Senior Security Operations Engineer Ready to be the person who turns security alerts into clear action? Our client is adding a Senior Security Operations Engineer to its security team. This is a newly created, hands-on role. You'll investigate alerts, lead incidents through to resolution, and make the tools and processes around you work better. You'll work closely with cybersecurity, IT, infrastructure, vendors, and business teams, so your communication skills and follow-through will matter as much as your technical depth. As part of our process after applying, you may receive an invitation from our AI Recruiter Avery for a short conversation that lets you share more about your background beyond your resume. For questions, contact Job Type: Direct Hire Location: Remote. The first 3 months are hybrid (2-3 days per week) at one of these offices: Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin, TX; Tempe, AZ; Las Vegas, NV; Portland, OR; Sacramento, CA; Garden Grove, CA; Philadelphia, PA; or Dulles, VA. Compensation: This job is expected to pay about $125,000-$150,000 per year plus bonus, depending on location. No Visa Sponsorship Available for this role What You'll Do: Investigate and triage alerts from EDR, SIEM, email, identity, vulnerability, cloud, and endpoint tools, and escalate clearly when containment or a business decision is needed. Support incident response from scoping and containment through remediation and recovery, coordinating with IT, infrastructure, support, and business owners. Follow vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and operational findings through to closure. Improve tuning, automation, dashboards, and playbooks to raise alert quality and cut manual work, and help roll out new security tools and processes. Document investigations, playbooks, runbooks, and escalation paths, and serve as a trusted hands-on resource for operations questions and escalations. What Gets You the Job: 4-6 years of experience in cybersecurity, security operations, incident response, IT operations, networking, or a related role. Strong hands-on experience with EDR and SIEM tools, plus experience with email security, identity security, vulnerability management, or ITSM platforms. Solid understanding of alert triage, endpoint security, identity risk, cloud security, and response workflows. Strong communication skills, a practical and straightforward approach, and the ability to work well with both technical teams and business stakeholders. Experience with Purview, EDI security, MSSP coordination, SIEM tuning, or automation is a plus. A bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred. This is a chance to shape a new role on a growing security operations team and to see your work make a visible difference. Apply today and let's talk about your next move. Irvine Technology Corporation (ITC) connects top talent with exceptional opportunities in IT, Security, Engineering, and Design. From startups to Fortune 500s, we partner with leading companies nationwide. Our AI recruiter, Avery helps streamline the first step of your journey-so we can focus on what matters most: helping you grow. Join us. Let us ELEVATE your career! Irvine Technology Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Irvine Technology Corporation complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.