Senior Security Engineer

East West Bank•El Monte, CA

11d•$130,000 - $165,000

About The Position

The Senior Security Engineer will participate in establishing and maintaining a corporate wide information security management program to ensure that information assets are adequately protected. As an East West Bank employee, the information security engineer will be part of a growing and stable organization that provides career path development opportunities while serving a growing and profitable market. The SIEM Security Engineer is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) infrastructure. This role ensures that organization’s logging, monitoring, and alerting capabilities are robust and compliant. The position plays a critical role in supporting incident detection, response, and forensic investigations while collaborating across IT, compliance, and business units.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in security engineering, with a focus on SIEM platforms
Experience with IDS/IPS/SIEM and related security tools and technologies such as Splunk, Splunk ES, DLP.
Strong understanding of intrusion detection/prevention systems, firewalls, and endpoint protection.
Experience with scription and automation to optimize SIEM workflows
Familiarity with data classification, DLP, and governance solutions.
Knowledge of network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls and associated network protocols and concepts.
Ability to interact with personnel at all levels and across all business units / organizations, and to understand business imperatives.
Proven trustworthiness and history of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating well.
Analytical and problem-solving mindset.
Highly organized and efficient.
Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, or GIAC are preferred.

Responsibilities

SIEM Infrastructure & Operations Engineer, build, and maintain logging infrastructure to support SIEM and Security Operations teams.
Monitor and manage SIEM performance, ensuring optimal data ingestion, correlation, and alerting.
Tune and configure SIEM rules to reduce noise and improve detection accuracy.
Investigate security incidents and lead response efforts as applicable
Monitor and analyze security logs and events from diverse sources (cloud network, endpoint)
Create technically detailed reports on SIEM Status, metrics, and incident trends.
Ensure SIEM logging standards meet regulatory and internal compliance requirements.
Collaborate with IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams to define log retention, access controls, and masking/encryption policies.
Work with application developers and system owners to ensure proper log generation and forwarding
Assist customers and internal teams in optimizing SIEM capabilities and workflows
May perform other duties as assigned