Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Shift

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer – Full‑Time – Shift

Join Kern Medical as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer. Kern Medical is an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, serving 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients annually.

• Position: Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
• Employment Type: Full‑time
• Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior level
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
• Location / Shift: (not specified) – shift work

Estimated hourly pay: $48.97 to $60.23 (includes 6% premium). Additional compensation may include differentials, incentives, bonuses and participation in the Kern County Employees’ Retirement Plan.

• New Hire Premium: 6% of base rate matched up to 6% if contributed to Deferred Compensation Plan.
• Comprehensive benefits package – holidays, PTO, retirement, medical, dental, vision, life insurance.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy aligned with business goals and industry best practices.
• Ensure the serviceability and integrity of the Security Operations Center (SOC) equipment and tools.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on SIEM, SOAR, EDR, IAM, PAM, IDS/IPS, WAF, DLP, email security, and other security systems; provide technical leadership and toolset enhancements.
• Lead and participate with cybersecurity analysts in SOC day‑to‑day operations.
• Perform threat hunting, analyze threat intelligence, evaluate indicators of compromise and coordinate incident escalation.
• Evaluate vendor solutions, recommend and lead projects for deployment or enhancement of security systems.
• Participate in incident response team executing the Incident Response Plan and playbooks.
• Review cybersecurity requests, approve or escalated in accordance with normal operational security processes.
• Support SOC efforts in digital forensics and eDiscovery.
• Liaise with other departments on operational security matters.
• Maintain documentation on tools, processes, procedures and playbooks.
• Other job duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Systems or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of professional IT experience, including 3 years in cybersecurity.
• Knowledge of IAM and PAM.
• CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, SSCP or equivalent certifications.
• Familiarity with HIPAA, HITECH, SOX and other security compliance requirements.
• Previous experience in an acute healthcare organization.

• Understanding of NIST 800‑53 framework and controls.
• Experience installing and supporting Microsoft Windows services and platforms.
• Proficiency in Power Shell and scripting languages.
• Implementation of enterprise security best practices (encryption, MFA, auditing and forensics, data retention).
• Network protocols, routing, switching, LAN/WAN, remote access, encryption protocols.
• Troubleshooting firewall/IDS/IPS, DNS security, WAF.
• Experience with Office
  365, Azure, Microsoft Cloud App Security.
• Knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, DLP and web filtering.
• Leadership and team‑building skills.

• Professional written and oral communication.
• Analytical problem solving under pressure.
• Customer‑service orientation and responsiveness.
• Document creation and maintenance.

Applicants may be required to pass an extensive background investigation and fingerprinting. Disqualification for felony, misdemeanor, or traffic offenses will be assessed on a case‑by‑case basis.

All Kern Medical employees are designated “Disaster Service Workers” and must remain at work or report for work as soon as practicable following an emergency.

Position may require a current valid California driver’s license and compliance with the Kern County Hospital Authority Vehicle Use and Driving Standard Policy.

Kern Medical is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.