Senior Cyber Security Engineer

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A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. We’re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Apply Now!

THE VALUE YOU’LL BRING:

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As a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Smithfield Foods, you will play a critical role in safeguarding the company’s technology ecosystem by managing and optimizing endpoint, email, and web security solutions. You will lead efforts to detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats through advanced monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement of protection systems. Leveraging your technical expertise and analytical mindset, you will strengthen Smithfield’s overall security posture and ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise systems.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.

• Cybersecurity Engineering & Implementation: Develop, implement, and maintain cybersecurity controls such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, access controls, and encryption technologies (TLS, IPSEC, PGP, certificates, etc.) to protect critical assets.

• Threat Protection & Monitoring: Manage and optimize endpoint, email, and network security solutions; configure and monitor web application firewalls; and collaborate with managed security services to monitor logs, detect, and report security events.

• Incident Response & Investigation: Investigate security alerts, perform log analytics, and support response and remediation efforts across Windows, Linux, and cloud environments to identify and contain threats effectively.

• Cloud & Virtualization Security: Conduct security testing and enforce best practices for cloud and virtualization systems, ensuring secure deployment models across public, private, hybrid, and community environments.

• Process & Compliance Management: Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for configuration, maintenance, and change management; assist operations teams by maintaining monitoring and alerting solutions.

• Collaboration & Integration: Work cross-functionally with IT, Operations, and Security teams to ensure cybersecurity is embedded into business processes and technology initiatives.

• Continuous Improvement & Expertise: Stay current with industry standards, technologies, and best practices in information security—including endpoint detection and response, cloud security, intrusion detection, email protection, and penetration testing—to continuously enhance Smithfield’s cybersecurity posture.

WHAT WE’RE SEEKING:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and 5+ years of relevant experience in endpoint protection, information security; or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.

• Technical Expertise: Proven experience with MS Azure and AWS cloud security, endpoint protection platforms, advanced email threat protection, and Web Application Firewall (WAF) management.

• Security & Investigation Skills: Strong knowledge of Windows Active Directory security, endpoint remediation, forensic investigation, and log analysis using analytical tools.

• Analytical & Problem-Solving Abilities: Skilled at identifying, investigating, and resolving security incidents with a proactive approach to strengthening protection and minimizing risk.

• Collaboration & Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and translate complex technical issues into clear, actiona