Staff Cybersecurity Engineer

Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. As the most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility serving the functional medicine markets, we are proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.

Our strength lies in four core values—People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we deliver a uniquely integrated approach to healthcare through vertical supply chain integration, advanced technology, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. From manufacturing to distribution to quality control, our teams work collaboratively to push boundaries, improve patient outcomes, and redefine medication accessibility.

At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new job, it means becoming part of a mission to transform healthcare. We empower our employees to innovate, grow, and make a meaningful impact every day. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions are celebrated.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, transformative environment where innovation meets purpose, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s revolutionize healthcare together.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Staff Cybersecurity Engineer delivers enterprise-critical protection of digital assets, directly impacting business continuity, regulatory compliance, and customer trust across Empower’s 503A/503B operations. This role owns advanced threat detection, incident response, and security engineering outcomes across cloud, infrastructure, and application environments. Leveraging AI as a force multiplier, the role accelerates detection speed, scales defensive coverage, enhances decision-making, and improves control effectiveness. The Engineer partners cross-functionally to embed security into systems and processes within a hyper-growth, highly regulated environment. Success requires strong strategic thinking, rigorous execution, continuous learning, and measurable impact at scale, while anticipating emerging threats, driving automation, and strengthening enterprise resilience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Threat Defense

• Threat Detection: Lead real-time monitoring and analysis across SIEM, XDR, and AI-driven security platforms to identify, triage, and mitigate advanced threats, improving detection accuracy and reducing dwell time.
• Incident Response: Execute and coordinate complex incident response activities using AI-enabled correlation and automation tools to accelerate containment, investigation, and recovery while maintaining compliance and forensic integrity.
• Threat Hunting: Conduct proactive, intelligence-led threat hunting using behavioral analytics, MITRE ATT&CK frameworks, and AI-driven anomaly detection to uncover hidden threats and strengthen defensive posture.

Security Engineering

• Security Architecture: Design, implement, and optimize security controls across cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and GCP, enforcing Zero Trust principles and enhancing identity-based protections.
• Automation Engineering: Develop and maintain SOAR-driven automation workflows and AI-enabled orchestration to streamline detection and response processes and improve operational efficiency.
• Vulnerability Management: Execute risk-based vulnerability management programs using AI-powered prioritization to identify, assess, and remediate security weaknesses.

Risk and Compliance

• Regulatory Alignment: Support and maintain alignment with regulatory frameworks such as HIPAA, GDPR, NIST, and ISO, ensuring controls are effective, audit-ready, and compliant.
• Risk Assessment: Perform detailed risk assessments using data analytics and AI modeling to evaluate threats, vulnerabilities, and business impact.
• Control Validation: Continuously test and validate security controls using automated tools and simulation techniques to ensure effectiveness and drive remediation efforts.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Advanced expertise in SIEM, SOAR, XDR, and AI/ML-driven cybersecurity platforms, with the ability to operationalize automation.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including identity management and Zero Trust frameworks.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks and risk management methodologies.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, including security operations, incident response, and threat detection in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; master’s degree preferred.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD security integration, and application security tools such as SAST, DAST, and SCA.
• Familiarity with threat intelligence platforms and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Knowledge of AI-related security risks, including prompt injection, model poisoning, and data privacy concerns.
• Preferred certifications include CISSP, CISM, GIAC certifications (e.g., GCIA, GCIH), CCSP, cloud provider security certifications, or CEH.

Key Competencies:

• Customer Focus: Builds trust through customer-centric solutions
• Strategic AI: Guides responsible AI adoption and adaptation
• Optimizes Work Processes: Drives efficiency with continuous improvement
• Collaborates: Partners effectively to achieve shared goals
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources efficiently
• Manages Complexity: Simplifies and solves complex challenges
• Ensures Accountability: Delivers on commitments with integrity
• Situational Adaptability: Adjusts approach to shifting conditions
• Communicates Effectively: Tailors messages to diverse audiences

Values:

• People: Empowering people defines who we are
• Quality: Excellence in every product, every time
• Service: Serving others is our highest purpose
• Innovation: Advancing care through technology and discovery

Employee Benefits, Health and Wellness:

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/

Physical Requirements:

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.