Lead Cybersecurity Engineer – Attack Surface Management (Discovery)
Charlotte, North Carolina
This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.
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AT&T’s Cybersecurity organization is building and expanding its Attack Surface Management (ASM) program. The Cybersecurity Engineer – Attack Surface Management (Discovery) role supports the identification, validation, and documentation of AT&T’s internal and external digital attack surface.
This role focuses on discovering internet-facing and internal assets, validating ownership and exposure, and producing high-confidence data that enables enterprise risk reduction. It is a hands-on engineering role combining discovery tooling, network and application knowledge, automation, and collaboration with partner security teams.
What You’ll Do
- Perform continuous attack surface discovery and enumeration across internal and external environments
- Identify and validate domains, subdomains, IP ranges, services, ports, certificates, and exposed applications
- Operate and enhance discovery scanning using enterprise security platforms
- Correlate discovery data with internal asset inventories to confirm ownership and business context
- Support application and web exposure discovery, including coordination with Web Application Firewall (WAF) and application teams
- Share validated findings with partner teams to support remediation and risk reduction
- Improve discovery coverage and accuracy through automation, scripting, and API integrations
- Document discovery processes, workflows, and metrics
- Contribute to dashboards and reporting that communicate attack surface visibility
Required Qualifications
- Experience in cybersecurity engineering, network security, vulnerability management, or attack surface discovery 5-7 years in any discipline
- Hands-on experience with discovery or scanning tools used to identify exposed infrastructure or applications
- Strong understanding of IP addressing, DNS, TLS/certificates, and common internet-facing services
- Ability to analyze and correlate data from multiple technical sources
- Experience with scripting or automation (e.g., Python, REST APIs)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Attack Surface Management (ASM) or External Attack Surface Management (EASM) tools
- Experience supporting application, API, or web exposure discovery
- Familiarity with cloud or third-party hosted environments
- Experience building or contributing to security dashboards and metrics
- Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) desired in Computer Science or Cybersecurity. 5+ years of related experience. Certification is required in some areas.
Supervisor:
No
Our Lead Cybersecurity earns between $141,300-$211,900 USD Annual not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.
Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
- Adoption Reimbursement
- Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Extensive employee wellness programs
- Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories,
- AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.
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Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
USA:NC:Charlotte / Ibm Dr - Adm:8505 Ibm DrSalary Range:
$141,300.00 - $211,900.00It is the policy of AT&T 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. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.
Job ID R-101989 Date posted 04/07/2026
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