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Hamilton Barnes · Charlotte, North Carolina
Job Title:
Information Security Engineer
Charlotte, NC
Salary:
$100,000 – $150,000 Basic Salary Per Annum
The Role
As an Information Security Engineer, you will play a central role in protecting a large, fast-moving digital organization. You’ll identify and reduce security risk across cloud, SaaS and enterprise environments, surfacing vulnerabilities, tuning detections and driving remediation alongside the engineering teams who own those systems. You’ll also take full ownership of the incident response lifecycle, from initial alert triage through containment, eradication and post-incident review.
This is a hands-on, high-ownership position for someone who wants real influence over how security operates at scale. You’ll work across complex cloud environments, proactively hunt for threats and help shape security operations that grow with the business.
Why Consider This Role
High ownership:
Take the lead on incident response, threat hunting, detection engineering and security risk reduction.
Broad technical exposure:
Work hands-on across AWS, SaaS, SIEM, endpoint security, vulnerability management and the wider enterprise security stack.
Visible impact:
Partner directly with Infrastructure and Engineering teams to strengthen security controls and drive meaningful remediation across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Identify, assess and reduce security risk across cloud, SaaS and enterprise environments
Partner with engineering and development teams to remediate vulnerabilities across code, cloud and endpoints
Lead incident response end to end, from triage through containment, eradication and post-incident review
Conduct proactive, structured threat hunting on a defined cadence
Maintain and tune SIEM detection rules to improve fidelity and coverage
Contribute to security tooling evaluations and the broader security technology roadmap
Produce post-incident reports and present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Participate in a shared, rotating on-call schedule
What You’ll Bring
4+ years of hands-on experience in security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management or cloud security
Proven experience owning incidents through triage, containment, eradication and post-incident review
Strong AWS security experience, including applying controls, monitoring and response techniques across environments at scale
Hands-on experience with SIEM, endpoint protection and vulnerability scanning platforms in cloud environments
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings clearly to non-technical audiences
Nice to Have
Threat intelligence experience and structured, hypothesis-driven threat hunting
Identity and access management experience, including policy review, least-privilege enforcement and anomalous access detection
SaaS security posture management, including controls around impossible travel, OAuth abuse and integration risk
Understanding of Kubernetes security, container image scanning and CI/CD pipeline security
Working knowledge of PCI DSS, SOC 2 and ISO 27001
Familiarity with NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK and CIS Controls
Scripting or automation of security workflows
Experience using AI tools to accelerate detection and incident response
Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Security – Specialty or GIAC equivalents
Benefits
Health, dental and vision insurance
Life insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
401(k) with employer match
Flexible PTO, with 20 days annually for full-time employees, rising to 25 days after five years of service
Paid holidays
Paid parental bonding benefit
Employee Assistance Program
Details
| Company | Hamilton Barnes |
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Type | FULL TIME |
| Niche | Computer and Mathematical Occupations |
| Salary | $1,00,000 – $1,00,000 / yr |