on strengthening and advancing the organization's security environment through hands-on engineering across cloud, identity, endpoint, network, and monitoring domains. The ideal candidate brings strong technical judgment, can work independently on complex initiatives, and partners effectively with cross-functional teams to reduce risk and improve resilience.

Responsibilities:

Build and enhance secure technical solutions across endpoint protection, identity platforms, cloud environments, network controls, and security monitoring systems.

Drive implementation efforts for security platforms, including deployments, upgrades, and integrations, while ensuring reliable performance and alignment with business needs.

Assess technical vulnerabilities and security gaps, then recommend and execute engineering improvements that support compliance and risk management objectives.

Work closely with security analysts to improve alerting, logging, and telemetry so threats can be identified and investigated more effectively.

Strengthen the overall security posture through automation, hardened configurations, and targeted architecture improvements.

Apply industry and regulatory security guidance to infrastructure and solution design within a financial services environment.

Lead remediation work stemming from audits, assessments, incidents, or control reviews, ensuring corrective actions are completed thoroughly.

Provide technical direction to less experienced team members and contribute expertise to project teams handling security-focused initiatives.

Other duties as needed

Requirements

The successful Cybersecurity Engineer will have:

At least 3 years of cybersecurity engineering experience, with the ability to manage technical work independently.

Strong background in security architecture, security assessments, and enterprise security tools.

Experience supporting identity and access management, including IAM provisioning and platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, and AWS IAM.

Knowledge of endpoint security practices and techniques for improving organizational security posture.

Familiarity with NIST and the ability to translate security frameworks and risk considerations into technical solutions.

Clear communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Bachelor's degree preferred, or a combination of equivalent hands-on experience and relevant certifications.

Background required prior to employment

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