Cybersecurity Engineer

This opportunity is with a growing organization in the energy industry that is investing heavily in its cybersecurity capabilities. The team is seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Engineer to help strengthen security operations, protect enterprise systems and cloud environments, and support ongoing security modernization initiatives.

POSITION TITLE: Cybersecurity Engineer

LOCATION: Midland, TX (Onsite 5 Days per Week) - RELOCATION PROVIDED

SALARY: $120,000 - $150,000 Base + Bonus + Long-Term Incentives

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and enhance Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, including SSO, MFA, RBAC, Conditional Access, and Privileged Access Management.
• Lead cybersecurity incident response activities, including threat detection, containment, remediation, recovery efforts, and post-incident analysis.
• Administer and improve vulnerability management processes through security scanning, risk prioritization, remediation tracking, and collaboration with infrastructure teams.
• Deploy, maintain, and optimize EDR/XDR, SIEM, and other security monitoring technologies to identify and respond to security threats.
• Design and implement enterprise security controls, security policies, cloud security solutions, firewalls, DLP technologies, and intrusion prevention capabilities.

Qualifications:

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or information security experience.
• Strong experience with IAM technologies including SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, RBAC, and PAM platforms.
• Proven background leading incident response activities and managing security investigations through remediation.
• Experience operating vulnerability management programs, including assessment, prioritization, patch management, and risk mitigation.
• Hands-on expertise with EDR/XDR platforms, SIEM tools, and security monitoring solutions.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and best practices, including NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Experience with cloud security technologies in Azure, AWS, or GCP environments.
• Familiarity with firewall administration, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and enterprise security architecture.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), or SCADA environments.
• Background in the oil & gas, energy, utilities, or other critical infrastructure sectors.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, Security+, Microsoft SC-200/SC-300, GICSP, or GCIP.

Compensation

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