Principal Cybersecurity Engineer ( Platform Engineering )

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Job Description:

What You’ll Do

Responsibility of the role is to design the Cybersecurity engineering roadmap, and deliver highly-complex secure systems, cyber applications, technical projects and regulatory and risk requirements. Drive Cybersecurity engineering solutions, framework, roadmap, program optimization, process engineering, risk remediation, and mitigation of operational risk in a high velocity culture by introducing technology, requirements, deliverables, gaps and systems design. Analyze competitive. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management ​

How You’ll Do It

Acts as the principal advisor to upper management in Cybersecurity matters. Ensures security improvement designs are evaluated, validated, and implemented as required. Performs cyber platform incident triage, to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact; identifying  Certifies that protection and detection capabilities are acquired or developed, and maintained using the Cybersecurity engineering approach and are consistent with organization-level cybersecurity architecture and service agreements.

Explores and assesses the latest technology trends, disruptions and security/IT service business models to ensure Business Technology maintains, and improves, organization cyber competitive edge.

Works closely with management to define and promote the strategic direction of the team. Provides strong leadership and direction to team members. Provides subject matter expertise across all Cybersecurity technologies. Creates and maintains Cybersecurity technology roadmap. Ensures compliance to audit, regulatory and legal requirements. Makes recommendations that enable expeditious remediation.

Builds and maintains effective relationships with peers and internal business partners, and external.

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related

• 6+ years of experience in Information Security, Application Security, Security Engineering or related.

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

Does this job require remaining in a stationary position, including but not limited to, primarily sitting and standing? Primarily remain in a stationary position.

Does this job require the ability to move about inside or outside the work 
environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job? Occasionally move about the work environment to complete the major.

Does this job require the ability to transport physical objects? If so, provide the 
weight of the heaviest object the job needs to transport without the aid of 
machinery or equipment or the weight equivalency with the aid of machinery or 
equipment. Ability to transport physical objects up to 10 pounds

Primarily, where is this job performed? Primarily performed indoors in an office

Does this job require the ability to operate equipment or machinery? Select all that apply. Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone,

Does this job require the ability to communicate verbally or in written form? Select all that apply. Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.

Does the job require travel? Travel up to 10% of the time.

Does this role require testing or assessments to measure the ability to perform the job? No

Bonus Points If You Have

• 5-7 years of experience in an engineering or security-related role

• Exceptional organizational abilities and attention to detail

• Demonstrated ability to lead small-to-medium scale team initiatives

• Demonstrated ability to design and deploy elegant solutions and tooling with minimal oversight

• Advanced level of knowledge with big data platforms (Splunk, Hadoop, Elastic stack, etc.)

• Advanced level of knowledge with automating workloads (Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Terraform, 

• etc.)

• Advanced level of knowledge with the maintenance and deployment of workloads on Cloud 

• Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)

• Mastery of programming languages and concepts (Python, Javascript, SPL, etc.)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to coach/mentor junior team members from a technical perspective

• Previous experience creating and/or supporting tools and platforms for an operations-centric team 

• Experience in leading large-scale projects

• Demonstrated knowledge of modeling concepts including AI/ML and predictive analytics

• Hands-on experience with common security technologies (SIEM, IDS, Firewall, WAF, etc.)

• Knowledge of data science, data visualization, mathematics, and/or statistics

• Proficient knowledge of common security threats, attack vectors, vulnerabilities and exploits

• Proficient knowledge of common operating systems, protocols and basic endpoint security 

• principles

• Regular participation and contribution to industry-related groups and events

• Demonstrated ability to engage confidently with upper management

• Preferred Qualifications (combination of Required and Bonus)

• Exceptional organizational abilities and attention to detail

• Demonstrated ability to lead small-to-medium scale team initiatives

• Mastery of programming languages and concepts (Python, Javascript, SPL, etc.)

• Demonstrated ability to coach/mentor junior team members from a technical perspective

• Advanced level of knowledge with big data platforms (Splunk, Hadoop, Elastic stack, etc.)

• Demonstrated ability to design and deploy elegant solutions and tooling with minimal oversight

• Advanced level of knowledge with automating workloads (Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Terraform, etc.)

• Advanced level of knowledge with the maintenance and deployment of workloads on Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Application Deadline:

Compensation:

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid Time Off

• 401(k) Plan

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

• STD, Life, LTD and AD&D

• Recognition Program

• Education Assistance

• Commuter Benefits

• Family Support Programs

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights & Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email HireAccommodation@discover.com. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.