Cyber Security Engineer

Job Title: Cyber Security Engineer

Job Description:

Trystar is at the forefront of advancing electrical power solutions, charged and driven by a committed, dynamic team, tackling complex challenges, and creating innovative solutions. Safety and integrity aren't just buzzwords. They are the north star guiding us as we aspire to wow our customers every day. We've created power solutions that are not only durable and unique but also the result of serious teamwork from every corner of our organization. Individually and collectively, every team member at Trystar plays for each other and strives to deliver unmatched value at scale and 100% accuracy to our customers every single day.

As a big name and pioneer in electrical power solutions, we're not just part of the power conversation - we're shaping its future, and we're doing so across diverse industry sectors including healthcare, data centers, entertainment, education, government, and commercial construction - just to name a few! We're committed to growing and evolving our product lineup to stay on top of the game and that includes leaning into sustainable, resilient, and renewable energy solutions.

Our cutting-edge headquarters in Faribault, MN, is partially solar- and wind-powered by our own microgrid! You will find that we're also pushing boundaries across the country at our additional facilities in Troy, MI; Houston, TX; Merrimack, NH; Burnsville, MN; Murfreesboro, TN; Waukesha, WI; Charlotte, NC; Mayfield, KY; Loveland, CO; and in Montreal, Québec, Canada. Together, we are Trystar, where we power the future and nurture innovation for a brighter tomorrow.

Trystar's team members are our most important asset, and we are looking for a highly skilled Cyber Security Engineer to lead the design, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of our cybersecurity program. This role is responsible for securing Trystar's cloud, infrastructure, endpoint, identity, and operational technology environments while enabling business growth, innovation, and operational excellence.

The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on cybersecurity expertise with strong engineering and risk management capabilities. This role will serve as the technical lead for threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, identity security, security operations, and cybersecurity architecture across the organization.


We are looking for people who believe in our guiding principles and values of:

• Safety - We believe everyone should leave Trystar facilities in the same or better condition than when they arrived.
• Integrity - We're honest, transparent, and committed to doing what's right.
• Customer focus - We have relentless focus on our customers and their success.
• Right with speed - We use good judgement, make thoughtful decisions quickly, and execute them with purpose and intensity.
• Play for each other - We're a team. We show up for each other and we know that through teamwork we achieve greatness.
• Champion change - We know adaptation and improvement are requirements to survive and to thrive.
• Enjoy the journey - We create an environment where our team feels appreciated and has fun along the way.

In this role you will get to:

Security Operations & Incident Response:

• Lead cybersecurity incident detection, investigation, containment, remediation, and recovery activities.
• Serve as the primary technical resource during security incidents.
• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and procedures.
• Partner with internal stakeholders, external partners, cyber insurance providers, and forensic teams during investigations.
• Conduct threat hunting and root cause analysis activities.
• Drive continuous improvements to security monitoring and alerting capabilities.

Identity & Endpoint Security:

• Own and enhance identity security controls across Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory environments.
• Lead implementation and management of Conditional Access, Multifactor Authentication (MFA), Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and FIDO2 passwordless authentication.
• Secure endpoint environments through Microsoft Defender and Intune.
• Establish identity governance and privileged access standards.
• Partner with Digital & IT Teams to implement least-privilege access models.

Security Monitoring & Threat Detection:

• Own Microsoft Defender XDR and related security technologies.
• Monitor and investigate security events across endpoints, identities, email, cloud applications, and infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain security dashboards, alerts, and operational reporting.
• Improve security visibility through SIEM and security analytics capabilities.
• Identify emerging threats and implement proactive mitigation strategies.

Vulnerability & Risk Management:

• Lead the enterprise vulnerability management program.
• Coordinate vulnerability scanning, remediation efforts, and risk prioritization.
• Track and report security risks and remediation progress.
• Partner with technology teams to remediate infrastructure, cloud, application, and endpoint vulnerabilities.
• Support third party penetration testing and security assessments.

Security Architecture & Compliance:

• Design and implement secure architecture across cloud, networking, infrastructure, and business applications.
• Establish security standards, baselines, hardening guidelines, and operational controls.
• Evaluate new technologies, vendors, and solutions from a cybersecurity perspective.
• Translate evolving legal, regulatory, contractual, customer, cyber insurance, and industry compliance requirements into practical cybersecurity controls, policies, evidence, and remediation plans.
• Lead cybersecurity support for audits and assessments, maintain compliance evidence, identify control gaps, and coordinate remediation with control owners.

Disaster Recovery & Cyber Resilience:

• Lead and mature Trystar's disaster recovery and cyber resilience program in partnership with infrastructure, application, business, and site leaders.
• Establish and maintain recovery strategies, standards, roles, runbooks, system dependencies, and recovery requirements for critical technology services.
• Plan, coordinate, and document recurring disaster recovery exercises; track findings and drive corrective actions through completion.
• Ensure recovery capabilities address cyberattack scenarios, including ransomware, identity compromise, cloud service disruption, and loss of critical infrastructure.

Security Vendor Management:

• Work closely with cybersecurity and technology vendors, managed service providers, consultants, and other external partners to achieve security and operational objectives.
• Manage ongoing vendor relationships, including service performance, deliverables, escalations, risks, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate vendor security reviews, contract and renewal input, implementation activities, and accountability for remediation commitments.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to confirm vendor services remain aligned with Trystar's cybersecurity strategy, compliance obligations, and business needs.

Cloud Security & Modernization:

• Lead security initiatives within Azure and Microsoft 365.
• Implement and maintain Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Secure Score improvements, and cloud security governance controls.
• Support cloud migration initiatives by ensuring secure-by-design principles.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to develop scalable and secure cloud architectures.

Security Awareness & Strategic Initiatives:

• Develop and promote security awareness programs throughout the organization.
• Conduct phishing simulations and user education activities.
• Assist with cybersecurity due diligence activities related to acquisitions and integrations.
• Establish security metrics, KPI's, and executive-level reporting.
• Support Trystar's ongoing cybersecurity maturity initiatives.

Job Requirements:

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience with Microsoft security technologies including Microsoft Defender, Entra ID, Intune, Sentinel, and Microsoft 365 Security.
• Experience leading or participating in cybersecurity incident response activities.
• Experience implementing identity and access management controls.
• Experience with vulnerability management programs and remediation processes.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, risk management, and defense-in-depth principles.
• Strong knowledge of network security, firewalls, endpoint protection, email security, and cloud security.
• Experience with security monitoring and SIEM platforms.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and documentation abilities.
• Ability to work independently and part of a team.
• Experience leading or materially improving disaster recovery, cyber resilience, or business continuity capabilities, including recovery planning and exercises.
• Experience aligning cybersecurity controls and programs with evolving regulatory, contractual, customer, or industry compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience managing security vendors, managed service providers, deliverables, escalations, and service performance.

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP, CISM, Security+, SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500, or equivalent security certifications.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR.
• Experience securing Azure environments.
• Experience with manufacturing or operational technology (OT) environments.
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions due diligence and integrations.
• Experience with penetration testing remediation and security assessments.
• Experience with FIDO2, passwordless authentication, and Zero Trust initiatives.