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Engineer/Sr Engineer, IT Platform Security

American Airlines

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Fort Worth, TX
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Job overview

This role is part of American Airlines’ Cybersecurity Team in the Information Technology Division. It builds and supports technologies used by Cybersecurity Incident Response groups, including security analytics, SOAR, SIEM, and EDR platforms. The engineer also supports architecture, process governance, regulatory compliance, and incident-response readiness, working with CIR and application teams to ensure security logs are monitored and accounted for.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cloud SecurityActive DirectorySoftware DevelopmentScriptingAutomationAPI DevelopmentNetworkingWindows AdministrationLinux AdministrationData EngineeringContainer TechnologyPythonJavaScriptPowerShellGitSecurity ConceptsMITRE ATT&CK FrameworkPCI ComplianceNetworking ProtocolsSIEM PlatformsEDR PlatformsSOAR PlatformsBig Data PlatformsAgile MethodologiesVulnerability IdentificationCyber Threat IntelligenceProblem SolvingCollaborationLeadershipAttention to DetailOrganizationInformation Security

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Technology or Related Field or Equivalent Experience/Training3 Years IT Experience5+ Years Software Development Experience5+ Years IT Experience5+ Years Scripting and Automation Experience5+ Years API Experience5+ Years Networking Experience5+ Years Windows/Linux Experience5+ Years Data Engineering Experience3+ Years Container Technology ExperienceInformation Security CertificationSecurity+ or CISSP

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

  • This job is a member of the Cybersecurity Team within the Information Technology Division.

  • Responsible for building and supporting the underlying technologies that support the Cybersecurity Incident Response (CIR) groups as well as producing architecture, enforcing process governance, mentoring, and shepherding of teams seeking regulatory compliance. These technologies include Security Analytical platforms, SOAR, SIEM, EDR, and other detection and incident response technologies.

What you'll do

  • Manages or assists in the management of the CIR event and information platform

  • Develops playbook and process automation utilizing the SOAR technologies

  • Assists external teams in the proper configuration of security infrastructure that CIR relies on (IDS/IPS, Phish technologies, Firewalls, etc.)

  • Aides application teams seeking to comsume threat intel into the appropriate tools and services

  • Tuning of alerts generated from all Cybersecurity tooling

  • Supports and maintains the endpoint detection and response tooling

  • Ensures appropriate configuration and rollout of the File Integrity Monitoring solution

  • Aides external teams in ingestion of asset data into CIR systems

  • Available if needed during an immediate incident to manage tools (24/7)

  • Maintains and monitorsplatforms to ensure 24/7 readiness and operability of CIRE services

  • Presents technical documentation to enterprise architecture and standardization boards

  • Creates processes that allow non-security minded teams the ability to achieve regulatory compliance

  • Consistently work with CIR and Application team in an iterative fashion to ensure that all security logs are monitored, complete, and accounted for

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Technology, or related field or equivalent experience/training

  • 3 years of Information Technology related experience

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

  • Cloud experience (IBM and/or Azure)

  • Active Directory experience

  • 5+ years of Software development experience

  • 5+ years of Information Technology related experience

  • 5+ years of scripting and automation experience

  • 5+ years of building and using APIs

  • 5+ years of networking experience

  • 5+ years of Windows/Linux experience

  • 5+ years of data engineering experience

  • 3+ years of container technology experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

  • Information Security Certification

  • Security+ CISSP

  • Ability to script in languages like Python or JavaScript

  • Knowledge of Linux/Unix, Powershell, Basic Windows Administration, Git

  • Knowledge of Security Concepts, Mitre ATT&CK Framework, PCI Compliance Requirements

  • Knowledge of Networking concepts, services, and protocols

  • Knowledge of basic cloud security controls and architecture

  • Knowledge of SIEM, EDR, SOAR Platforms, Big Data Platforms

  • Experience with Agile methodologies and tools

  • A solid understanding of networking, cyber security concepts, vulnerability identification and cyber threat intelligence

  • Must be detail oriented, well organized, thrive in a sense-of-urgency environment, leverage best practices, and most importantly, innovate through any problem with a can-do attitude

  • Aptitude in solving problems independently while also having the openness to work collaboratively

  • Demonstrated problem-solving skills

  • Availability to work a flexible schedule and support the incident response teams during triage

  • Ability to lead a small squad of engineers to deliver sustainable, scalable, and staff tolerant enterprise services

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

  • Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.

  • Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.

  • Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.

  • 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.

  • Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY

American Airlines maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or other protected veteran, in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, the following employment decisions and practices: hiring; upgrading; promotions; demotions or transfers; layoffs; recalls; terminations; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; selection for training, including apprenticeship; and recruitment or recruitment advertising.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,769 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$120–208K/yr80 salary ranges
  • US median$57–67/hr31 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 112 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in Texas and 1,769 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Cybersecurity Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,637 postings).
Education
563 of the 1,769 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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