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ACLU · 2 months ago

Cyber Security Engineer

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$137K/yr - $137K/yr

The ACLU is a longstanding organization dedicated to defending individual rights and liberties. They are seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to secure their infrastructure, endpoints, and cloud services by reducing vulnerability risk and improving control enforcement.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Implement and manage cloud security posture tooling and alerts, ensuring visibility into configuration drift, overexposure, and high-risk services

Lead the vulnerability management lifecycle — including scanning, prioritization, stakeholder coordination, remediation tracking, and reporting

Deploy and enforce secure configuration baselines across managed devices (Windows, macOS, mobile), including disk encryption, patch compliance, and privileged access

Identify exposed services and reduce attack surface across infrastructure and endpoint environments using automation and policy-based enforcement

Develop and maintain secure configuration management practices across IAM, network segmentation, endpoint posture, and SaaS platforms

Engineer and support enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tooling, including policy definition, control enforcement, and incident response workflows across email, endpoint, and cloud

Implement and tune insider threat detection signals using endpoint telemetry, behavior analytics, and identity context, in coordination with Security Operations

Serve as a technical escalation point for endpoint, cloud, and identity security issues impacting control integrity or coverage

Qualification

Cloud securityVulnerability managementData Loss Prevention (DLP)Secure configuration managementEndpoint protectionScriptingCommunication skillsCollaboration skills

Required

Demonstrated experience in security engineering, cloud/infrastructure security, or endpoint protection

Strong working knowledge of DLP, data classification, and endpoint telemetry tooling (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Intune, Defender for Endpoint, Jamf, etc.)

Hands-on experience with vulnerability management platforms and remediation coordination

Experience designing and deploying secure configurations across Windows, macOS, and mobile environments

Familiarity with insider risk detection tooling or behavioral analytics platforms is a strong plus

Proficiency with scripting or infrastructure-as-code (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Terraform)

Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, particularly across IT, Legal, and Privacy stakeholders

Commitment to securing digital systems in a mission-driven and rights-centered environment

Benefits

Time away to focus on the things that matter with a generous paid time-off policy

Focus on your well-being with comprehensive healthcare benefits (including medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, gender affirming care & fertility treatment)

Plan for your retirement with 401k plan and employer match

We support employee growth and development through annual professional development funds, internal professional development programs and workshops

Company

ACLU

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The ACLU is an non-profit, non-partisan organization of people who believe in the power of action.

Founded in 1920

New York, New York, USA

501-1000 employees

https://www.aclu.org/

H1B Sponsorship

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