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Security Engineer (Security Operations)

159k – 201kOakland, CASecurity EngineeringHybrid1+ YOE
Summary

Security Engineer triages events, responds to incidents, manages AWS security services, and improves vulnerability management/threat detection on the security operations team. Requires 1-3 years security experience, scripting (Python), Linux, and security tools like SIEM and scanners.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Support improvements in vulnerability management, threat detection, and incident response capabilities.
  • Triage security events and respond to incidents, containing them and guiding recovery.
  • Strengthen threat detection and response systems for cloud infrastructure, third-party integrations, and platform services.
  • Develop and refine security processes, procedures, and runbooks.
  • Manage and tune AWS security services (IAM, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config).
  • Collaborate with teams to probe vulnerabilities, assess risk, and advise on responses.
  • Lead threat modeling, security design reviews, and review code/configurations.
  • Proactively solve security challenges and foster security mindset.

Requirements

  • 1-3 years in security-focused role.
  • Experience handling security events/incidents from triage to remediation.
  • Programming skills in scripting language (e.g., Python); comfortable in Linux.
  • Experience with vulnerability scanners (Nessus, Trivy), HIDS/NIDS (Wazuh, Zeek), SIEM/SOAR (Splunk, ELK, Datadog).
  • Understand vulnerability lifecycle; detecting, prioritizing, remediating.
  • Written detection rules and response processes.
  • Explain technical concepts accessibly; balance security with productivity.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with SaaS and distributed systems.
  • Programming in compiled language (e.g., Java).
  • Experience with AWS, Terraform, Ansible, git.

Compensation

  • Salary range: $159,000 - $201,000 (dependent on experience/skills).
Skills
PythonLinuxAWSNessusTrivyWazuhZeekSplunkELKDatadogIAMSecurity HubGuardDutyTerraformAnsible
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