Cybersecurity Engineer II

Cox Enterprises • North Hills, NY

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Cox Automotive is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer II to join our team. This engineer is responsible for reducing organizational risk by detecting, analyzing, and responding to internal and external security threats. This role conducts threat analysis and threat intelligence activities, supports incident response, enhances the accuracy and effectiveness of security controls, drives continuous process improvement, and contributes to cybersecurity initiatives and projects that strengthen the overall security posture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 2 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and up to 2 years’ experience; or 14 years’ experience in a related field
• Working experience in a Threat Intelligence and Incident Response capacity.
• Working experience with industry standard security technologies and services such as IDS/IPS, SASE, EDR, SIEM, Threat Intelligence Platforms, Cloud.
• Knowledge on WAF, Web Security, DDoS protection, data analytics, and Bot Management.
• Strong ability in investigative skills and problem solving
• Must clear a pre-employment drug test.
• Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.

Responsibilities

• Responds to and remediates email, endpoint, network, and threat‑intelligence–driven security threats, including conducting forensic investigations and providing incident support.
• Operates and maintains security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, threat intelligence platforms, advanced email protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), cloud security tools, and related systems.
• Performs threat analysis using industry‑standard frameworks and methodologies, including the Cyber Kill Chain and Diamond Model.
• Produces and distributes operational and tactical threat intelligence reports to inform response and risk mitigation efforts.
• Collaborates across divisional and Cybersecurity teams to enhance detection, response efficiency, and overall security effectiveness.
• Leverages artificial intelligence and automation to improve operational efficiency, enhance threat detection and response workflows, and drive continuous security improvements across the organization.
• Develops and maintains operational metrics, runbooks, process documentation, and supporting artifacts for the cybersecurity program.
• Participates in after‑hours and on‑call support as required to support security response activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned to address emerging threats and evolving security requirements.
• Continuously sources and reviews emerging threat intelligence and cybersecurity trends to proactively protect enterprise environments.
• Assists in investigation and resolution of security events and incidents.

Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations
• seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
• additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
• health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• retirement planning (401(k))
• paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level