Senior Security Threat Engineer

Description

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 800-171 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.
  

  Senior Security Threat Engineer: $170,000-$220,000

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:
We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package designed to support the well-being and professional growth of our employees. In addition to a competitive base salary and company stock, determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, and market demand, full-time employees are eligible for:​

• 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.