Job Description

Department: Technology

Our Company Promise

We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

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Southwest Airlines promises to provide Employees with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer works on the Cybersecurity Guardians Team and delivers Cybersecurity solutions and repairs within AWS that protect Southwest Airlines. This role will serve as the point of contact as they collaborate with groups in responding to problems, performing root cause analysis, investigating information, performing impact analysis, and executing plans to develop solutions. The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer is a strong communicator and problem solver who is ready to drive the future of Southwest\xe2\x80\x99s Technology.

Additional Details:

This role is offered as a remote workplace position, which may require travel for trainings, meetings, conferences, etc. Outside of those required visits, the majority of your working time may be spent in a remote location, away from our Corporate Campus. Please note, while this is a remote position, there is limited group of states or localities ineligible for Employees to regularly perform their work off-site. Those ineligible locations are: Alaska, Delaware, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

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.

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

Act as an agent for change to reflect the latest Cybersecurity standards and practices

Serve as an enterprise subject matter expert (SME) and advocate of IT Security standards and reference architectures

Act as a Mentor to both Co-Hearts in Cybersecurity and Partner Teams

Remain abreast of industry trends and develop business cases for changes

Lead team to find best solution and offering thought leadership while ideating and challenging group think

Oversee immediate response and maintenance to production program issues

Partner with production testers to identify defects and complete testing

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

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Skilled in Agile best practices and continuous improvement

Skilled in at least one or more 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 Integration Tests providing Identity, Security Policy, and Cryptography

Skilled in at least one or more performance, logging and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, ELK Stack, AppD and their integration into platform tools such as AWS CloudWatch

Skilled in at least one or more credential management tools and solutions like AWS Secrets Manager, CyberArk or Hashicorp Vault

Skilled in creating parameterized build jobs for Continuous Integration of Security and environmental variables

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

Skilled in at least one or more scripting and development language such as Python, Go, or Javascript

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

Education

Required: High School Diploma or GED

Required: Bachelor\'s Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field; or equivalent formal training

Experience

Required: Advanced-level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in developing, implementing, or integrating technologies for Enterprise security

Licensing/Certification

N/A

Physical Abilities

Ability to perform work duties from [limited space work station/desk/office area] for extended periods of time

Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job

Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

Other Qualifications

Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines

Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986

Must be at least 18 years of age

Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines

Pay & Benefits:

Competitive market salary from $153,800 per year to $160,200 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company.

Benefits you\xe2\x80\x99ll love:

• 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, of your eligible pay, per
• paycheck *
• Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution toward retirement - when
• Southwest profits, you profit**
• Explore more Benefits you\xe2\x80\x99ll love:

*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.

**401(k) match contributions are subject to the plan\xe2\x80\x99s vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to plan\xe2\x80\x99s vesting schedule and are made at

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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