Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the United States and prioritizes the safety of its passengers, employees, and operating environment. The Sr Principal DT Security Engineer leads the development and evolution of enterprise cybersecurity capabilities, shaping security strategy, advancing cyber defense architectures, and addressing emerging threats. The role directs large-scale, cross-functional initiatives to design, integrate, optimize, and automate security solutions that protect critical systems, data, and operations.
Responsibilities
- Define and influence enterprise cybersecurity strategy and architecture, ensuring alignment with evolving threat landscapes, business priorities, and regulatory frameworks
- Lead large-scale, cross-functional cyber defense initiatives across platforms, systems, and business domains, driving the implementation of resilient and scalable security solutions
- Serve as a recognized expert in cybersecurity engineering, providing advanced guidance on complex threats, systemic vulnerabilities, and risk mitigation strategies with significant enterprise impact
- Direct the evolution of cyber defense capabilities, including deployment, integration, optimization, and automation of security technologies across the enterprise
- Anticipate emerging threats and industry trends to proactively shape security roadmaps, influence senior leadership decisions, and strengthen organizational resilience
Skills
- • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience
- • Plus 9 years of relevant work experience
- • Excellent customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills essential for collaborative teamwork and self-motivation
- • Proficiency in identifying and implementing security measures, including understanding adversary tactics and tools
- • In-depth knowledge of security frameworks such as OWASP, CVSS, MITRE ATT&CK and ATLAS, and MITRE SHIELD/ENGAGE/D3FEND/, as well as Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and threat modeling
- • Advance expertise with NIST SP 800-160v2 for developing cyber resilient systems
- • Experience managing a diverse security ecosystem encompassing SIEM/SOAR, EDR/AV, CASB, IDS/IPS, DLP, UEBA, FW, IAM/SSO and containerization technologies
- • Demonstrated ability to influence strategy and solve highly complex, ambiguous security challenges with broad organizational impact
- • Proven ability to lead large, multi-disciplinary initiatives and influence stakeholders across the organization without direct authority
- • Expertise in designing, developing, and troubleshooting scripts and applications using Python or other modern programming languages, with extensive experience integrating REST, SOAP, vendor-specific APIs, and event-streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka to automate, optimize, and scale business processes and system integration
- • Travel Requirements: Up to 25%
- • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience
- • Plus 11 years of relevant work experience
Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401K with Employer Match
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Wellness Programs
- Railroad Retirement Benefits
- Paid Caregiving Days and Backup Care
- Health Savings Account
- Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
- Fertility and Family Building Benefits
- No-cost Personal Health Advocate
- Student Loan Assistance
- Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance
- Medical Plan Opt-out Credit
- Tuition and Education Reimbursement
- Paid Family Leave
- Life Insurance
- Rail Pass Privileges
- Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- No-cost Financial Advisor Sessions
- Commuter and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.
- 02-Remote Optional
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