Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Join HomeServe USA in Norwalk, CT for a senior cybersecurity engineering role that blends hands-on security work with strategic leadership. This onsite position offers a competitive annual salary range of USD 125,932 to 167,910, along with a 10% annual bonus potential. You will shape risk strategy across business units, mentor engineers, and strengthen our security posture through cross-functional collaboration and practical innovation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business units and risk teams to identify security requirements, performing advanced risk and business impact assessments and prioritizing actions.
• Develop enterprise strategies, roadmaps, and technical standards to address identified risks and align with business objectives.
• Lead and conduct complex control and vulnerability assessments; evaluate security control effectiveness and direct remediation across teams.
• Provide senior-level reporting and insights to the Director of Information Security and management on residual risk, vulnerabilities, compliance gaps, and emerging threats.
• Serve as a key advisor on major application development, acquisition, and infrastructure projects to embed security requirements and controls.
• Guide security architecture decisions, policies, and standards to ensure consistency and scalability across the enterprise.
• Define, validate, and continuously improve baseline security configurations for operating systems, applications, networks, and telecommunications systems.
• Oversee and support the resolution of audit findings from internal and external auditors; act as a lead contact for scoping, analysis, and remediation activities.
• Lead or provide escalation support for significant security incidents, investigations, and compliance reviews, ensuring lessons learned inform future improvements.
• Mentor, coach, and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and analysts; foster a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
• Proactively research, evaluate, and pilot emerging technologies, threats, and industry trends to strengthen HomeServe’s security posture.
• Represent the Information Security function in cross-functional initiatives, audits, and external reviews; serve as a subject matter expert on security-related issues.
• Promote collaboration across IT and business teams, ensuring security is integrated into processes, projects, and decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum seven to ten years of information security experience with progressive responsibilities such as leading technology implementations, assessments, mentoring, or serving as an escalation point.
• Relevant certifications including CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GIAC, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, or equivalent.
• Solid knowledge of security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls).
• Experience with security technologies such as SOC, SIEM, EDR, firewalls, IAM, PAM, and cloud security solutions.
• Experience applying practical controls to secure generative and agentic AI technologies.
• Knowledge of securing CI/CD pipelines and familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Working knowledge of a modern programming language, a centralized configuration management platform (eg, Ansible, Puppet, Chef), or SOAR playbook development.
• Strong background in advanced risk assessments, vulnerability management, penetration testing, and forensic investigations.
• In-depth knowledge of network infrastructure (routers, switches, firewalls, WiFi) and secure design principles.
• Proven ability to design, validate, and improve enterprise baseline configurations for operating systems, applications, and cloud environments.
• Experience developing, documenting, and maintaining enterprise-level security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Ability to act as a subject matter expert and escalation point for complex incidents and projects.
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring and guiding junior team members.
• Strong communication skills capable of engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including management.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities with a proactive approach to threat mitigation and control improvement.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical work with advisory and oversight responsibilities.

Technologies

• SOC
• SIEM
• EDR
• Firewalls
• IAM
• PAM
• Cloud security solutions
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Ansible
• Puppet
• Chef
• SOAR

Benefits

• Annual Bonus Potential: 10%