Early Career Consult Program – Cybersecurity Engineer

Description

The company runs and modernizes mission-critical technology systems for large businesses, combining proven expertise with AI-powered insight.

The team works on the security of networks, infrastructure, cloud, and endpoints, and the culture is described as hybrid-friendly.

Candidates are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every requirement.

Responsibilities

• Help design, roll out, and keep up security solutions that guard the company and its customers against changing cyber threats.
• Support the setup and running of security controls that protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of key systems and data across networks, cloud, and endpoints.
• Work with security architects, operations staff, and infrastructure specialists to build secure solutions and assist with incident response and vulnerability management.
• Implement, configure, and maintain cybersecurity tools across network, endpoint, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
• Support firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, antivirus tools, and vulnerability scanners in deployment and daily operation.
• Find, assess, and fix security weaknesses in systems and environments.
• Support incident response, cyber resiliency, and threat hunting work.
• Turn technical and security requirements into secure, deployable configurations.
• Watch security tools and suggest tuning, upgrades, or new use cases to make them more effective.
• Check dependencies, technical feasibility, and security requirements so deployments succeed.
• Troubleshoot security technology faults and configuration problems.
• Write technical documentation, configuration standards, implementation guides, and best-practice material.
• Coordinate with security, architecture, infrastructure, operations, and cloud teams from implementation through ongoing support.

Requirements

• Be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction, now and in the future. The company will not sponsor employment visas for this role.
• Be able to work from the Frisco office 5 days per week.
• Have foundational experience implementing, configuring, or supporting cybersecurity technologies.
• Understand cybersecurity principles across networks, servers, endpoints, cloud, infrastructure, and hardware devices.
• Have experience with security technologies such as EDR, MDR, SIEM, SOAR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, antivirus, or vulnerability management tools.
• Understand incident response, vulnerability management, and threat hunting practices.
• Know network, host, and cloud security concepts, attack techniques, and security investigations.
• Be able to support the implementation and upkeep of security controls and technologies.
• Understand cybersecurity regulations, organizational requirements, and industry security standards.
• Be able to judge technical feasibility, dependencies, risks, and implementation constraints.
• Bring strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Have experience writing technical documentation and operational guidance.
• Work well with cross-functional technical teams and explain things clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Have a growth mindset and want to drive your own development, put customer success first, and work in an open, inclusive way with others.
• Preferred: experience with cloud security, cyber resiliency, incident management, Zero Trust architectures, network or edge security, IoT security, or AI-related security technologies.
• Preferred: experience supporting security monitoring, threat detection, and advanced analytics platforms such as UEBA.
• Preferred: knowledge of the current threat landscape and common attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Preferred: experience in security engineering, security operations, or managed security service environments.
• Preferred: a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• Preferred: industry certifications such as ECTHP, ECMAP, Security+, CySA+, or similar cybersecurity certifications.
• Preferred: experience in highly regulated or enterprise technology environments.

Conditions

Full-time position with a salary of $77,000.

The pay range is not below any applicable state, city, or local minimum wage.

Eligible for the company's discretionary annual bonus, based on performance and subject to the applicable plan terms.

If the role is sales commission eligible, you take part in a sales commission plan instead of the annual bonus.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Work from the Frisco office 5 days per week.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental coverage, disability, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off.
• Be Well programs supporting financial, mental, physical, and social health.
• Access to learning opportunities, including certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, plus coaching and hands-on experience.
• Tools to plan your career path, personalized development goals, and regular feedback.