Cybersecurity Engineer

at Southwest Airlines
Published October 29, 2022
Location Dallas, TX
Category Default  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

Job Summary

* Build and deliver Cybersecurity solutions that protect Southwest Airlines. Work in a focused group adhering to Agile principles. Create and refresh of solutions that happen in AWS and utilize a maturing common platform. Expect a mix of Enterprise integration and platform development.

As a Cybersecurity Engineer, you can expect:

* Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights-your eligible dependents too.

* Up to a 9.3% 401(k) Company match, dollar for dollar, per paycheck.*

* Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution toward retirement - when Southwest profits, you profit.

* Explore more Benefits you'll love: swa.is/benefits

* U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.

* There is a limited group of states or localities ineligible for Employees to regularly perform their work off-site. Those ineligible locations are Alaska,?California, Colorado, Delaware, Denver, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

* For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the Company.

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We continue to look for opportunities to reflect the communities we serve, and welcome applicants with diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences.

* 401(k) match contributions are subject to the plan's vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

ProfitSharing contributions are subject to plan's vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company

Responsibilities

* Provide security guidance to application and Partner Teams to remediate security vulnerabilities, risk items, and policy exceptions

* Deliver training for clients in use of the key Cybersecurity systems, and automated environments

* Identify Cybersecurity problems, plan solutions, recommend software and systems, and coordinate developments in an orderly manner to meet business requirements

* Oversee immediate response and maintenance to production program issues

* Partner with production testers to identify defects and complete testing

* Test and implement system enhancements using techniques that preserve system integrity

* Partner to maintain systems, manage escalation issues and regular functionality

* Triage, research potential defects, and complete repairs. Transition of features to Business support

* Maintain established procedures and standards to ensure high quality and quantity of work

* Partner and lead communication within internal and cross-functional teams to achieve goals

* May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

* Knowledge of Agile best practices

* Knowledge of at least one existing element in value pipeline, such as PingFederate, eDirectory, Active Directory, CyberArk, or Micro Focus IDM

* Knowledge of at least one scripting and development language such as Python, Go, or Javascript

* Skilled in at least one cloud computing technology and its concepts, such as AWS

* Skilled in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) development (Terraform, CloudFormation or similar) and automated configuration management using configuration-as-code (CaC) development (Chef, Puppet, Ansible or similar)

* Skilled in implementing Cybersecurity specific Unit Tests for elements

* Skilled in performance, logging and Cybersecurity monitoring tools

* Skilled in delivering valuable software and the ability to reason about it

* Skilled in excellent communication, collaboration, organization, problem solving, and prioritization skills

Pay Rate:

* Competitive market salary of at least $104,400 per year to $130,400 per year, depending on qualifications and experience. Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.

* For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, opportunities for additional incentive compensation awarded at discretion of the Company.

Responsibilities Build and deliver Cybersecurity solutions that protect Southwest Airlines. Provide security guidance to application and Partner Teams to remediate security vulnerabilities, risk items, and policy exceptions. Work in a focused group adhering to Agile principles. Create and refresh of solutions that happen in AWS and utilize a maturing common platform. Expect a mix of Enterprise integration and platform development. Deliver training for clients in use of the key Cybersecurity systems, and automated environments. Identify Cybersecurity problems, plan solutions, recommend software and systems, and coordinate developments in an orderly manner to meet business requirements. Oversee immediate response and maintenance to production program issues. Partner with production testers to identify defects and complete testing. Test and implement system enhancements using techniques that preserve system integrity. Partner to maintain systems, manage escalation issues and regular functionality. Triage, research potential defects, and complete repairs. Transition of features to Business support. Maintain established procedures and standards to ensure high quality and quantity of work. Partner and lead communication within internal and cross-functional teams to achieve goals. May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders.