Senior Engineering Technician

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California•Los Angeles, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

At the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we deliver reliable water to a region with 19 million people—and to accomplish this, we rely on a team of Talented Employees: innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators who make it all possible. This recruitment may result in an eligibility list. We are seeking a Senior Engineering Technician (Cyber Security) to act as a technical lead for cyber security across the Operational Technology (OT) environment, ensuring the protection and resilience of critical infrastructure. This position combines hands-on network monitoring and incident response with strategic security enhancements. You’ll bring deep expertise in Industrial Control System (ICS), SCADA networking and security, along with strong experience configuring switches, routers, and firewalls (including EIGRP and BGP routing). Partnering with IT Security and key stakeholders, you’ll drive the design, evolution, and modernization of Metropolitan’s SCADA communications infrastructure.

Requirements

High school diploma or high school equivalency certificate (HSEC), and two years of accredited college or university in engineering.
Eight years of relevant experience, two years of which must have been at the Engineering Technician III level.
Relevant/Related Experience is defined as: Work experience in a combination of configuring network equipment and cybersecure environments.
Valid California Class C Driver’s License or equivalent that allows you to drive during your employment is required at time of application.

Nice To Haves

Deep expertise in Industrial Control System (ICS), SCADA networking and security
Strong experience configuring switches, routers, and firewalls (including EIGRP and BGP routing)

Responsibilities

Monitor and defend the SCADA environments by identifying threats, investigating alerts and leading timely incident responses.
Enhance the overall security architecture and controls through firewall administration, security validation, and implementation of OT Cybersecurity best practices.
Communicate and collaborate with the team to resolve security issues, enhance security management and implementing the security playbook.
Contribute to and develop the security playbook and documentation to strengthen compliance, response readiness and operational consistency across the team.
Proactively identify vulnerabilities by testing existing and new tools, evaluating vendors, correlating events and driving continuous security improvements through the security plan.
Partner with IT Security and consultants to perform security audits and investigations, identify, resolve and document security weaknesses.
Develop and maintain technical standards, documentation, and procedures while mentoring junior staff and promoting operational excellence in OT Cybersecurity.

Benefits

Competitive compensation
Excellent medical, dental, life, vision plans.
Deferred compensation in the form of a 401(k) plan (with matching contribution) and a 457 plan.
Retirement benefits under the California Public Employees' Retirement System
Tuition reimbursement
Training and advancement opportunities
Excellent working environment
Public transportation reimbursements
Hub of public transportation: rail, subway, buses, and taxis
On-site fitness center