Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Wiz platform)

Job Title: Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Wiz platform)

Location: Irving, TX /Onsite

Position Type: Full time/Permanent role

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

•              Experience: 5+ years in cybersecurity engineering, with at least 2+ years of hands-on experience with the Wiz platform (Wiz Cloud, Wiz Defend, and/or Wiz Outpost).

Wiz Platform:

•              Deep expertise in Wiz Cloud (CSPM, CIEM, vulnerability management) and Wiz Defend (CDR, runtime threat detection).

•              Hands-on experience deploying and managing Wiz Outpost in customer-managed or regulated cloud environments, including configuration, network integration, and operational support.

•              Proficiency in Wiz security graph, policy authoring, and integration APIs.

Cloud Platforms:

•              Strong cloud-native engineering expertise across AWS (IAM, EKS, Lambda, VPC, GuardDuty, Security Hub) and Google Cloud Platform (IAM, GKE, Cloud Run, Security Command Center).

•              Hands-on experience with cloud networking, identity, and workload security across multi-cloud environments.

•              Familiarity with landing zone architectures, private connectivity (PrivateLink, VPC peering, VPN), and network segmentation — key for Wiz Outpost deployment patterns.

Security Operations:

•              Experience integrating cloud security tooling with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Chronicle) and SOAR solutions.

•              Familiarity with threat detection, incident response workflows, and alert triage within a SOC environment.

Technologies:

•              Containerization: Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/GKE).

•              IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent.

•              Scripting/Automation: Python, Bash, or similar for pipeline and workflow automation.

•              Security Frameworks:

•              Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK (Cloud Matrix), CIS Benchmarks, NIST CSF, and cloud security best practices.

•              (Preferred) Experience with Zero Trust architecture and policy-as-code.

•              (Preferred) Familiarity with data residency, sovereignty, and regulated industry compliance requirements relevant to Wiz Outpost use cases.

Certifications (Preferred but not required):

•              Wiz Certified Expert, AWS Security Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, CISSP, or CCSP.

Education

•              A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related technical field is required, or equivalent professional experience.