Cybersecurity Engineer

Redwood Credit Union is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for establishing and implementing security policies, practices, technologies and tools to protect Redwood Credit Union’s critical information resources across cloud, network, and application & infrastructure security, with a focus on Identity & Access management, Incident Response and Security Engineering. Collaborate with architects, engineers, developers, internal audit, lines of business, and management to ensure efficient and effective security controls are in place and maintained in a continually changing technology environment. In addition, promote information security awareness throughout the company to engage team members, with a focus on continually improving security posture by following industry best practices and meeting internal, Member, and regulatory needs.

Key Responsibilities

Security Engineering

Select, implement, and support security tools and systems for preventative, detective, and analysis purposes.

Conduct regular security assessments, red/purple team pen-tests with external vendors and with internal tooling.

Provide high-level security engineering across application security, network security, cloud security and infrastructure security domains.

Design, implement, and monitor security controls against CIS v8.1 /NIST CSF 2.0.

Develop advanced threat hunting and analytic rules, playbooks, connectors and automations. Build in advanced threat intel into detection rules and analytics.

Manage SIEM and alerting, being the last line of escalation for alerts, leading investigations alerting across all security stack products.

Review new projects and designs for appropriate security policies, procedures, and controls. Assist with the design of security environments for new and existing systems.

Respond to security incidents as a first responder, lead the resolution of security issues, and perform forensic analysis post resolution. Provide analysis and recommendations to prevent or mitigate future incidents, and work with all teams necessary to implement the recommendations.

Research new vendor offerings and industry trends and recommend new software, process, and policy solutions.

Create and maintain a security framework, security roadmap, security awareness program, security architecture design and documentation, and technical standards, policies, and guidelines related to security.

Lead the security portion of regulatory and internal audits.

Prepare and present written and verbal security reports, analysis, and summaries to the CEO, executives.

Automate routine work and alerting.

Department Development

Prepare and present recommendations and updates on projects, support, and future needs planning both in writing and verbally.

Provide mentorship to the cybersecurity team & IT staff on security related issues.

Locate and choose new learning opportunities to enhance and further knowledge of Department practices.

Draft and recommend technology plans and requirements for business needs.

Other Functions

Maintain technical proficiency on current and prospective hardware and software.

Establish and maintain relationships with key contacts in the community including volunteer centers and non-profit organizations.

Participate in community events, community volunteer boards & associations.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Join us and discover why you'll love working at Redwood Credit Union!

ABOUT REDWOOD CREDIT UNION (RCU):

At Redwood Credit Union, our mission is to passionately serve the best interests of our Members and communities. Since 1950, we have been dedicated to supporting the financial well-being of our Members through better rates, low or no fees, and best-in-class customer service. Our purpose is to inspire hope and elevate the financial well-being of our communities one person at a time, through good times and bad.

As a not-for-profit financial institution, we are committed to a people-first approach, which is reflected not only in how we serve our Members, but also in how we treat our employees. Our leadership team is deeply focused on fostering a culture of heart and empathy, integrity, passion, inclusion, meaningful relationships, excellence, and ensuring financial well-being for all.

Why work for Redwood Credit Union?

21st largest credit union in the U.S. and the largest financial institution based in the North Bay

Recognized by Newsweek as one of "America's Best Credit Unions 2026"

Awarded a 5-Star Bauer Rating

Recognized by Newsweek as one of "America's Greatest Midsize Workplaces 2026"

Top Corporate Philanthropists (#24) - San Francisco Business Times

Voted Best Places to Work in the North Bay 21 years in a row

World-class Employee Engagement scores

Rated Superior in Service by more than 90% of Members, surveyed by SF Gate

Industry leading Net Promoter Scores across the U.S.