Senior Cybersecurity Advisor — Hybrid with Remote Options

SCE; Rosemead (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Cybersecurity Senior Advisor to lead hands-on risk assessments across IT/OT environments and translate findings into actionable risk treatment plans. You will partner with infrastructure teams on threat modeling, validate controls, and drive secure-by-default baselines across on-prem and cloud platforms.

Role involves coordinating with IT, Quality, and vendors to deliver complex security initiatives, maintain posture, and ensure regulatory

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in information technology, information security and/or cybersecurity.
• Familiarity with security frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF / NIST 800-53, ISO 27001) and translating requirements into implementable controls and evidence.
• Hands-on security assessment experience across enterprise environments (on-prem + cloud) including control validation, configuration review, penetration testing, code review, and/or vulnerability triage.
• CISSP, GSEC, GICSP, or other related security certifications
• Strong OS and network fundamentals (Windows/Linux internals, TCP/IP, DNS, PKI/TLS) applied to troubleshooting and security analysis.
• Operational Technology exposure (industrial networks, Purdue model concepts, segmentation, asset inventory constraints) or clear willingness to learn OT.

Responsibilities

• Leads cyber security project delivery by ensuring the cyber security team delivers on success criteria, addresses project issues and risks, and builds commitment with delivery team and internal or external partners.
• Designs, implements and maintains a secure posture and baseline across all components of the organization on-premises and cloud IT environments, employing recognized security engineering practices and supporting secure build processes.
• Develops, maintains, and delivers secure system profiles, and maintains an overall view of compliance.
• Collaborates with the IT and Quality teams to assess, remediate, and prevent information technology risks.
• Drives system auditing, vulnerability risk assessments, assured file transfers, hardware and software configuration management, data integrity containments and investigations on internal affairs related security violations and incidents.
• Ensures that new and existing security applications and systems are integrated during implementations, updates, and patching to maintain or increase our ability to detect and prevent security exploits.
• Collaborates with external managed security solution provider and analysts to enhance security solutions to reduce malicious activity based on security data analysis.
• Works with the infrastructure team and security architect to analyze security threats and recommend changes to address gaps and reduce risk.
• Shapes procedures and methods for auditing and addressing risk and non-compliance to information security standards.
• Fosters strong relationships with senior leaders to map out business priorities and how security engagement can deliver secure design solutions.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Environmental or Physical Sciences, Business or related discipline

Job description

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Cybersecurity Senior Advisor to lead hands-on risk assessments across IT/OT environments and translate findings into actionable risk treatment plans. You will partner with infrastructure teams on threat modeling, validate controls, and drive secure-by-default baselines across on-prem and cloud platforms.

Role involves coordinating with IT, Quality, and vendors to deliver complex security initiatives, maintain posture, and ensure regulatory