Cyber Incident Response Engineer

Role: Security Engineer

Location: Alhambra CA

Background Checks: Yes

Position Description:

• A Security Engineer serves as the security engineer of complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment; is comfortable with bridging the gap between legacy development or operations teams and working toward a shared culture and vision; works to ensure developers create the most secure systems while enhancing the privacy of all system users; and has experience with white-hat hacking and fundamental computer science concepts.
• The Security Engineer will perform security audits risk analysis application-level vulnerability testing and security code reviews; develop and implement technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities; and conduct research to identify new attack vectors.

Skills:

• Security Engineers will possess knowledge and experience in safeguarding sensitive data from cyber-attacks.

Additional Skills:

• Demonstrated skills in security architecture IT Security networking or systems administration with an emphasis on security.
• Proven knowledge of security architecture design network security vulnerability management and threat intelligence/analysis.
• Knowledge of common information security management frameworks such as NIST CIS ISO 27001 COBIT or PCI DSS.
• Strong understanding of encryption.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols (e.g. TCP/IP LAN WAN DHCP DNS Routing Protocols etc.).
• Expert level knowledge of security systems such as SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel) IPS Firewalls and related network security tools.
• Experience with Operating Systems: Windows Unix Mac.
• Experience with Databases: SQL Azure Oracle.
• Must have hands on experience using Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable AI agents and large language models to interact with external tools APIs and enterprise data.

Experience:

• This classification must have a minimum of ten (10) years of experience with developing and implementing technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities.

Additional Experience:

• 2 years of experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS PaaS IaaS) Microsoft Sentinel CrowdStrike Tenable Palo Alto Firewall Zscaler KQL.
• 1 years of experience developing AI-enabled solutions using modern LLM tools (e.g. Codex Claude or similar) to support GRC and Incident Response processes.
• 3 years of experience within each of the following: - Incident response - managing the security of multiple platforms operating system software and network protocols for a large IT organization - risk management auditing assessment industry security framework and/or internal controls - security operations control assessment risk management auditing and/or internal controls - with security and privacy legal and regulatory requirements - performing information security risk assessments and risk analysis.

Education:

• This classification requires the possession of a bachelors degree in an IT-related or Engineering field.
• Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Additional Certification Required

• ITIL Foundation certification and CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional).

Additional Information:

• California Resident Candidates Only.
• Work is expected to be done ON SITE and interviews will be conducted in person.
• Work schedule is Mon - Thu 7:15 am - 6:00 pm (10 hours/day).
• Candidate will be required to livescan (fingerprinting) as part of the onboarding process.

Trinus Corporation a leading provider of technology solutions and services with over 25 years of experience is a certified WBE/MBE/SBE/SDB firm accredited by WBENC NMSDC and SBA. Our mission is to shape the future of work by aligning the right mix of people process technology and innovation to efficiently meet our clients business objectives. At Trinus we understand that finding the right opportunity is pivotal in your career journey. Our staffing services go beyond mere placements; they are about matching your skills and aspirations with the perfect fit. To learn more about us please visit our website