Security Engineer ~ Aircraft

Aircraft Security EngineerHybrid 3 days Fort Worth, TXDuration: 5 monthsRESPONSIBILITIESWrites, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practicesSolves technical problems and builds components/libraries with far-ranging impactDelivers high quality work and coaches more junior engineers on technical craftsmanshipConducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to addressDesigns thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliabilityOversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementationsConsistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategiesPartners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systemsThoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategiesConsistently reflects on squad delivery practices throughout their span of of influence, recommends improvements to leadership and drives their implementationMaintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influenceThoughtfully measures and assesses team and identifies areas of development for individualsExplores emerging technologies, leads development of prototypes with little or no guidance and incorporates into architectural solutions where appropriateREQUIRED SKILLS5+ years in security engineering with demonstrated independent project ownership (not queue-based SOC analyst experience), including hands-on PKI engineeringSelf-directed detection engineering & investigation - Microsoft Sentinel, KQL/query and rule authoring, dashboards, and end-to-end security event investigation, driven independently with strong written documentation (not queue/triage-based SOC work).PKI engineering (not just certificate consumption) - demonstrable understanding of PKI solution design and operations: enrollment protocols (SCEP, EST), Certificate Policy / Certification Practice Statement (CP/CPS), trusted roles, Levels of Assurance, NIST SP 800-63, and real use cases such as certificate-based authentication and software signing/validation.Remediation lifecycle engineering - owning remediation-plan review and vulnerability/finding tracking from finding to validated closure.Nice to Have Skills and Experience (preferred but not required):Hands-on AI/agentic security tooling (e.g., Claude / LLM-assisted code & configuration analysis, prompt engineering for security use cases) per CISO AI direction; Absolute endpoint platform engineering (SSO, policy groups, API); scripting/automation (Python/PowerShell); aviation / OT / cyber-physical or embedded-systems exposure; HSM / key-management and code-signing infrastructure; aviation security