Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Jet Support Services, Inc. • Chicago, IL

1d • $125,000 - $155,000

About The Position

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer is the hands-on technical owner of day-to-day cybersecurity operations at JSSI. The role prevents, identifies, remediates, and reports on security incidents; continually assesses the organization's security posture against the evolving threat landscape; and designs, implements, and maintains measures that protect employees and assets. In a fast-moving environment, the engineer also drives cybersecurity program improvements spanning detection and response, vulnerability management, security awareness, and compliance, balancing daily operations with projects that strengthen JSSI's security posture.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in Information Technology roles, including at least 4 years in security operations such as SOC analysis, incident response, or detection engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• In-depth knowledge of networking protocols and experience configuring network security devices such as firewalls and IDS/IPS.
• Experience with EDR and XDR services.
• Scripting and query-language experience, such as Bash, PowerShell, and KQL.
• Hands-on experience setting up and querying SIEM tools such as Sumo Logic.
• Hands-on experience building automations and playbooks in a SOAR platform and integrating security tooling via APIs to automate triage, enrichment, and response.
• Knowledge of data privacy and compliance regulations and cybersecurity frameworks such as ISO 27001 and NIST.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail orientation and strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Tines.
• Experience with the Microsoft Defender security suite.
• Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CEH.

Responsibilities

• Work AI-enriched alerts, telemetry, and threat feeds to identify and remediate incidents.
• Build and maintain agentic tooling and automations across the security stack to automate alert triage, enrichment, and analysis and reduce manual work.
• Build and maintain SOAR workflows integrating SIEM, EDR, identity, email, and ticketing tools to automate enrichment, containment, and case management.
• Lead technical investigation, containment, and recovery for security incidents with IT, engineering, and business teams, and use root-cause findings to improve detections, playbooks, and controls.
• Author and tune detections, correlation rules, and queries, including drafting them with AI based on threat behaviors and validating them before deployment.
• Prioritize and drive remediation of vulnerability, penetration-testing, and security-assessment findings across the organization.
• Routinely assess network and cloud security posture and prioritize gaps against best practices.
• Configure and maintain security devices, systems, and tooling according to best practices.
• Investigate and respond to phishing reports and quarantine-release requests.
• Own and enhance JSSI's Security Awareness Training program.
• Design, implement, and operate security improvements across the environment to raise security posture and program maturity.
• Establish and report key security metrics and respond to audit requests and client due-diligence questionnaires.
• Document and improve operational procedures, runbooks, and SOPs.
• Contribute to incident response planning, security policies, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
• Collaborate with other IT professionals to advise on cybersecurity best practices.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and respond to critical security alerts off-hours.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance, starting day one for eligible full-time employees based in the USA, Canada, or the Philippines.
• Dental insurance, starting day one for eligible full-time employees based in the USA, Canada, or the Philippines.
• Vision insurance, starting day one for eligible full-time employees based in the USA, Canada, or the Philippines.
• Retirement savings programs, starting day one for eligible full-time employees based in the USA, Canada, or the Philippines.
• The total rewards package may include an annual discretionary bonus plan, incentive or sales bonus plan, or other additional compensation, depending on the role.

What This Job Offers

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