Senior Information Security Analyst (Cyber Security)

Company Overview

PCB Bank is a California State-chartered bank dedicated to being the premier community bank in Southern California. Founded in 2003, we focus on helping our customers achieve financial success and fostering long-term economic growth through personalized service and quality financial solutions.

Position Summary:

The Senior Information Security Analyst is a highly technical security operations professional responsible for monitoring, investigating, and responding to security events across the enterprise environment.

This role requires deep hands‑on expertise with security tools, strong analytical skills, and the ability to take decisive follow-up actions to safeguard the organization’s systems, data, and infrastructure.

The analyst will play a critical role in daily operational defense activities, incident response, and continuous improvement of the security posture.

Key Responsibilities:

Security Monitoring & Incident Response

• Monitor security alerts and events across SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, email security, and other security platforms.
• Analyze and triage security incidents, determining scope, impact, and remediation steps.
• Lead technical investigations, including root cause analysis, log review, endpoint forensics, and network traffic analysis.
• Execute and document follow‑up actions for all incidents in accordance with established procedures.
• Escalate high‑severity threats or complex incidents to ISO, IT Managers, and CIO, as appropriate, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams.

Security Operations & Tooling

• Perform daily operational tasks, including alert tuning, threat hunting, and vulnerability follow‑up.
• Develop automation and integrations to improve security workflows and incident response efficiency.
• Maintain, configure, and optimize security tools such as:
• SIEM platforms
• Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) tools
• Email security gateways
• Vulnerability scanners
• Privileged Access Management (PAM) tools
• ManageEngine products

Threat Detection & Continuous Improvement

• Review and enhance detection rules, use cases, and correlation logic within SIEM and other analytics platforms.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting based on emerging tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Contribute to the development and refinement of security playbooks, procedures, and documentation.

Governance, Reporting, & Collaboration

• Prepare incident reports and metrics for leadership.
• Support compliance, risk assessments, and audit requests as needed.
• Collaborate with IT infrastructure teams to implement hardening standards and security controls.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior analysts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in information security, Computer Science, or related field—or equivalent experience.
• 5–7+ years of hands‑on experience in information security operations or incident response.
• Strong technical proficiency in:
• SIEM administration and log analysis
• Endpoint protection and EDR tools
• Network security monitoring
• Windows, Linux, and cloud (Azure/AWS) environments
• Demonstrated experience with ManageEngine tools
• Solid understanding of security frameworks and concepts (MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, CIS Controls).
• Ability to analyze complex security events and communicate technical findings clearly.

Additional Information:

Must be: a US Citizen or Permanent Resident.

Chosen candidates will have to pass a credit check and background investigation.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Pay: $80,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person