Security Engineer - Cloud, IR & Automation

Credo; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Equity

Medical benefits

Job summary

Credo is seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to join our Security Engineering team. This role will help protect the company’s systems, infrastructure, cloud environments, applications, endpoints, and data.

The Security Engineer will investigate security alerts and incidents, manage security technologies, assess vulnerabilities, improve security controls, support third-party security reviews, and partner with infrastructure, cloud, network, application, and business teams to reduce cybersecurity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience), plus at least three years in security engineering, security operations, incident response, or vulnerability management.
• Hands‑on experience investigating security alerts and incidents, and analyzing logs from multiple technologies and data sources.
• Experience administering or supporting enterprise security tools, with working knowledge of vulnerability assessment, prioritization, remediation, and validation.
• Strong understanding of endpoint, network, identity, email, cloud, application, and data‑security principles, including Windows and Linux/Unix, TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, and least privilege.
• Scripting or automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash), strong documentation and problem‑solving abilities, and the ability to communicate risks to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, investigate, and respond to security alerts and incidents across endpoint, identity, email, network, cloud, and application environments, leading or supporting containment, remediation, and recovery.
• Administer and tune enterprise security platforms (SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewall/SASE, email security, DLP), including detection rules, integrations, health checks, and automation.
• Perform vulnerability and exposure assessments, prioritize remediation by risk, coordinate fixes with IT and application owners, and validate completion.
• Support security monitoring and secure configuration across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and conduct technical security reviews of vendors, SaaS applications, and new technologies.
• Document findings, runbooks, and evidence; support risk assessments and audits aligned with ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, and MITRE ATT&CK; and contribute to security projects and continuous improvement.

Skills

Security engineering

Incident response

Log analysis

Scripting

Communication

Documentation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT or related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

Firewall/SASE

DLP

Vulnerability scanning

Job description

Credo is seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to join our Security Engineering team. This role will help protect the company’s systems, infrastructure, cloud environments, applications, endpoints, and data.

The Security Engineer will investigate security alerts and incidents, manage security technologies, assess vulnerabilities, improve security controls, support third-party security reviews, and partner with infrastructure, cloud, network, application, and business teams to reduce cybersecurity