Information Security Engineer

Support Revolution; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Supermicro is seeking a frontline security engineer for the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) to monitor IT IDS, SIEM, and XDR queues, validate alerts, and execute low-risk responses per approved playbooks. You will maintain site-aware shift logs and provide clear handoffs.

Collaborating across IT and facilities, you will enrich findings with asset context, recent changes, and user identity history to reduce risk and improve incident response across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in computer science or engineering with an emphasis in Information Security or related field, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of security engineering experience, specifically in networks and systems.
• Familiarity with SIEM/XDR and IT basics.
• Eagerness to collaborate with personnel across the company.

Responsibilities

• Perform enrichment: asset role, zone/level, recent MoC ticket, vendor session status, user identity history.
• Under playbooks, take low-risk actions: disable stale vendor accounts, end remote sessions, block known malicious indicators, quarantine phishing endpoints used by facilities staff.
• Keep site-aware shift logs, attach screenshots/pcaps (where safe), and summarize impact on safety/production.
• Flag telemetry gaps (health, sensor outages); raise ingestion failures.

Skills

SIEM/XDR familiarity

IT basics

Security engineering

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering with info security emphasis

Tools

Job description

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Location: San Jose, California, United States

About Supermicro:

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.

Job Summary:

Frontline role within the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) monitoring IT IDS, SIEM, and XDR queues to validate alerts, enrich findings with environment context (asset role, zone/level, recent change activity, vendor session status, and user identity history), and execute low-risk first-response actions under approved playbooks (e.g., end remote sessions, disable stale vendor accounts, block known malicious indicators, and quarantine phishing-affected endpoints). This role maintains site-aware shift logs and high-quality handoffs, flags telemetry gaps, and builds foundational OT/IT awareness through cross-training.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform enrichment: asset role, zone/level, recent MoC ticket, vendor session status, user identity history.
• Under playbooks, take low-risk actions: disable stale vendor accounts, end remote sessions, block known malicious indicators, quarantine phishing endpoints used by facilities staff.
• Keep site-aware shift logs, attach screenshots/pcaps (where safe), and summarize impact on safety/production.
• Flag telemetry gaps (health, sensor outages); raise ingestion failures.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in computer science or engineering with an emphasis in Information Security or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of security engineering experience, specifically in networks, and systems.
• Familiarity with SIEM/XDR and IT basics.
• Eagerness to collaborate with personnel across the company.

Salary Range

$90,000 - $120,000

The salary offered will depend on several factors, including your location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as participation in bonus and equity award programs.

EEO Statement

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.