Principal Cybersecurity Engineer
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation2 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise-wide architecture, design, implementation, and continuous improvement of email, endpoint, and data protection controls.
- Serve as technical authority for Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and Microsoft Purview.
- Analyze threat trends, security telemetry, and control performance to tune and improve protection strategies.
- Lead and participate in complex investigations, high-severity incident response, advanced hunting, and root-cause analysis.
- Develop and maintain technical standards, reference architectures, playbooks, and design guidance.
- Collaborate with security, IT, identity, business, response, intelligence, assurance, and services teams to embed protections into workflows.
- Provide knowledge sharing and mentorship to engineers and practitioners.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or a minimum of 8 years of cybersecurity experience.
- Expertise with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, including policy design, anti-phishing strategy, threat investigation, and enterprise-scale tuning.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, including EDR operations, Advanced Hunting using KQL, Attack Surface Reduction, and detection engineering.
- Experience with Microsoft Purview, including Information Protection, Sensitivity Label architecture, DLP strategy, eDiscovery, and data lifecycle governance.
- Ability to define and drive enterprise security strategies through technical credibility and thought leadership without direct managerial authority.
- Demonstrated success operationalizing security controls while minimizing friction and enabling productivity.
- Experience leading complex investigations, high-severity incident response, and root-cause analysis for email, endpoint, and data compromises.
- Ability to author technical standards, playbooks, and design guidance for engineering and operational teams.
- Strong communication skills for explaining technical risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to security leadership, IT stakeholders, and business partners.
- Willingness to work weekends or off-shift hours as needed during cybersecurity incidents.
- Preferred experience with SIEM, SOAR, threat intelligence platforms, and cloud security controls.
- Ability to work independently, manage time effectively, drive results without direct supervision, and continue learning in the cybersecurity field.
Benefits
- Hybrid work schedule combining on-site and remote work.
- Relocation assistance availability is confirmed.
- Equal employment opportunity and an inclusive workplace culture.
- Accommodation support is available for individuals with disabilities or special needs.
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About Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) builds freight locomotives, braking and signaling systems, rail components, and software used by freight railroads, transit agencies, and industrial operators. The Pittsburgh-based public company (NYSE: WAB) sells original equipment, digital solutions, and aftermarket services worldwide; it combined with GE Transportation in 2019 and traces its roots to George Westinghouse’s 19th‑century air brake business. Its portfolio spans rolling stock, parts, condition‑monitoring, and train control platforms.