Cybersecurity Engineer (Bay Area Preferred) - Santa Clara, CA, United States
Originally posted 2 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on advancing the engineering of Microsoft Sentinel and Azure security capabilities.
About the role
This role involves providing hands-on security engineering across a complex global manufacturing environment, requiring deep expertise in Microsoft Sentinel and Azure security.
What you'll do
- Own and advance the engineering of Microsoft Sentinel and Azure security capabilities.
- Design and improve enterprise security monitoring, detection, automation, and security controls.
- Solve complex security problems spanning cloud, infrastructure, identity, networks, applications, and manufacturing environments.
- Review infrastructure and application designs, identify security risks and attack paths, and recommend practical solutions.
- Evaluate security risks associated with AI technologies, including enterprise AI adoption, applications, data exposure, integrations, and emerging AI threats.
- Serve as a security SME within CAB, reviewing significant changes and providing security recommendations and technical critique.
What you'll need
- 10+ years of relevant cybersecurity or security engineering experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience or industry certifications.
- Deep hands-on engineering experience with Microsoft Sentinel.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure security.
- Strong security engineering fundamentals across infrastructure, cloud, identity, networking, and applications.
- Experience working within the manufacturing industry or similarly complex enterprise environments.
- Understanding of AI security, including security implications involving enterprise AI, applications, data, and integrations.
- Strong scripting, automation, and security data analysis skills.
- Experience providing security architecture, design, or change-review recommendations.
Skills: Microsoft Sentinel, Azure security, cloud security, AI security, security monitoring
This role has been open 42 days — well below the 58-day median for Hardware Security Engineering roles.
Hardware Security Engineering · Hardware Security
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Open roles in category
184
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$229k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Coherent Corp | All employers we track in this specialty (184 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 184 |
| Median days open | 42 d | 58 d (−16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: Microsoft Sentinel, Azure security, cloud security, AI security, security monitoring
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 27 open roles · median 33 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 23 open roles · median 105 d
- Qualcomm · 17 open roles · median 119 d
- Arm Holdings · 13 open roles · median 99 d
- STMicroelectronics · 11 open roles · median 17 d
- AMD · 9 open roles · median 41 d
How we counted: 184 open Hardware Security Engineering (Hardware Security) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.