Cybersecurity Senior Advisor - Grid Security

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Date: May 8, 2026

Location: Rosemead, CA, US, 91770-3714

Company: Southern California Edison

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Cybersecurity Senior Advisor - Grid Security at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll lead and enhance our security posture across the SCE enterprise with a primary emphasis on grid modernization and OT/ICS cybersecurity. The candidate should have experience in several of the following areas: operational technology (OT), application security, identity security, data security, and general cybersecurity architecture practices. This role requires a strategic thinker who can align security initiatives with business objectives and provide expert guidance on emerging threats and risk mitigation strategies.

As a Cybersecurity Senior Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

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 successfully 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 and suspicious activity based on security data analysis, review of the current threat landscape, and assessment of security tickets.
Works with the infrastructure team and security architect to analyze security threats and recommend technical infrastructure and architecture 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 and stakeholders to understand and map out business priorities and how security engagement can be effectively managed to deliver secure design solutions.
A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

Ten or more years of experience in information technology, information security and/or cybersecurity. US Citizenship Required.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline.
Experience partnering with engineering/operations stakeholders to translate security requirements into deployable, supportable designs in OT/ICS environments.
Experience designing controls and security patterns for IT/OT mixed‑trust environments.
One or more certifications such as GICSP, GRID, CISSP, CISSA, CISM (or related).
Ability to act independently, determine methods/procedures on new assignments, and drive outcomes through consultation and stakeholder alignment.
Experience with integrating leading OT/ICS cybersecurity standards (e.g., NIST 800-82, IEC 62443) into company cybersecurity standards.
Strong communication skills to present complex security issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences (including executives).

Additional Information

This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days.  Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California.  Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
The primary work location for this position is Rosemead, CA.
Position will require up to 10% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
Relocation may apply to this position.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.

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