Cybersecurity Threat Engineer

External

Caa · Los Angeles, CA

Full-timeOn-siteToday

CI/CDIncident ResponseInformation SecurityJavaScriptLeadershipOWASP

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Strategic and technically adept cybersecurity professional with deep expertise in V ulnerability M anagement, O ffensive S ecurity, and advanced threat detection. As Lead of Cyber Threat Engineering , this individual will be responsible for driving proactive defense initiatives that identify and mitigate risks before they can be exploited. Experienced in leading red and purple team operations, orchestrating vulnerability assessments, and integrating threat intelligence to inform remediation and hardening strategies. Skilled in aligning offensive security insights with enterprise risk management and Incident Response Strategies , improving security posture through automation, and fostering a culture of continuous testing and improvement. Recognized for building high-performing teams that bridge the gap between adversary emulation and defensive readiness to ensure comprehensive protection across digital assets. We are looking for candidates who have a passion for cyber security, threat detection, risk mitigation, and automation . You will provide insight in our efforts to build and support a defensible environment where we are able to detect, contain and respond quickly to threats , vulnerabilities and compromise in ways that serve to enable the technology needs of a highly collaborative organization . The environment is fast-paced and commonly on the leading edge of technology, including early adoption of various cloud services along with the challenges of integrating those services into our security practice.

Responsibilities

Support leadership with enterprise-wide vulnerability identification, assessment, and remediation programs across infrastructure, cloud, and applications.

P rovide continuous visibility to new and emerging threats against existing security controls; ensuring controls remain effective to changing business and threat landscapes .

W ork across the Tech department to enhance security posture capabilities to limit security misconfigurations through secure configuration standards, monitoring, and remediation .

Integrate automated scanning and vulnerability intelligence into CI/CD and asset management systems.

Translate offensive findings into actionable security improvements and detection of engineering use cases.

Collaborate with defensive teams to validate security controls and improve resilience through continuous testing.

Support the Offensive Security Lifecycle via management of internal and external Cyber Threat and Offensive Security assessments .

Partner closely with Incident Response teams to enhance detection of logic, playbooks, and threat-hunting capabilities.

Required Capabilities

A minimum of 6 years' experience delivering information security solutions, ideally with A mixed focus on offensive and defensive security roles.

bachelor's or master's d egree in a relevant field of work

H ands on experience in Cyber Threat and Offensive Security operations to test and validate the effective operation of security controls, measuring the ability to stop threats and attacks at the earliest point in the kill chain

P roven track record working as both an individual contributor and lead in the areas of C yber T hreat , V ulnerability M anagement , or I ncident R esponse

S trong understanding of the fundamental operations of servers, operating systems, networks , cloud applications and infrastructure along with an advanced understanding of the key controls required for secure operation of these systems

experience scripting in at least o ne of the following languages: PowerShell, Python , JavaScript

e xperience in aligning threat and vulnerability management efforts to frameworks and control objectives - MITRE ATT&CK , NIST CSF, ISO27001 , Center for Internet Security , OWASP,

E xperience integrating the following tools and capabilities into a successful threat and vulnerability program - Security Orchestration Automation and Response, Security Information and Event Management, Vulnerability Scanning, Security Threat Feeds, Red Team Tooling

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