Staff Cybersecurity Engineer – Zero Trust

General Motors

Staff Cybersecurity Engineer focusing on secure access and zero trust design at GM. Responsible for deep network access analysis and solution design expertise in complex environments.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeAustin • California, Missouri, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $160,200 - $246,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityDNSFirewalls

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure access architectures across complex enterprise IT environments.
Define and evolve the technical roadmap for Secure Access Services, including mesh VPN and identity-aware access patterns across web and non-web applications.
Conduct deep analysis of user, device, and service network access paths across complex network environments, including routing, firewalls, macro- and micro-segmentation, proxies, DNS, and load balancers.
Architect end-to-end zero trust access patterns that decouple applications from direct network trust and centralize policy enforcement in Secure Access Services.
Translate business, risk, and compliance requirements into reusable reference architectures, patterns, and guardrails for secure access.
Serve as the primary engineer for the solutions you architect, including design, configuration, scripting, integration, and operationalization of mesh VPN and identity-aware proxy capabilities.
Implement secure access for a broad set of web and non-web applications, including internal and external web applications, APIs, databases, administrative tools, and legacy TCP workloads.
Drive data governance and secure architecture practices by ensuring access patterns, controls, and supporting documentation align with security policies, standards, and best practices.
Collaborate with software development, infrastructure, identity, network, and product teams to integrate security considerations throughout the application and service lifecycle.
Evaluate and recommend security tools, technologies, and processes that enhance the overall security posture and improve scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
Conduct qualitative research and technical analysis to identify emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and innovative secure access solutions.
Develop automation, including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD integrations, and policy-as-code, to ensure consistent and repeatable deployment of secure access controls.
Develop and maintain technical documentation related to security architectures, onboarding patterns, runbooks, configuration baselines, test plans, and operational procedures.
Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and knowledge sharing to other engineers on security best practices, architectural design, and secure access engineering patterns.
Participate in incident response activities and provide expert guidance on secure access and security-related issues, including root cause analysis and durable remediation.
Define, track, and own key metrics and performance indicators for secure access capabilities, including application coverage, control adoption, incident reduction, and onboarding efficiency.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, network security, security architecture, or security engineering roles, with a strong focus on secure access and zero trust design.
Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
Proven experience designing, implementing, and engineering zero trust security architectures and secure access patterns within large, complex hybrid network environments.
Expert-level proficiency in modern information security and complex network architectures, including zero trust architecture, identity and access management, secure remote access, VPN and mesh VPN solutions, and web and non-web application access patterns.
Strong expertise in network and connectivity architectures, including routing, firewalls, macro- and micro-segmentation, proxies, DNS, and load balancers.
Demonstrated ability to analyze complex network and access patterns and translate them into robust, scalable, and supportable secure access designs.
Experience securing development and enterprise environments and integrating security throughout the software development and service lifecycle.
Strong understanding of enterprise IT, networking, cloud platforms, information architecture, and relevant security disciplines, theories, and techniques.
Demonstrated experience conducting qualitative research and technical analysis related to cybersecurity risks, vulnerabilities, and solution design.
Track record of independently leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with measurable business and risk reduction outcomes.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

Comp & perks

GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs.
Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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Hard Skills & Tools

CybersecuritySecurity ArchitectureRoutingFirewallsMacro-SegmentationMicro-SegmentationProxiesDNSLoad BalancersInfrastructure as Code

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsTechnical LeadershipMentorshipCollaborationAnalytical Skills