Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Breeze Airways™•Cottonwood Heights, UT

31d

About The Position

Breeze Airways is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer with a strong background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Engineering, or DevOps to help scale and secure a rapidly growing technology environment. This is an engineering-focused cybersecurity role involving the design, automation, and operation of security platforms across cloud infrastructure, reliability engineering, and incident response. The role aims to reduce risk, eliminate manual work, improve visibility, and enable the business to operate securely and efficiently. The engineer will develop and maintain cloud security capabilities and integrations, automate security operations, improve reliability and observability, and support detection and incident response. They will partner with infrastructure, development, application, compliance, platform, and software engineering teams to secure cloud-native workloads and translate security requirements into practical solutions. The position also provides technical leadership and mentorship within the cybersecurity organization. The job requires at least six years of relevant experience, hands-on AWS security experience, Infrastructure as Code experience, Linux administration, programming or scripting for automation, and experience with monitoring and production incidents. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986.

Requirements

At least 6 years of experience in Cybersecurity, SRE, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or a related field.
Strong hands-on experience securing AWS environments.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code; Terraform is preferred.
Strong Linux administration skills.
Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Go, or other automation-focused languages.
Experience with monitoring, observability, and logging platforms.
Experience managing incidents in production environments.
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including DNS, load balancing, firewalls, TLS, VPNs, and cloud networking.
Experience working in highly available, mission-critical environments.
Authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986.
Proficiency in Python, C++, Java, Ruby, Node, Go, and/or PowerShell.
Knowledge of subnetting, DNS, encryption technologies and standards, VPNs, VLANs, VoIP, and other network routing methods.
High integrity and ethics, with the ability to handle sensitive or proprietary information discreetly and confidentially.
Ability to exemplify Breeze’s safety culture, values, and mission.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Ability to work with individuals and teams at all levels in the organization.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Kubernetes and container security.
Familiarity with cloud security platforms.
Experience with SOAR, SIEM, and security automation platforms.
Experience securing CI/CD pipelines and software delivery processes.
Experience with advanced persistent threats, phishing and social engineering, network access controllers (NAC), gateway anti-malware, and enhanced authentication.
Familiarity with PCI-DSS or other regulated environments.
Experience supporting cloud-native applications and modern development practices.
CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, GCIH, GCIA, CISM, or similar certifications.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain cloud security capabilities across AWS environments.
Own and optimize cybersecurity platforms and integrations.
Build scalable security controls using Infrastructure as Code and automation.
Develop reliable processes for vulnerability management and remediation tracking.
Identify repetitive security tasks and automate them.
Build workflows, integrations, and orchestration to improve operational efficiency.
Create tooling that helps security scale without proportional headcount growth.
Improve the reliability, availability, and performance of security infrastructure.
Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and detection capabilities.
Build security telemetry pipelines and observability solutions.
Improve incident response processes through automation and engineering.
Conduct investigations and support cybersecurity incident response activities.
Partner with infrastructure, development, and application teams to secure cloud-native workloads.
Review architectural designs and implement security best practices.
Strengthen identity, access management, and privileged access controls.
Help establish security standards for emerging technologies and platforms.
Serve as a technical leader within the cybersecurity organization.
Mentor junior engineers and help elevate engineering maturity across the team.
Work closely with platform, infrastructure, compliance, and software engineering teams.
Translate security requirements into practical engineering solutions.