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Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Mountain America Credit Union, Sandy, UT, United States


Senior Cybersecurity Engineer page is loaded## Senior Cybersecurity Engineerlocations:

Sandy, UTtime type:

Full timeposted on:

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R19973# **Please reference the schedule and minimum qualifications listed below before applying.**If you need assistance with filling out our application form or during any phase of the application, interview, or employment process, please notify our Human Resources Team at 801-366-6947 option 1 or email macurecruiting@macu.com and every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate your needs in a timely manner.# **Job Summary**A Senior Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for overseeing the evaluation, implementation, and management of complex cybersecurity platforms and controls intended to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems while adhering to the credit union’s standards and industry best practices.# **Job Description****LOCATION**Mountain America Center - Hybrid:9800 S Monroe St

Sandy, UT 84070**SCHEDULE**Full TimeThis role focuses on designing, building, and evolving enterprise cybersecurity platforms and automation. It is best suited for engineers who enjoy system design, tooling ownership, and long‐term security capability development. **This role is NOT a SOC analyst position.**As a **Cybersecurity Engineer**, you’ll play a key role in designing, engineering, and evolving the security capabilities that protect our organization. This is a **hands-on engineering role** for someone who enjoys owning platforms, improving security controls through automation, and partnering closely with architecture and infrastructure teams to make security effective, scalable, and resilient.You’ll work on meaningful problems — strengthening detection and prevention, improving vulnerability management, responding to real-world incidents, and continuously raising the bar on how we protect systems and data.## What You’ll DoTo be successful in this role, you will:* **Engineer, implement, and manage cybersecurity platforms and integrations** that deliver critical security controls and meaningfully reduce organizational risk.* Partner closely with **Cybersecurity Architecture** to provide hands-on engineering expertise that translates architectural designs into practical, effective security implementations.* Ensure the **health, reliability, and effectiveness of security tooling** by implementing monitoring, tuning performance, and proactively addressing issues.* **Design and maintain processes, procedures, and workflows** that support consistent and scalable cybersecurity engineering practices.* Provide subject matter expertise for **change control**, reviewing and approving changes to ensure security controls remain effective and aligned with standards.* Contribute directly to the **cybersecurity engineering roadmap**, helping prioritize initiatives that align with business needs, operational realities, and long‐term security strategy.* Strengthen **vulnerability management capabilities** by improving scanning, remediation workflows, integrations, and engineering-driven security controls.* Support **post-incident engineering improvements**, including root cause analysis, system hardening, and identifying opportunities for automation and resilience.## Knowledge, Skills & AbilitiesThe qualifications below represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to succeed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.### Experience* **6+ years of experience** in Cybersecurity or Information Technology engineering or administration.* **At least 1 year of experience as a technical lead**, guiding technical decisions or mentoring others.* **2+ years of scripting experience** (Bash, PowerShell, Python, or similar), with a focus on automation or operational efficiency (preferred).* Strong foundational knowledge of **IT systems and platforms**, including Windows, Linux, virtualization, and cloud services.* Demonstrated experience supporting production **information systems in a professional environment**.* Strong analytical and problem‐solving skills, with the ability to break down complex security challenges.* Ability to work **independently and collaboratively** in a fast‐paced, evolving environment.* Effective **organizational, time management, and communication skills**, both written and verbal.## EducationEducation must be from an accredited institution.* Bachelor’s degree in **Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field**, or equivalent professional experience.## Certifications (Preferred)* **CISSP, CISM, Security X (formerly CASP+), or equivalent certifications**## Role Expectations & Influence* This role has **no formal people‐management responsibilities**, but you are expected to **coach, mentor, and support** other team members through technical leadership and collaboration.## Tools & Technology* Experience with standard business tools such as **Excel, Word, and PowerPoint**.* Familiarity with **diagramming tools** like Visio or Lucidchart for documenting architectures and workflows.## Communication & Language Skills* Ability to clearly communicate **ideas, methodologies, findings, and recommendations** through presentations, reports, and visual diagrams.* Skilled at documenting outcomes and presenting information in a way that is appropriate for **both technical audiences and business stakeholders**.## Additional Skills & Attributes* Self‐starter who thrives working both autonomously and as part of a team.* Adaptable and positive in the face of change.* Strong desire to **continuously learn and evolve**, including building understanding of business and financial concepts that influence security decisions.* Proactive problem‐solver who looks for opportunities to improve processes and efficiencies.* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.* Comfortable working with **data analytics and data validation** to inform decisions and improvements.**PHYSICAL ABILITIES / WORKING CONDITIONS*** Ability to sit, talk and hear consistently* Ability to stand, walk, and use hands to handle or reach occasionally* Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)* Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)* Ability to lift up to 10 pounds occasionally**ENVIRONMENTAL**There are no unusual environmental factors. Work is conducted in typical office setting with moderate noise (e.g., business office with computers and printers, light traffic).* May be required to work occasional evenings and weekend hours to support production releases and resolve system issues.**Noise Environment**•

Moderate noise (business office with computers and printers, light traffic).\*\*\*This Job is not eligible to be performed in Colorado or Connecticut, either remotely or in-person.\*\*\*#LI-FB1Mountain America Credit Union is an EEO/AA/ADA/Veterans employer.Follow @MountainAmericaLife on

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to see why our team members love working at Mountain America!Mountain America Credit Union is one of the foremost financial institutions in the country, with more than 95 branches located in 5 states (Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, and Arizona). We believe that a healthy balance between work, home life, and play is essential to our team members and our success. We offer a friendly, comfortable and inclusive work environment, fun employee activities and exciting charity events to ensure that no day is dull at Mountain America.Our purpose is to help members enjoy a good life by providing them a positive incentive to save and manage their finances. We also give members easy access to their accounts and allow them to control their funds in a variety of ways, including ATMs, online home banking, mobile banking, direct deposit, automatic payment options and
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