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Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

RED SKY Consulting

Lead Cybersecurity Engineer
Direct Hire
Hybrid - 4 days in office
Austin, TX - downtown
Responsibilities:

Security Architecture and Engineering
  • Design, engineer, and document scalable security controls across identity, cloud, application, and network domains.
  • Translate security policies and standards into technical design patterns and reusable control modules.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to embed security requirements early in design and implementation lifecycles.
  • Develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates, secure configuration baselines, and automation pipelines that enforce consistent security across environments.
Cloud and Identity Security
  • Engineer secure configurations and access models for cloud services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, and SaaS platforms.
  • Implement and integrate authentication and authorization mechanisms using MFA, SAML, and OAuth.
  • Strengthen identity lifecycle integrations and enforce least-privilege and conditional-access principles.
  • Support the design of data-protection, encryption, and compliance controls within cloud environments.
Infrastructure and Network Security
  • Engineer secure connectivity and segmentation models across hybrid and cloud environments.
  • Design network-security architectures, including next-generation firewall policies, zero-trust access patterns, and secure egress filtering.
  • Collaborate with Network Engineering to implement scalable designs for ZTNA, SD-WAN, or SASE solutions supporting secure remote access.
  • Integrate network and endpoint controls into automated provisioning and configuration management frameworks.
Automation and Tool Integration
  • Develop scripts and automation to codify and deploy security configurations, compliance checks, and control testing.
  • Integrate security tooling and telemetry into build and deployment processes for continuous assurance.
  • Streamline security tasks and verification steps through PowerShell, Python, or other automation frameworks.
Collaboration and Enablement
  • Contribute to security architecture reviews, technical documentation, and knowledge sharing across teams.
  • Provide technical mentorship and guidance on security best practices to engineering and IT staff.
  • Partner with business and technology leaders to align security engineering priorities with organizational goals.
Qualifications
  • A four-year college degree and equivalent industry training or certifications (e.g., CEH, CISM, CISSP, GSEC)
  • Ten+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, architecture, or related position; preferably within the financial services industry.
  • Strong understanding of Microsoft's enterprise technology platform, including Azure, Active Directory, SQL, Office365, and the Windows server and desktop operating systems.
  • Familiarity with industry frameworks, such as NIST, CIS-18 and ISO.
  • Demonstrated experience designing or integrating security controls such as IAM, EDR, DLP, IGA, SOAR, SIEM, CASB, SWG, ZTNA and/or NGFW platforms.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills and the ability to organize work in a logical, thorough, and succinct manner.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, PowerShell, etc.) and infrastructure as code ecosystems (e.g., Terraform, Cloudformation)
  • Highly self-motivated, results-orientated, and self-directed to handle multiple ongoing tasks.
  • Flexibility to adapt to changing assignments and ability to effectively prioritize.
  • Effective written and verbal English communication at all levels.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate and innovate in a small team with a fast paced environment, balancing both strategic and tactical needs.
Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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