Cybersecurity Specialist

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Date: Jun 11, 2026

Location: Rosemead, CA, US, 91770-3714

Company: Southern California Edison

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

 

Become a Cybersecurity Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll play a key role in advancing application and product security across the enterprise by embedding security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC). You will partner closely with engineering, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to design, implement, and scale secure-by-design practices that protect critical systems and data.

 

In this role, you will:

  • Integrate security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) by working directly with development teams to implement secure coding practices, threat modeling, and security design reviews.
  • Support the development and maturation of DevSecOps capabilities, including automation of security testing within CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning).
  • Perform application and product security assessments, including code reviews, architecture analysis, and vulnerability identification across custom and third-party solutions.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain application security standards, patterns, and guardrails to ensure consistent and scalable security practices.
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of secure cloud-native architectures, including containerized and microservices-based applications.
  • Collaborate with cybersecurity architecture and engineering teams to align application security practices with enterprise security strategy.
  • Monitor emerging application security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices, incorporating this knowledge into improved defensive capabilities.

 

As a Cybersecurity Specialist, 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

  • Investigates and responds to security alerts including on-call rotation.
  • Supports the development, design, logistics, and facilitation of internal and external cybersecurity exercises. Steers the analysis of network traffic and system data to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to resources.
  • Delivers cyber incident triage including identifying the specific vulnerability and making recommendations which enable expeditious remediation.
  • Conducts vulnerability research activities, gathers information on new and emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Reports on and suggests solutions for damage to the data and infrastructure as a result of cyber incidents. Supports the strategic development of Cyber Security Programs ensuring alignment with the cyber security strategy and develops and improves cyber security procedures owned by the team.
  • Manages cyber incident trend analysis and reporting.
  • Creates and maintains high quality documentation related to IT processes including flow charts and data flow diagrams.
  • Maintains the cybersecurity post-incident after action tracking process.
  • 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

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

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience implementing application security practices within the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including secure coding, threat modeling, and security design reviews.
  • Hands-on experience with DevOps tooling and CI/CD pipeline integration
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and associated security best practices.

 

 

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.
  • Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
  • 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.
  • 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 does not 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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