Lead Cybersecurity Engineer

Job Description:

Permian Resources (NYSE: PR) is currently seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to join the Enterprise Cybersecurity Team in Midland Texas. This position serves as the principal technical authority for the Companys security engineering function setting technical direction owning the security engineering roadmap and mentoring a team of engineers and analysts while remaining hands-on across security engineering identity and access management vulnerability management and threat analysis. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with the leadership to guide a multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.

General Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal technical authority and design lead across security engineering IAM vulnerability management and security operations.

• Own and maintain the security engineering roadmap standards and reference architectures and drive maturity improvements over time.

• Provide technical direction coaching and mentorship to security engineers and analysts and partner with leadership on hiring and skills development.

• Lead the evaluation selection and implementation of security tools and platforms and own key vendor and technical relationships.

• Design and implement enterprise security solutions across network endpoint cloud and application layers including firewalls EDR/XDR SIEM and DLP.

• Develop and enforce security policies procedures and hardening standards to ensure the confidentiality integrity and availability of company data.

• Own the identity architecture SSO MFA conditional access least-privilege/RBAC and privileged access management (PAM).

• Direct the vulnerability management program scanning strategy risk-based prioritization SLAs and remediation governance including penetration-testing engagement and closure.

• Act as senior escalation point for complex investigations and major-incident response leading containment eradication recovery and post-incident reviews.

• Guide detection engineering and threat hunting and incorporate threat intelligence into defensive controls.

• Communicate risk roadmap and incident posture clearly to technical teams and executive stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Cybersecurity or a related field.

• 8 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering or a related role including demonstrated experience as a technical lead.

• Proven ability to set technical direction mentor engineers and own security architecture or programs.

• Deep hands-on expertise across multiple domains (security engineering IAM vulnerability management and security operations) with strong working knowledge of all four.

• Strong understanding of threat analysis mitigation techniques and incident response.

• Familiarity with industry standards such as NIST CSF.

• Technical expertise in several of the following security tools and technologies: Firewall Management Web Application Firewall (WAF) Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Cloud Security (e.g. AWS Azure GCP) Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM).

• Proficiency with scripting and automation (e.g. PowerShell Python) and automation-first engineering practices.

• Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Related cybersecurity work experience in OT/Industrial Control Systems (SCADA) environments.

• Senior certifications such as CISSP CISM GIAC Microsoft SC-series or equivalent experience.

Permian Resource is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.