Senior Security Engineer - Nashville, Tennessee, United States
2 days ago
Job description
About HireRight
HireRight is the premier global background screening and workforce solutions provider. We bring clarity and confidence to vetting and hiring decisions through integrated, tailored solutions, driving a higher standard of accuracy in everything we do. Combining in-house talent, personalized services, and proprietary technology, we ensure the best candidate experience possible. PBSA accredited and based in Nashville, TN, we offer expertise from our regional centers across 200 countries and territories in The Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Our commitment to get it right every time, everywhere, makes us the trusted partner of businesses and organizations worldwide.
Overview
We are hiring a Senior Security Engineer to lead technical initiatives across endpoint security, network security, web application security, email security, SIEM/log ingest, and security architecture. This role is a hands-on engineering position responsible for designing, implementing, and improving security controls at scale.
The Senior Security Engineer serves as a technical escalation point within Security Engineering, partners closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, IT, and SOC teams, and helps drive the maturity of HireRight's security posture through practical, well-engineered solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of enterprise endpoint, network, and cloud security controls
- Own and evolve HireRight's email security posture, including phishing defenses, impersonation protections, secure configuration, and email-based DLP
- Provide security consultation to Technology and business teams on secure integrations, data flows, and handling of sensitive data
- Define and maintain SIEM and log ingestion standards, ensuring high-quality, actionable telemetry for detection and response teams
- Engineer configuration baselines and security hardening standards across operating systems, servers, endpoints, and user platforms
- Provide technical mentorship to security engineers and contribute to long-term program maturity
- Produce and maintain clear documentation and audit-ready artifacts for security controls and configurations
- Partner with security leadership on roadmap planning, prioritization, and continuous improvement initiatives
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering, infrastructure security, or related technical roles
- Strong hands-on experience with endpoint security, network security, and system hardening
- Solid understanding of SIEM architecture, log ingestion pipelines, normalization, and detection workflows
- Experience with enterprise security technologies such as WAF, secure web gateways/proxies, email security platforms, and encryption mechanisms.
- Experience collaborating with Infrastructure, Cloud, IT, and SOC teams in a production environment
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST
Preferred Skills:
- Scripting and automation experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
- Experience leading security initiatives or cross-team engineering efforts
- Strong understanding of detection engineering and security telemetry
- Excellent technical documentation and communication skills
- Ability to identify control gaps, propose scalable solutions, and drive execution
What do we offer
HireRight offers a competitive benefit package which includes:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid Life/AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401K
- Generous Vacation and Sick Program
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Education Assistance Program
- Business Casual Attire
- Generous Referral Program
- Employee Discounts and Rewards
- And much more
- All resumes are held in confidence. Only candidates whose profiles closely match requirements will be contacted during this search.
HireRight, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Minorities / Females / Veterans / Disabilities
HireRight does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of HireRight and HireRight will not be obligated to pay a placement fee
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by a team member's occupying this position. Team members may be required to perform other related duties as assigned, to ensure workload coverage. Team members are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and team member and is subject to change by the employer as the organizational needs and requirements of the job change. This job description is subject to change at any time.
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