Senior Engineering Technician

Job description

At the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we deliver reliable water to a region with 19 million people—and to accomplish this, we rely on a team of Talented Employees: innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators who make it all possible. This recruitment may result in an eligibility list*. We are seeking a Senior Engineering Technician (Cyber Security) to act as a technical lead for cyber security across the Operational Technology (OT) environment, ensuring the protection and resilience of critical infrastructure. This position combines hands-on network monitoring and incident response with strategic security enhancements. You’ll bring deep expertise in Industrial Control System (ICS), SCADA networking and security, along with strong experience configuring switches, routers, and firewalls (including EIGRP and BGP routing). Partnering with IT Security and key stakeholders, you’ll drive the design, evolution, and modernization of Metropolitan’s SCADA communications infrastructure. What You’ll Do: Monitor and defend the SCADA environments by identifying threats, investigating alerts and leading timely incident responses. Enhance the overall security architecture an...