[Hiring] Engineer - Application Cybersecurity @United Airlines

Role Description

Connecting People. Uniting the World. There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines! As a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world — with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees — we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly.

We’re on a path to becoming the best airline in aviation history. Join our Cybersecurity and Digital Risk (CDR) team to help lead the industry in cyber safety, security and resilience. United's CDR team plays a critical role in protecting our operations by enabling secure and resilient systems, managing threats and vulnerabilities, and ensuring swift response and recovery. Our mission is to seamlessly embed cybersecurity and digital risk management into every aspect of our business. We help drive progress and growth through trusted digital solutions, safeguarding assets and empowering our team, all while promoting a cyber-safe and secure environment that supports resilient airline operations.

Are you ready to travel the world and help us keep our airline cyber safe? Apply today!

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, STEM field preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience or ECDLP
• Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and CWE 25
• Experience designing, developing, or integrating AI-powered security agents and automated workflows to enhance vulnerability triage, exploitability analysis, secure code review, remediation and/or continuous security assurance across the SDLC
• Basic understanding of threat modeling
• Basic understanding of DevSecOps (e.g., CI/CD)
• Working knowledge with application testing (e.g., SAST, DAST, MAST, RAST, IAST)
• Working knowledge of programming languages and scripting
• Basic understanding of SDLC process
• Basic understanding of web and app security stack (e.g., API security)
• Basic understanding of cloud technologies and security
• Basic understanding of vulnerability management processes and proficiency in providing remediation guidance
• Basic technical understanding of authentication and authorization flows in web applications
• Ability to work independently and self-motivate
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, interpersonal, collaboration, written and verbal communication skills
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Requirements

• IAWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• Certified Application Security Engineer
• Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, AI powered-security agents, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security, cloud computing
• Experience with AWS technologies
• Working knowledge of C#, Java, Python, Swift, JavaScript, generative AI/LLMs, agent orchestration frameworks, and API integrations to build scalable security automation
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI agent frameworks, and AI-assisted code analysis and remediation is highly desirable
• Basic understanding of compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53) and processes
• Working knowledge with technical documentation / Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) creation
• Basic understanding of cryptography
• Basic understanding of networks and network security (e.g., WAF, Micro-segmentation)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Commuter benefits
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• 401(k)
• Flight privileges

Company Description

United Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact [email protected]