Join the Clean Energy Revolution Become a Cybersecurity, Associate Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll reside in the Cybersecurity and Information Technology (IT) Compliance division within Southern California Edison (SCE). The successful candidate will analyze and assess new technologies, vendors, and hardware to determine the cybersecurity risk and work to mitigate that risk through the implementation of cyber policies, tools, and/or design modifications. You will utilize cutting edge cyber technology in making secure design recommendations and identifying threats, and vulnerabilities with technology implementations, and current production systems. Your position will require collaboration with other cybersecurity teams such as cyber incident response, tools and technologies, and engineering to help make risk-based decisions to mitigate cybersecurity risk across SCE. You will collaborate with other team members on current vulnerabilities, and threat actor's tactics, techniques, and procedures. Your contributions will directly protect critical infrastructure and the strategy to protect it. As a Cybersecurity, Associate 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? A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright! * Conduct cybersecurity risk assessments on vendors to identify security deficiencies of the vendors security posture, utilizing passive traffic analysis techniques with commercially available technology and open-source tools. * Utilize Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) platforms and threat intelligence software to understand potential threat of breach to vendor and historical security incidents to communicate basic recommendations of compensating controls. * Conduct penetration testing and vulnerability management on vendor's software and hardware by configuring commercially available and open-source vulnerability scanning technology to identify insecure configuration settings and software vulnerabilities to recommend the most efficient implementation techniques and tools for solutions to address system deficiencies. * Review Third Party Audit Documentation, Penetration Testing Reports, and Security Certifications for Equipment and Secure Code Design to understand and communicate potential risk to the organization. * Determine deviations from standards, policies, or contractual terms and conditions. * Apply industry best practice methodology to determine the impact of a realized incident to the organizations data/infrastructure of the identified vulnerabilities and develops and/or recommends appropriate mitigation countermeasures to remediate or mitigate risk to the organization. * Conduct cybersecurity risk assessments on Cybersecurity Exception requests which deviate from Cybersecurity Policy, Standards, or Contractual Terms and Conditions by utilizing the appropriate commercially available or open source technology for information gathering purposes to apply industry best practice methodology to determine the impact of a realized incident to the organizations data/infrastructure of the identified vulnerabilities and develops and/or recommends appropriate mitigation countermeasures to remediate or mitigate risk to the organization. The essentials * Associate's Degree or higher * 0-3 years of Cybersecurity experience The preferred * Associate's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Network Administration, or related discipline * Knowledge or experience with CEH, Comptia Sec , GSEC, CISSP You should know * 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 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! * Position will require up to 25% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory. * 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. At SCE, we celebrate our differences. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status. 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