Sr Cybersecurity Engineer
- Long Beach, CA, United States
$75 to $85 USD / hour
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- $75 to $85 USD / hour
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- English
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Original job description
Our client is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead security engineering, architecture, and operational security initiatives across enterprise systems, cloud platforms, and critical infrastructure environments. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with strategic security leadership.
What You'll Be Doing
- Assess and improve the organization's overall cybersecurity posture
- Lead vulnerability management, remediation efforts, and security risk assessments
- Design and implement enterprise security architectures and controls
- Manage and optimize security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, XDR, EDR, IAM, and DLP
- Drive incident response, threat hunting, and security monitoring activities
- Develop and maintain cybersecurity policies, standards, and governance frameworks
- Secure cloud, network, server, endpoint, and hybrid environments
- Partner with infrastructure, engineering, and business teams to embed security into projects
- Conduct security reviews, penetration test coordination, and compliance assessments
- Lead security modernization and remediation initiatives
- Provide guidance to leadership on emerging threats and risk mitigation strategies
- Mentor security engineers and serve as a cybersecurity subject matter expert
Required Experience
- 7+ years in Cybersecurity Engineering, Security Architecture, or related roles
- Strong expertise in Zero Trust, IAM, risk management, and enterprise security architecture
- Experience with SIEM, SOAR, XDR, EDR, vulnerability management, and endpoint security
- Hands-on cloud security experience across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
- Knowledge of DevSecOps, SSDLC, Infrastructure-as-Code, and security automation
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Git, and scripting languages
- Strong understanding of NIST, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks
Preferred Qualifications
- CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, or SSCP certifications
- Experience supporting critical infrastructure, industrial, OT, ICS, or SCADA environments
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills