Cybersecurity Architect

Cybersecurity Jobs; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Cybersecurity Jobs in San Diego, CA is seeking an experienced security professional to manage and monitor enterprise security systems onsite across hybrid environments.

You will drive threat detection, policy enforcement, and incident response, collaborating with engineering teams and developing automation to improve observability and the organization’s security posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree required in CS/IT or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience typically required.
• Equivalent professional experience may substitute education.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day management and monitoring of security systems across hybrid environments.
• Perform network observability and threat detection with security metrics reporting and automation.
• Escalate complex changes or advanced troubleshooting to engineering teams.
• Analyze policy effectiveness and recommend policy adjustments.
• Maintain security policy enforcement across systems and services.

Skills

Security monitoring

Threat detection

Automation

Incident response

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

Python

Powershell

Java

Bash

KQL/SQL

Job description

In this onsite role, you will manage and monitor enterprise security systems to strengthen continuous visibility, accelerate threat detection, and support incident response across hybrid environments.

Location and Employment Details

• Location: San Diego, CA (onsite)
• Work style: Onsite
• Employment: Full-Time (Salary)
• Job category: Information Technology
• Experience level: Mid-Level (3-7 years)
• Travel: 0% - 25%
• Salary range: USD 98,100 - 171,398 per year
• US Citizenship: Yes
• Clearance: Desired (Secret)

Core Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day management and monitoring of security systems after implementation by the cybersecurity teams.
• Perform network observability and threat detection, including security metrics reporting and automation-driven operational workflows to maintain continuous insight into the organization’s security posture.
• Escalate complex changes or advanced troubleshooting to engineering teams.
• Implement and integrate enterprise security technologies, ensuring security policies are enforced across hybrid environments.
• Analyze policy effectiveness and recommend policy adjustments.
• Maintain operational security by ensuring security policies remain enforced across security systems and services.
• Collaborate with engineers for major updates and reconfigurations.
• Use network observability data and security telemetry to support threat detection, validate policy effectiveness, and generate actionable metrics for operational and executive reporting.
• Apply automation workflows to policy enforcement and validation processes where applicable.
• Advise internal teams on security control best practices and align security solutions with business needs.
• Deliver data-driven consulting using metrics and threat intelligence to improve decision-making.
• Provide on-site support for cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business solutions.
• Monitor patch compliance, troubleshoot patch-related security issues, and use telemetry and observability data to identify patch-related risk exposure and improve compliance posture reporting.
• Develop scripts and automation to streamline security solution deployments, with a focus on segmentation and VPN automation.
• Expand workflow observability and metrics reporting pipelines to measure deployment effectiveness and security impact.
• Optimize security tools for better efficiency and integration, including maintaining and managing firewalls, VPNs, and segmentation controls.
• Support the design and implementation of security enforcement technologies and integrate observability and threat detection frameworks into deployed systems to provide performance, risk, and compliance visibility.
• Use automation to enhance monitoring, tuning, and operational response processes.
• Support operational security teams by ensuring technologies are correctly integrated and aligned with enforcement policies.
• Create and advance automation workflows that improve operational efficiency and incident response effectiveness.
• Mentor other analysts and engineers and contribute to process improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• Experience: Typically requires 5+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 3+ years with a master’s degree.
• Substitution: Equivalent professional experience may be substituted in lieu of education.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on cybersecurity experience preferred.
• Some understanding of security practices and threat landscapes.
• Ability to quickly adopt new tools and contribute to process improvement.
• Effective communication skills with end users and technical teams.
• Capability to resolve moderately complex technical issues.
• Works well independently and collaboratively.
• Desired certifications: GSEC, CEH, CySA+, or equivalent intermediate certification.
• Desired experience with Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) technologies.
• Desired experience with one or more: Python, Powershell, Java, Bash, KQL/SQL.
• Relevant experience/certifications listed: AWS Solutions Architect – Associate, Microsoft Azure Administrator, CompTIA Cloud+, Cisco CCNA, Palo Alto, M365 Security.

Key Technologies

• Python, Powershell, Java, Bash
• KQL/SQL
• Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) technologies
• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate, Microsoft Azure Administrator, CompTIA Cloud+, Cisco CCNA, Palo Alto, M365 Security
• GSEC, CEH, CySA+

Benefits

• Relocation assistance: Provided (Yes)

Security Clearance

• Ability to obtain and maintain: DoD Secret clearance
• Clearance required: Desired
• Clearance level: Secret