Security Engineer III - Network and Cloud Security

Cybersecurity Jobs; San Ramon (CA); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

PriMed Management Consulting Services, Inc. is seeking a Security Engineer III in a hybrid San Ramon, CA environment with remote options. You’ll help shape security architecture, drive implementation, and monitor controls across systems and data.

You will support a Tier-3 IS security engineering team, partnering with IT to align standards, policies, and procedures while leading security initiatives and cross-domain collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required or equivalent
• 8+ years of security administration and engineering experience
• Experience in cloud, network, web, and application security engineering
• Ability to guide architecture, policy, and incident response across domains

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier-3 engineering support for daily security operations
• Collaborate on vulnerability remediation and security standards
• Install, upgrade, and maintain security systems and tooling
• Support security, integrity, and availability of IT infrastructure
• Leverage DevSecOps and Azure for security automation and design

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

Network security

DevSecOps

Azure

SIEM

IAM

MFA

PAM

EDR/XDR

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

CISSP

Security+

AZ-500

PCNSE

CEH or equivalent

CCNA

CCDA

CCNP

GSEC

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft 365

Palo Alto Networks

Cisco Networking

IT governance tools

Job description

PriMed Management Consulting Services, Inc. is hiring a Security Engineer III focused on network and cloud security in a hybrid environment based in San Ramon, CA (remote is also considered). In this role, you will help shape the architecture and engineering of security capabilities, then drive implementation and ongoing monitoring to protect confidentiality, availability, reliability, and integrity across organizational systems and data.

This position sits within an IT security engineering team and provides Tier-3 support for operational security issues. The work includes collaboration on enterprise security standards, policies, and procedures, along with technical leadership across multiple security domains.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Sr. IT Security Manager to provide recommendations on products, services, protocols, and standards for security infrastructure projects.
• Apply knowledge of IT audit and control, governance, and technical writing and documentation.
• Install, upgrade, and maintain security hardware and software systems.
• Support the security, integrity, and availability of the organization’s IT infrastructure.
• Use background experience in networks and datacenter and cloud infrastructure that supports data, voice, and video.
• Collaborate with IT teams on vulnerability remediation plans and processes.
• Act as a technical and functional subject matter expert across security domains, helping raise awareness and communicate security risks to internal teams and external partners and vendors.
• Provide Tier-3 escalation engineering support to daily operational issues.
• Leverage knowledge of DevSecOps and Azure and cloud-based services for security automation, engineering, and design.

Requirements

• Strong analytical, communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability as a team player to resolve problems professionally and systematically.
• Experience in cloud and disaster recovery planning, high-availability, backup, recovery, and continuity solutions.
• Healthcare and security technology services experience is preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of security administration and engineering experience.
• Knowledge of web, mobile, network, cloud, and application security engineering architecture and operations.
• In a tiered environment, provide support, assistance, and security technical guidance to Systems and Network Engineers.

Technology Focus

• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Privileged Access Management (PAM)
• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR/XDR)
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Cloud Security: Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, SaaS Applications
• Network Security: Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, Web Security
• Incident Response and Security Operations
• Security Automation and Orchestration
• AI Security and Governance, AI Agent Risk Management
• Non-Human Identity (NHI) Security
• DevSecOps, Azure

Specializations

• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Privileged Access Management (PAM)
• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR/XDR)
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Vulnerability Management
• Security Monitoring and Threat Detection
• Cloud Security (Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, SaaS Applications)
• Network Security (Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, Web Security)
• Incident Response and Security Operations
• Security Automation and Orchestration
• AI Security and Governance
• Non-Human Identity (NHI) Security
• AI Agent Risk Management

Required Education and Certifications

• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
• Security+ (CompTIA Security+)
• AZ-500 (Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate)
• PCNSE (Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer)
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) or equivalent offensive security certification
• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
• CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate Exam)
• CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)
• GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials Certification)

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent combination of education, training and work experience).

Compensation: USD 109,000 - 144,500 per yearly.

Location: San Ramon, CA (hybrid; remote considered).