Security Engineer

Job Title: Security Engineer
Location: Sacramento, CA(Hybrid)

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Security Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise cybersecurity solutions that strengthen the organization''s security posture and protect critical systems and data. The ideal candidate will have expertise in security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, Microsoft security technologies, and data protection. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to identify vulnerabilities, implement security controls, investigate incidents, and continuously improve cybersecurity operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain technical security solutions to mitigate cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities.
• Monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to security events and incidents across enterprise environments.
• Implement and administer Microsoft security technologies, including Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Defender for Cloud Apps (CASB), Microsoft Purview, and related solutions.
• Perform threat hunting, forensic investigations, root cause analysis, and security analytics to identify and remediate threats.
• Develop and optimize security detections, correlation rules, automated workflows, dashboards, and operational reporting.
• Implement and manage Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions to protect sensitive information and support regulatory compliance.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of security controls through assessments, testing, security reviews, and remediation validation.
• Support insider threat monitoring, behavioral analytics, and user activity monitoring initiatives.
• Collaborate with IT and business teams to improve overall security posture and ensure compliance with security policies and standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
• Hands-on experience developing and implementing technical security solutions to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with enterprise security monitoring, security event monitoring, alert management, and threat detection operations.
• Hands-on experience implementing and administering Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (CASB), Microsoft Purview, and related Microsoft security technologies.
• Hands-on experience conducting security investigations, digital forensics, root cause analysis, threat hunting, and security analytics using Kusto Query Language (KQL), SQL, SIEM platforms, or similar technologies.
• Hands-on experience implementing and managing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions, evaluating security controls, developing security detections, automated workflows, correlation rules, alert tuning, dashboards, and operational reporting.
• Hands-on experience with insider threat monitoring, behavioral analytics, user activity monitoring, and fraud detection.

Infowave Systems is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.