Remote Junior Cybersecurity Engineer

About the Role

• Junior Cybersecurity Engineer to join the technology and security team.
• Gain hands-on experience across security monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and security operations.
• Ideal for someone early in their cybersecurity career with a strong technical foundation, passion for information security, and desire to grow.
• Work closely with experienced engineers and IT teams to identify potential threats, strengthen security controls, and keep the environment secure.
• Fully remote position.
• Compensation: $95,000–$120,000 USD annually, depending on experience, technical skills, certifications, and overall qualifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor security alerts, logs, and systems for potential threats or suspicious activity.
• Assist with investigating and responding to security incidents.
• Perform vulnerability scans and help track and remediate security findings.
• Support endpoint, network, cloud, and application security initiatives.
• Assist with security assessments, access reviews, and configuration audits.
• Help maintain and improve security tools, policies, and procedures.
• Collaborate with engineering and IT teams to identify and address security risks.
• Document security incidents, findings, and remediation activities.
• Stay current on emerging cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices.
• Participate in projects designed to strengthen the overall security posture.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong interest in cybersecurity and information security.
• Understanding of core security concepts such as networking, authentication, encryption, vulnerabilities, and access control.
• Comfortable working with logs, command-line tools, and basic troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Linux and/or Windows environments.
• Some experience with security tools, cloud platforms, SIEMs, vulnerability scanners, or endpoint security solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Curious, detail-oriented, and eager to investigate how and why things work.
• Comfortable learning new technologies and working collaboratively with engineering teams.
• Able to communicate technical security issues clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, or a related field is a plus, but not required.
• Cybersecurity certifications, bootcamp experience, lab experience, CTF participation, or relevant self-directed projects are highly valued.