Cyber Security Engineer II

Agilysys•Alpharetta, GA

1d•$100,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Cyber Security Engineer II implements, maintains, and improves security technologies, controls, and processes that protect Agilysys’s infrastructure, cloud environments, applications, and sensitive information. This hands-on role supports security engineering, cloud security, vulnerability management, security automation, incident response, and emerging cybersecurity threats. The engineer independently manages moderately complex security initiatives, troubleshoots security technologies, and collaborates with IT, Product Security, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, and Development teams to strengthen the organization’s security posture. The role also supports responsible AI adoption in cybersecurity operations by using approved AI technologies to improve efficiency, enhance threat detection, accelerate investigations, and automate repetitive security activities. The position helps keep security controls effective, scalable, and aligned with evolving technologies and threats while reducing risk, strengthening resilience, and balancing security requirements with business needs. This is a full-time, in-office role for local candidates. The employee must be willing to complete required license applications, background checks, security checks, and other documentation, and provide identification documents required by governmental agencies for compliance and successful performance of the role. The job description represents the general nature and level of work and is not a comprehensive inventory of duties or qualifications; the company may modify it as conditions require.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Four or more years of professional experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, security operations, or a related technical security discipline.
Demonstrated experience working with enterprise security technologies and investigating technical security issues.
Experience collaborating with infrastructure, IT, security, or engineering teams.
Intermediate knowledge of cybersecurity concepts, security architecture, defense-in-depth principles, and common security controls.
Hands-on experience implementing, administering, or troubleshooting enterprise security technologies.
Working knowledge of EDR/XDR, SIEM, vulnerability management, identity and access management, or cloud-security platforms.
Understanding of common vulnerabilities, attack techniques, threat actors, and security-assessment methodologies.
Familiarity with incident-response processes, security investigations, and log analysis.
Ability to independently troubleshoot moderately complex security issues with minimal supervision.
Experience evaluating security risks and recommending practical mitigation measures.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and security concepts in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
Understanding of networking fundamentals, operating-system security, authentication, authorization, and encryption.
Familiarity with cloud-security configurations, workload protection, and identity management.
Basic-to-intermediate scripting experience using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar technologies.
Experience working with APIs, system integrations, or security-automation tools.
Ability to interpret technical documentation, security findings, and system-generated reports.
Familiarity with generative AI, large language models, AI-assisted analysis, and their practical use in cybersecurity.
Awareness of AI security risks, including prompt injection, model misuse, data leakage, insecure integrations, and unauthorized access.
Understanding of responsible AI use, protection of sensitive information, and independent validation of AI-generated output.
Ability to translate manual security tasks into repeatable, automated workflows.
Effective written and verbal communication skills, including presenting technical information to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Strong analytical thinking, technical problem-solving, attention to detail, and sound judgment when balancing security requirements with business and operational needs.
Ability to work independently, take ownership of assigned activities, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate across organizational functions.
Initiative in identifying security weaknesses and recommending improvements; clear, practical, action-oriented communication.
Commitment to continuous learning, professional development, responsible AI use, human oversight, and protection of sensitive information.
Curiosity about emerging cybersecurity, cloud, automation, and AI technologies, and adaptability in a dynamic SaaS technology environment.
Willingness to complete required license applications, background checks, security checks, and other documentation, and provide identification documents required by governmental agencies.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a SaaS, cloud-native, or enterprise technology organization.
Experience with public-cloud security technologies, container security, or automated infrastructure security controls.
Experience developing security automation or integrating security technologies through APIs.
Exposure to AI-assisted security tools or security assessments involving AI-enabled technologies.
Familiarity with NIST, CIS, SOC 2, PCI DSS, or FedRAMP.
Relevant certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CEH, GIAC GSEC, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or equivalent credentials.

Responsibilities

Implement, configure, maintain, and optimize enterprise security technologies across cloud, SaaS, and corporate environments.
Support endpoint protection, EDR/XDR, SIEM, cloud security monitoring, vulnerability scanning, identity security, and data protection technologies.
Troubleshoot security-tool configurations, integrations, performance issues, and operational failures; evaluate alerts and tool outputs to improve security effectiveness.
Implement security controls and configuration standards aligned with organizational policies and industry best practices; assist with testing, integrating, deploying, and documenting new technologies.
Monitor security-control effectiveness and recommend improvements that increase coverage and reduce operational complexity.
Integrate security controls into cloud infrastructure, application platforms, and enterprise technology environments.
Implement and maintain controls across public cloud, government cloud, and segmented cloud environments, as applicable.
Partner with Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure teams to address misconfigurations, excessive permissions, exposed services, and insecure configurations.
Support cloud security posture management, cloud workload protection, configuration compliance, workload hardening, and secure baseline configurations, including CIS benchmarks.
Participate in security reviews of infrastructure changes, cloud services, and new technology implementations; help validate curated container images, approved software libraries, and standardized infrastructure configurations.
Perform security assessments, configuration reviews, vulnerability analyses, and security testing.
Support vulnerability remediation and verification with Vulnerability Management, IT, Cloud Engineering, and Product Security teams; investigate discrepancies among assessment tools, infrastructure inventories, and patch-management platforms.
Validate remediation activities and security controls, monitor emerging vulnerabilities and threat advisories, and document technical findings, recommendations, risks, and mitigations.
Use approved AI-enabled security tools and generative AI for troubleshooting, analysis, configuration reviews, investigations, pattern identification, and detection improvement.
Use approved AI coding assistants to develop and improve security scripts, automation, detection logic, and technical documentation; evaluate AI-generated recommendations for accuracy, security implications, and operational suitability.
Identify opportunities to apply AI to recurring security-engineering activities while maintaining human validation and oversight.
Assist in evaluating risks related to AI-enabled applications, agents, large language models, and third-party AI services, including prompt injection, sensitive-data exposure, excessive permissions, insecure integrations, and unauthorized access.
Support monitoring and investigation of security events involving AI applications, automated agents, and AI-connected services; help enforce requirements for approved AI usage, data handling, access controls, and secure integration.
Develop and maintain scripts and automated workflows using Python, PowerShell, APIs, and security-orchestration platforms.
Automate configuration validation, evidence collection, alert enrichment, reporting, and security-control verification; integrate security platforms to improve visibility, consistency, and data accuracy.
Troubleshoot automation failures and integration issues; improve workflows, reduce manual effort, and document automation procedures.
Provide security-engineering assistance during incidents escalated by Security Operations, including log analysis, troubleshooting, control validation, and security-tool configuration changes.
Assist with containment, detection enhancements, and remediation; partner with Security Operations to improve alert quality and incident response effectiveness.
Participate in post-incident reviews, implement corrective actions, and participate in the incident on-call rotation.
Conduct periodic security assessments, control reviews, and technical validation activities.
Support security and compliance initiatives involving NIST, CIS, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and FedRAMP, as applicable.
Develop and maintain security-engineering procedures, technical standards, configuration documentation, and operational runbooks.
Gather technical evidence for audits and assessments; document risks, findings, remediation efforts, and control improvements; contribute engineering input to policies and technical standards.
Collaborate with Security Operations, Product Security, Cloud Engineering, IT, Infrastructure, and Development teams; provide technical guidance and participate in discussions, reviews, and cross-functional initiatives.
Communicate technical security risks and recommendations clearly, and serve as a technical point of contact for assigned platforms, technologies, or initiatives.
Complete license applications, background checks, security checks, and required documentation, and provide identification documents required by governmental agencies.