Security Operations Engineer I

Impulse Space•Redondo Beach, CA

10d•$125,000 - $155,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Security Operations Engineer at Impulse, you will support the day-to-day operation, monitoring, and improvement of the organization’s security tooling and detection capabilities. This role will work closely with the cybersecurity engineering team and the security operations center to help maintain visibility across endpoint, cloud, identity, and network environments. This is an ideal opportunity for an early-career security professional looking to grow hands-on experience with modern security operations, SIEM technologies, endpoint detection and response (EDR), cloud security tools, and incident investigation workflows. The Security Operations Engineer will assist with alert triage, log onboarding, security monitoring, detection tuning, and validation of security controls across enterprise systems.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in cybersecurity, SOC operations, or security engineering
Familiarity with SIEM and endpoint security tools
Basic understanding of: Security monitoring and incident response, endpoint detection and response (EDR), cloud and identity security concepts, log analysis and alert triage
Experience working with or exposure to tools such as: Microsoft Defender, Elastic, Splunk, or Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Cortex XDR, or similar EDR platforms, Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced operational environment

Nice To Haves

5+ years' experience in cybersecurity
CompTIA Security+, CySA+, or equivalent certifications
Exposure to cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS
Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework
Basic scripting or automation experience (PowerShell, Python, KQL)
Experience supporting compliance or regulated environments

Responsibilities

Monitor and investigate alerts from SIEM, EDR, identity, cloud, and network security platforms
Triage and escalate suspected security incidents to SOC teams and senior security staff
Correlate logs and telemetry across multiple security tools to support investigations
Analyze alerts to distinguish false positives from legitimate threats
Support administration and daily operations of security tools, including Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Splunk, Elastic, and Wiz
Assist with identity and access security, firewall, and network security platform management
Onboard, validate, and maintain log sources within the SIEM environment
Ensure comprehensive logging coverage and visibility across enterprise systems
Collaborate with cybersecurity engineering and SOC teams to improve detection capabilities and alert accuracy
Tune detection rules, reduce false positives, and validate security controls across endpoints, cloud, and identity platforms
Support vulnerability remediation, security hardening, incident response, and post-incident reviews
Partner with IT, compliance, and engineering teams while continuously developing expertise in cloud security, endpoint security, SIEM operations, and threat detection