Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer

Wilshire Law Firm is a distinguished, award-winning legal practice with over 18 years of experience, specializing in Personal Injury, Employee Rights, and Consumer Class Action lawsuits. We are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of Excellence and Justice and are united in our commitment to achieve the best outcome for our clients.

You will work side by side on a team of dynamic, collaborative, and client-focused professionals who are committed to delivering on our founding core values: Excellence, Teamwork, and Integrity.

The Opportunity

The Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, operating, and continuously improving the firm’s security controls to protect sensitive client data, legal work product, and enterprise systems. This role operates at the intersection of security architecture, engineering, and operations, with a strong emphasis on risk reduction, regulatory compliance, incident readiness, and secure-by-design infrastructure. 

Accountable for
 

• Design and maintain security controls across network, endpoint, cloud, identity, and applications.
• Implement and manage tools such as SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewalls, MFA, PAM, DLP, and email security.
• Monitor and respond to security alerts and incidents, including post-incident analysis.
• Partner with IT and application teams to embed security into systems and deployments.
• Conduct vulnerability scanning, risk assessments, and remediation tracking.
• Enforce least-privilege access and support identity lifecycle management.
• Support compliance efforts and provide audit and client security documentation.
• Automate security operations and improve monitoring, reporting, and controls.

Qualifications
 

• 3–7+ years of hands-on cybersecurity or security engineering experience.
• Experience with enterprise security tools (SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewalls, IAM).
• Strong understanding of networking and system security (Windows/Linux).
• Experience securing cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Ability to lead or support real-world incident response efforts.
• Familiarity with scripting or automation (PowerShell, Python, or Bash).
• Experience in regulated or high-confidentiality environments.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or cloud security certs (preferred).

Compensation
 

• $130,000-$170,000 per year depending on experience

Benefits
 

• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Opportunities for growth and advancement
• Team outings and sponsored events
• Employee referral bonus programs
• Firm-paid Medical HMO with affordable upgrades
• Firm-paid Life and AD&D insurance
• Low-cost Dental and Vision plans
• 401k
• FSA (Flexible Spending Account)
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Pet Insurance 

Salary

• $130,000 - $170,000/year