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Security Engineer

Sun Country Airlines
Minneapolis, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/25/2025
About Sun Country Airlines

We’re not your average airline. We’re agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, we’re making travel more attainable.

With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, we’re a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, you’ll be part of a growing airline and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places.

Sun Country Airlines provides the resources and support our employees need to succeed. Besides working at a great and growing company, as a Security Engineer you’ll enjoy these benefits and more:

  • Comprehensive benefit package including dental and vision
  • PPO and high deductible health plans
  • Health savings accounts (HSA and FSA)
  • Dependent Care
  • Starting day one free standby and discounted travel privileges for employees, family, & friends
  • 401(k) match
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid holidays
  • Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program including counseling for employees and their family
  • Fitness incentive and Stop Smoking Support

Compensation

Pay or shift range: $83,000- $120,000 USD annually. This is the base compensation hiring range for this role.

Job Summary

As a Security Engineer you would be responsible for protecting Sun Country’s computer systems and networks from threats by ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data. You will design, implement, and manage security infrastructure, including intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), SIEM solutions, endpoint security, and vulnerability management tools. You will be asked to perform security assessments, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning to identify weaknesses in systems and applications.

Additional responsibilities include analyzing security logs and alerts, responding to security incidents, and assisting in conducting forensic investigations. You may be asked to develop and automate security controls, define security architectures, and ensure compliance with relevant security standards and regulations. Experience in areas like network security, cryptography, authentication/authorization mechanisms, and secure coding practices is crucial.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Provide Cybersecurity consulting to business and technology partners.
  • Monitor, detect, and respond to threats and incidents.
  • Assist in managing and maintaining the broad range of security tools and technologies and implement new capabilities as needed/required.
  • Conduct vulnerability assessments across various technologies and develop and coordinate remediation efforts with relevant teams.
  • Participate or lead security testing and risk assessments for new systems and applications.
  • Participate in or lead audits, compliance efforts, and documentation.
  • Optimize services to achieve enhancements in performance, capacity and availability while simultaneously achieving cost optimization.
  • Contribute to the definition of security patterns.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally on a variety of projects to design and implement secure technologies.
  • Stay informed of emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and technology trends within the security and/or aviation space.
  • Remain current with the latest Sun Country IT system/services/applications information, changes, and updates.
  • Strictly follow established ITIL repeatable practices – Incident Management, Change Management, Event Management, Problem Management (including RCA’s).
  • Adhere to, promote and advance SCA Security Policy, Standards and Procedures.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

None

Qualifications And Education Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field or 4 years of relevant work experience in lieu of degree
  • 5 years of experience in IT Security
  • Experience with security solutions and tools; IPS, EDR/Anti-virus, Proxy, Active Directory, Vulnerability scanning, evidence gathering
  • Experience with PCI and other security controls and audits
  • Strong understanding of security principles and mitigation strategies
  • Natural desire to learn new security technologies without any previous experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to present ideas at all levels of the organization in a business-friendly manner
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Strong organizational skills and a self-motivated attitude, with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines within quality standards
  • Can receive and assimilate feedback in a professional manner
  • Collaborative, team-oriented working style, with the natural ability to coach and/or mentor peers
  • Highly detail-oriented
  • Customer-focused attitude

Preferred Skills

  • CISSP or equivalent certification
  • Experience in travel or aviation-related industry

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands or fingers, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

AAP/EEO STATEMENT

Sun County Airlines respects and values every employee’s contribution to our business. We believe that an important part of our strength comes from our people and their array of perspectives. 

It is the policy of Sun Country Airlines to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Salary : $83,000 - $120,000

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