Cyber Security Engineer

Cybersecurity Engineer

Hansen Talent Group is hiring a Cybersecurity Engineer to help lead the next generation of AI-driven security operations within a rapidly evolving enterprise cybersecurity environment.

This role is ideal for a hands-on cybersecurity engineer with experience in security operations, detection engineering, incident response, automation, and emerging AI security technologies. The successful candidate will help design and implement advanced AI-enabled security capabilities that proactively identify, analyze, and respond to sophisticated threats while supporting the secure adoption of AI technologies across the enterprise.

This is a hybrid role in Columbia SC.

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain AI-enabled security capabilities to detect, analyze, and respond to emerging cyber threats

• Build and enhance automated security workflows for alert triage, enrichment, investigation, and response

• Develop and tune AI-related threat detections across SIEM and SOAR platforms

• Create and maintain an enterprise AI threat detection catalog mapped to telemetry sources and threat scenarios

• Identify and mitigate security risks associated with generative AI platforms and AI-powered applications

• Develop behavioral analytics capabilities to identify insider threats, anomalous activity, and potential zero-day attacks

• Monitor and analyze AI-specific attack vectors including prompt injection, model manipulation, data poisoning, and data leakage

• Support incident response investigations by correlating attacker activity and identifying threat patterns in real time

• Develop and maintain AI-focused incident response playbooks, runbooks, and operational procedures

• Conduct tabletop exercises and validate AI incident response capabilities

• Collaborate with SOC analysts, security engineers, architects, and executive leadership to improve enterprise security posture

• Configure, monitor, and maintain enterprise security infrastructure, tools, and detection technologies

• Research emerging cybersecurity and AI technologies and recommend solutions to improve security operations

• Develop executive-ready reporting, dashboards, metrics, and risk assessments related to AI security initiatives

• Assist with enterprise security architecture, vulnerability mitigation, and long-term security strategy development

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field

• Cybersecurity, security engineering, or information security experience

• Experience supporting Security Operations Center (SOC), Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting, or Incident Response functions

• Hands-on experience with SIEM and SOAR platforms and security monitoring workflows

• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies

• Experience developing security detections, alerts, correlation rules, and automation workflows

• Working knowledge of AI and machine learning security risks including prompt injection, data leakage, model abuse, and over-reliance on AI outputs

• Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture, systems engineering, networking, and data communications

• Experience performing threat analysis, vulnerability management, risk assessment, and incident investigation

• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving abilities

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical teams and executive leadership

• Ability to prioritize and execute effectively within a fast-paced, high-pressure environment