Principal Security Engineer — Remote

WSGR; United States; Remote; USD 163,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is seeking a Principal Security Engineer to join our security engineering team and lead incident response, threat management, and security operations across the firm. The role emphasizes SOC collaboration, threat lifecycle management, and scalable security architectures.

Remote work is possible 100%, with the expectation to support multiple environments including Windows, Linux, networks, and cloud workloads, while aligning with firm policies and risk management

Qualifications

• 5+ years of information security experience
• Experience with SIEM configuration and alarm/report concepts
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking and cloud computing environments
• Experience in law firm or professional services environment desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Provide security expertise related to networks and systems
• Manage security technology including anti-virus, vulnerability scanning, IDS/IPS, content filtering, insider threat systems
• Review and report security events from SOC and non-SIEM monitoring environments
• Lead threat assessments and coordinate incident response efforts
• Engage with external third parties for security evaluations and remediation

Skills

Security policy enforcement

Incident response

Threat lifecycle management

SOC collaboration

Networking fundamentals

Education

GIAC/CISSP/CISM/CEH/CIPP certification preferred

Tools

SIEM

IDS/IPS

PKI/IDAM

EDR

Job description

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is seeking a Principal Security Engineer to join our security engineering team and lead incident response, threat management, and security operations across the firm. The role emphasizes SOC collaboration, threat lifecycle management, and scalable security architectures.

Remote work is possible 100%, with the expectation to support multiple environments including Windows, Linux, networks, and cloud workloads, while aligning with firm policies and risk management