Senior Security Threat Engineer

Senior Security Threat Engineer

You are the vigilant guardian forging the frontline defenses in our next-generation security and compliance program. This foundational role designs automated threat detection and rapid response capabilities for corporate cloud environments, integrating controls and monitoring to identify, contain, and eradicate incidents—ensuring real time alerting to threats facing our corporate environment. This is a full-time onsite position located at our headquarters in Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

• Research, select/build, and implement processes/tools to improve detection security methodologies.
• Support compliance efforts as it relates to NIST 800-171, CMMC, 2.0 and/or ITAR/EAR.
• Research, design, and advocate new technologies, architectures, standards, and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise, our customers, and business partner
• Define security architecture design patterns and evaluate and develop secure solutions based on approved security architecture and emerging risks.
• Build automation, tooling, and systems that improve security compliance, observability, and governance
• Monitor and respond to security alerts and incidents, including post-incident analysis.
• Implement and manage tools such as SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewalls, MFA, PAM, DLP, and email security.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3–7+ years of hands-on cybersecurity or security engineering experience.
• Ability to lead or support real-world incident response efforts.
• Familiarity with cloud security logging, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines for playbook deployment.
• Familiarity with network communication protocols and architecture
• Familiarity with one or more common cybersecurity frameworks like NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, etc
• Experience building security tooling utilizing security tools like Splunk, Wazuh, etc.

ITAR Requirements

This position may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export controls. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Benefits

• Equity: Receive equity in Turion Space, letting you benefit from the company's success
• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents.
• Retirement Plans: Access to a 401(k) plan to help you plan for your future.
• Paid Time Off: Generous vacation days, personal days, sick days, and holidays to ensure you have time to recharge.
• Professional Development: Opportunities for ongoing training, workshops, and courses to advance your skills and career growth.
• Team Building Activities: Regular social events, team outings, and company-sponsored activities to foster a positive work environment.

We are dedicated to providing a supportive and enriching environment for our team members, recognizing that our collective success is built upon the well-being and satisfaction of each individual.

Turion Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Turion Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.