Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Who will you be working with?

You will advise product managers and engineering teams, create awareness of cybersecurity standards and technical controls, and recommend best practices for satisfying these standards and controls for web systems designed for cloud, on-premises, and mobile environments. You will work closely with others to define and maintain technical controls to address external standards, Wabtec standards, and product requirements. 

How will you make a difference?

You will be responsible for ongoing cybersecurity assessments of Wabtec products to determine whether they comply with applicable Wabtec cybersecurity standards and technical controls.

What do we want to know about you?

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.

• Experience with design, development, and/or testing of web systems.

• Extensive hands-on experience in the following areas:

  •  Container management

  •  Cloud environment (AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, Kafka, …)

• Foundation competencies/knowledge in below areas:

  •  Threat model

  •  Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP)

  •  Certificate management & PKI

  •  Cryptography

  •  Web Application penetration testing

  •  Server hardening

  •  Secure Data management (at rest / in transit)

  •  Access control management

  •  Firewall configuration

  •  GDPR, PII

• Experience working with large enterprise web applications (e.g., bank, insurance).

• Experience with cybersecurity assessment tools and methods.

What will your typical day look like?

• Conduct ongoing cybersecurity reviews of Wabtec products and determine whether Cybersecurity Authorization to Operate (CATO) should be granted based on compliance with Wabtec policies, standards, and technical controls.

• Drive and support an authoritative technical consultation process on product cybersecurity across Wabtec’s embedded electronics and non-IT networked product portfolio including connected vehicle security, secure implementation of real-time operating systems, ongoing security support for heavy industrial systems and web services.

• Drive and support processes to ensure Wabtec products implement appropriate cybersecurity controls, features, and requirements per applicable customer requirements, recognized industry standards, and engineering best practices.

• Support engineering teams responsible for conducting threat and risk assessments to quantify product threat surfaces and attack vectors.

• Recommend and consult on the design of software controls, environment/server hardening measures, and other risk mitigations to minimize attack surface and support cost-effective field maintainability of security controls.

• Support engineering teams responsible for conducting root cause and corrective actions related to cybersecurity defects.

• Create, seek, and share best practices for product cybersecurity across the Wabtec product portfolio.

• Deliver effective project management and technical communications.

• Understand technical cybersecurity concepts and their business implications. Be able to clearly explain these concepts to management and other engineers.

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Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.