Sr Principal DT Security Engineer - 90397492 - null

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Job Summary

Leads the development and evolution of enterprise cybersecurity capabilities by shaping security strategy, advancing cyber defense architectures, and addressing emerging threats across the organization. Serves as a recognized expert in cybersecurity engineering, influencing enterprise risk posture and guiding long-term security direction. Drives large-scale, cross-functional initiatives to design, integrate, and optimize cyber defense solutions that enhance resilience and protect critical systems, data, and operations.

Essential Functions

• Define and influence enterprise cybersecurity strategy and architecture, ensuring alignment with evolving threat landscapes, business priorities, and regulatory frameworks.
• Lead large-scale, cross-functional cyber defense initiatives across platforms, systems, and business domains, driving the implementation of resilient and scalable security solutions.
• Serve as a recognized expert in cybersecurity engineering, providing advanced guidance on complex threats, systemic vulnerabilities, and risk mitigation strategies with significant enterprise impact.
• Direct the evolution of cyber defense capabilities, including deployment, integration, optimization, and automation of security technologies across the enterprise.
• Anticipate emerging threats and industry trends to proactively shape security roadmaps, influence senior leadership decisions, and strengthen organizational resilience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. 
• Plus 9 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. 
• Plus 11 years of relevant work experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills essential for collaborative teamwork and self-motivation.
• Proficiency in identifying and implementing security measures, including understanding adversary tactics and tools.
• In-depth knowledge of security frameworks such as OWASP, CVSS, MITRE ATT&CK and ATLAS, and MITRE SHIELD/ENGAGE/D3FEND/, as well as Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and threat modeling..
• Advance expertise with NIST SP 800-160v2 for developing cyber resilient systems.
• Experience managing a diverse security ecosystem encompassing SIEM/SOAR, EDR/AV, CASB, IDS/IPS, DLP, UEBA, FW, IAM/SSO and containerization technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to influence strategy and solve highly complex, ambiguous security challenges with broad organizational impact.
• Proven ability to lead large, multi-disciplinary initiatives and influence stakeholders across the organization without direct authority.
• Expertise in designing, developing, and troubleshooting scripts and applications using Python or other modern programming languages, with extensive experience integrating REST, SOAP, vendor-specific APIs, and event-streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka to automate, optimize, and scale business processes and system integration

The salary/hourly range is $149,400.00 – $193,644.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position. 

Learn more about our benefits offerings here.

Requisition ID:167042

Work Arrangement:02-Remote Optional Click here for more information about work arrangements at Amtrak.
Relocation Offered:No
Travel Requirements:Up to 25%

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We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen.

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.