Chief Cybersecurity Engineer

Remote in Mexico,

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We are looking for a skilled and motivated Chief Cybersecurity Engineer to join our team.

In this position, you will help advance day-to-day security operations and influence the wider security strategy. The ideal professional brings strong expertise and hands-on experience in cloud security, incident response, automation, and development. You will create, enhance, and run the security tooling that defends the client's infrastructure while shaping the overall security direction throughout the entire organization.

Responsibilities

Plan, deploy, and maintain the client's security infrastructure to safeguard systems and data
Foster security awareness across the organization and help end users perform their tasks securely without adding unnecessary friction
Research and evaluate new threats, attack vectors, and risks, and outline effective mitigation strategies
Review the output from security tools and software, and share findings with relevant stakeholders
Work alongside engineering teams to offer feedback on products and preserve secure development environments
Collaborate with cyber analysts and security engineers to build threat models, detections, and incident response playbooks, and keep tooling that enhances security intelligence in good shape

Requirements

At least 7 years of relevant experience in a security-focused position
A minimum of 2 years of leadership and team management experience
Demonstrated ability to identify security gaps and risk areas, and to organize and carry out remediation efforts effectively
Confidence working across technical and business teams, promoting security best practices, policies, and procedures
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Solid grasp of enterprise-scale security technologies, including SIEM, incident response, HIDS/NIDS, PKI, user behavior analytics, SSO, IAM, and Privileged Access Management
Practical experience setting up and maintaining enterprise logging pipelines using tools such as Splunk, DataDog, ELK Stack, or Snowflake
Hands-on experience developing infrastructure as code with Terraform or CloudFormation
Deep applied security background across cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or others, together with their respective security tooling (e.g., GuardDuty, CloudTrail, SecurityMonkey, ScoutSuite)
Working experience with EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) tools such as CrowdStrike, GRR, OSQuery, Sysdig, Carbon Black, Endgame, or Tanium
Familiarity with development workflows and tools including Git, Jira, and Confluence
Excellent English communication skills, both spoken and written (B2+ level or higher)

Nice to have

Strong scripting abilities with languages such as Bash or Python for automating security operations
Experience with vulnerability management for detecting, assessing, and remediating security weaknesses
Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CEH, Security+, or similar credentials
Penetration testing background for uncovering and exploiting security vulnerabilities in controlled scenarios
Hands-on experience with container technologies (Docker, EKS, GKE, Kubernetes, OpenShift) along with their related security tooling (e.g., Twistlock, StackRox, Aqua, Sysdig)
Knowledge of SOAR, CASB, and DLP technologies for orchestrating security operations and securing sensitive data
Comfort working with configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Ansible