Security Engineer
Welcome to the City of Charlotte Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike.
Welcome to the City of Charlotte
Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.
Our guiding principles include:
Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions
SUMMARY
Essential duties & responsibilities
Coordinate and execute security tasks related to technology projects or initiatives.
Configure and install cyber security systems to include scheduling and attendance of afterhours maintenance windows.
Produce cyber security architectures and documentation.
Conduct maintenance and monitoring of cyber security systems.
Provide advanced support in response to cyber security incidents.
Develop remediation plans for any gaps reported in audits or recommended process improvements.
Collaborate with City departments to manage security vulnerabilities or investigations.
Conduct security research in keeping abreast of latest security issues.
Coordinate with managed security services to implement security initiatives.
Coordinate and execute security tasks related to Innovation and Technology security requests.
Provide advanced support in evaluation and implementation of cyber security requirements for technology systems.
Develop scripts and software to automate cyber security processes.
Must be able to work efficiently, expeditiously and independently with limited supervision.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge of:
Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, including Search and Reporting, adding new log sources, developing custom parsing rules, administrating forwarders, and deployment servers.
Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Experience with combining AI and ML models with broader system architectures, including cloud-based infrastructure, software applications, and APIs.
Experience with cloud security concepts, including the ability to assess existing cloud implementations for security issues, engineering and implementing new cloud security tools, and providing security expertise for DevOps teams.
Technologies, including building, administering, operating, and tuning such systems.
Posted July 31, 2026