Forcepoint

Forcepoint

Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

Home Office - Texas · Principal · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$195kDetected 5 days ago
PythonBashSQLAWSGCPAzureLinuxRESTCybersecurityNetwork SecuritySOARProduct ManagementIntellectual PropertyFirewallSD-WANZero TrustLeadershipMentoringCISSP

About the role

  • Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments.
  • The ideal candidate is highly motivated, brings strong interpersonal skills, and learns quickly.
  • Actual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to, location, experience, and performance.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare technical documentation, including as-built designs, requirements, and Standard Operating Procedures; produce executive briefings and EBR-ready deliverables for customer and Forcepoint leadership.
  • Serve as the primary voice of the customer to Forcepoint product and engineering leadership; proactively document and escalate product gaps and feature requests to directly influence the product roadmap.
  • Serve as technical lead within the Professional Services team; mentor and develop Associate (Prof3) and Senior (Prof4) engineers on deployment practices, integration techniques, and customer engagement standards.
  • BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, or a related field, with 8+ years of cybersecurity experience spanning practices/methodologies, application design, and/or operational environments.
  • Advanced understanding of security design and architecture, Active Directory/LDAP/IDP, computer virtualization, and cloud architecture (Azure/AWS/GCP).

Requirements

  • Provide technical briefings to customer and Forcepoint corporate leadership as required.
  • Proficiency in Python, shell scripting, SQL, and XML; expert-level REST API integration and automation development.
  • Experience with SOAR orchestration tools such as Splunk SOAR, Palo Alto XSOAR, or equivalent.

Compensation

  • Forcepoint is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Company info

  • Proven ability to coordinate collaboratively with customers and across multiple internal departments.
  • Deliver training, troubleshooting, and on-site support to customers, including version upgrades.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally

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