Security Operations Engineer

Edison; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Full healthcare coverage for you and 1

Parental leave and fertility support

Mental health support

401(k) company matching

Wellness and health stipends

Office lunches and team events

Job summary

Edison Scientific is hiring its founding Security Operations Engineer to build and scale a security program from the ground up. This on-site role (hybrid OK) in San Francisco offers ownership to design security across cloud, endpoints, and applications, partnering with IT leadership.

You will lead detections, incident investigations, and drive secure software practices while shaping long‑term security strategy and governance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Security Engineering, Security Operations, Incident Response, or related cybersecurity roles.
• Hands‑on AWS and GCP security experience.
• Experience with SIEM, EDR, detection engineering, and threat hunting.
• Strong knowledge of identity security, cloud IAM, and Zero Trust.
• Experience securing Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code.
• Knowledge of API Security and OWASP Top 10.
• Experience developing security metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and executive‑level reporting.
• Familiarity with SOC 2 or similar frameworks.
• Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Security Operations & Incident Response: mature security operations program.
• Design, implement, and improve SIEM/EDR and endpoint security capabilities.
• Develop, tune, and maintain detections across cloud, endpoint, identity, and SaaS.
• Lead technical incident investigations and incident response planning.
• Cloud, Identity & Infrastructure Security: secure AWS/GCP posture.
• Lead identity security across Okta, Google Workspace, cloud IAM, MFA, and SSO.
• Secure Kubernetes, Docker, and IaC environments.
• Maintain centralized security logging and telemetry.
• Application Security: drive vulnerability management with Engineering.
• Improve secure software development, API security, and application security.
• Lead security awareness, phishing simulations, tabletop exercises.

Skills

Security strategy

Incident response

Threat hunting

Cross‑functional collaboration

Executive reporting

Tools

AWS

GCP

SIEM

EDR

Okta

Google Workspace

Cloud IAM

MFA

SSO

Kubernetes

Docker

Infrastructure‑as‑Code

Job description

About us

Edison Scientific builds and deploys AI scientist agents to accelerate science and the development of new medicines. We are an ambitious team run by scientists and engineers from leading institutions across biology, physics, chemistry, and AI.

The Role

We're hiring our founding Security Operations Engineer to help build and scale our security program from the ground up. This is a hands‑on role for a builder who wants to shape security from the ground up. As our first dedicated Security Engineer, you’ll partner with the IT & Security Leader to design and scale security across cloud, identity, applications, endpoints, and incident response.

You’ll lead technical execution while collaborating on architecture, priorities, and long‑term strategy. This role offers meaningful ownership, active mentorship, and the opportunity to build a practical security program that grows with the company.

This role is on‑site (hybrid OK) at our San Francisco office in the Dogpatch neighborhood.

Responsibilities

Security Operations & Incident Response

• Partner with the IT & Security Leader to build and mature the company's security operations program.

• Design, implement, and continuously improve SIEM, EDR, and endpoint security capabilities.

• Develop, tune, and maintain detections across cloud, endpoint, identity, and SaaS platforms.

• Lead technical incident investigations while collaborating on incident response planning and post‑incident reviews.

Cloud, Identity & Infrastructure Security

• Partner on designing and continuously improving AWS and GCP security posture.

• Lead implementation of identity security across Okta, Google Workspace, cloud IAM, privileged access, MFA, and SSO.

• Secure Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code environments.

• Design and maintain centralized security logging and telemetry.

Application Security

• Lead the vulnerability management program in partnership with Engineering and IT.

• Partner with Engineering to improve secure software development, API security, and application security.

• Lead security awareness initiatives, phishing simulations, and tabletop exercises.

• Evaluate emerging AI technologies that improve security operations while supporting secure AI adoption.

Requirements

• 5+ years in Security Engineering, Security Operations, Incident Response, or related cybersecurity roles.

• Hands‑on AWS and GCP security experience.

• Experience with SIEM, EDR, detection engineering, and threat hunting.

• Strong knowledge of identity security, cloud IAM, and Zero Trust.

• Experience securing Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code.

• Knowledge of API Security and OWASP Top 10.

• Experience developing security metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and executive‑level reporting.

• Familiarity with SOC 2 or similar frameworks.

• Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration.

Bonus points for

• Experience using AI/LLMs to improve security operations, investigations, detection engineering, or automation.

• Experience designing, implementing, and tuning IDS/IPS, DLP, or related security controls.

• Experience developing and maintaining security policies, standards, runbooks, and SOPs for technical and business stakeholders.

Why join us?

We're a fast‑moving, mission‑driven culture where smart people do their best work and actually enjoy doing it. We also offer full‑time employees the following:

• Competitive salary and equity

• Full healthcare coverage; we pay 100% of premiums for you and your dependents

• Support for growing families, including a yearly new parent stipend and fertility coverage through Carrot

• Mental health support through Rula, our in‑network therapist and psychiatrist network with fast availability

• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for maternity, paternity, and adoption

• Pet care support with a yearly employer‑funded stipend for your animal companions

• Commuter benefits so you can pay for transit and parking with pre‑tax dollars

• 401(k) company matching

• $300 health and wellness benefit quarterly

• Lunch is on us every day you're in the office, and dinner is on us when you're working late

• Regular team off‑sites and company events

Edison Scientific is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.