Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Breeze Airways is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to help design, build, automate, and operate security platforms at scale across AWS environments onsite in Cottonwood Heights, UT. This role focuses on engineering security capabilities that improve reliability, availability, and performance, while strengthening detection, response, and cloud security foundations.

What you’ll get to build

• Cloud security capabilities across AWS environments, including integrations and platform ownership
• Scalable security controls delivered through Infrastructure as Code and automation
• Vulnerability management workflows that support remediation tracking and reliable execution
• Security telemetry pipelines, monitoring, alerting, and detection capabilities
• Orchestration and automation that improves operational efficiency and incident response

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud security capabilities across AWS environments
• Own and optimize key cybersecurity platforms and integrations
• Build scalable security controls using Infrastructure as Code and automation
• Develop reliable processes for vulnerability management and remediation tracking
• Identify repetitive security tasks and automate them
• Create workflows, integrations, and orchestration to improve operational efficiency
• Develop tooling that enables security to scale without proportional headcount growth
• Improve the reliability, availability, and performance of security infrastructure
• Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and detection capabilities
• Build security telemetry pipelines and observability solutions
• Improve incident response processes through automation and engineering
• Conduct investigations and support cybersecurity incident response activities
• Partner with infrastructure, development, and application teams to secure cloud-native workloads
• Review architectural designs and implement security best practices
• Strengthen identity, access management, and privileged access controls
• Help establish security standards for emerging technologies and platforms
• Serve as a technical leader within the cybersecurity organization
• Mentor junior engineers and help elevate engineering maturity across the team
• Work closely with platform, infrastructure, compliance, and software engineering teams
• Translate security requirements into practical engineering solutions

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, SRE, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or a related field
• Strong hands-on experience securing AWS environments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Strong Linux administration skills
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Go, or other automation-focused languages
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and logging platforms
• Experience managing incidents in production environments
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, load balancing, firewalls, TLS, VPNs, and cloud networking
• Experience working in highly available, mission-critical environments
• Authorization to work in the US as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes and container security
• Familiarity with cloud security platforms
• Experience with SOAR, SIEM, and security automation platforms
• Experience securing CI/CD pipelines and software delivery processes
• Experience with advanced persistent threats, phishing and social engineering, network access controllers (NAC), gateway anti-malware, and enhanced authentication
• Familiarity with PCI-DSS or other regulated environments
• Experience supporting cloud-native applications and modern development practices
• CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, GCIH, GCIA, CISM, or similar certifications

Benefits

• Health, Vision and Dental for Full Time employees
• Health Savings Account with Breeze Employee Match
• 401K with Breeze Employee Match
• Generous PTO
• Travel on Breeze and other Airlines too!

Technologies you may work with

AWS, Terraform, Linux, Python, PowerShell, Go, Kubernetes, SOAR, SIEM, CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, GCIH, GCIA, CISM, DNS, TLS, VPNs, PCI-DSS, CI/CD pipelines, C++, Java, Ruby, Node

Physical demands and working conditions

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Frequent use of hands and fingers for typing and handling documents
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds
• Occasional standing, walking, bending, and reaching within an office environment
• Clear verbal and written communication, requiring adequate speech, hearing, and vision