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Security Engineer jobs in Sacramento, CA
Security engineers protect systems and data by finding vulnerabilities, building defenses, and responding to incidents. The work spans application security, infrastructure hardening, and threat detection.
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industrial power solutions for essential infrastructure nationwide. Headquartered in Sacramento, CA, our teams collaborate closely across engineering, manufacturing, and operations to build reliable, high‑quality systems…
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About Us:BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commerci…
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world’s top design firms while building our clean energy future.Your OpportunityWe are currently engaged as the Owner’s Consulting Engineer in several hydro projects that include complex scopes ranging from refurbishment…
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clients and the communities they serve.Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.Your OpportunityThe role of a civil engineer is to work on smaller projects, and/or as a team member of a larger project un…
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firms while building our clean energy future.Your OpportunityOur US work group has an opportunity for a Senior Transmission Line Engineer; this individual will sit in any of Stantec’s US offices. Project requirements wil…
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Stantec's Water practice is seeking a highly motivated Geotechnical Engineer to join our successful water team in our Sacramento, California... ...clients and the public by following company health, safety and security g…
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top design firms while building our clean energy future.Your OpportunityStantec is seeking Intermediate and Senior Civil/Structural Engineers to support our Substation Physical Electrical Teams. This position is ideal fo…
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lead, and do the most consequential work of their careers.Your OpportunityStantec is seeking an accomplished US Transmission Line Engineering Manager to lead and advance our transmission line engineering and design pract…
and delivered as global energy demands grow. From massive data centers to modernizing transmission systems, our industry-recognized engineers and scientists have been at the forefront of grid transformation for more than…
solutions. We invite you to build your Water career at HDR. Our global team is looking for success-oriented Hydraulic Structures Engineers to work in a number of locations on a wide variety of projects in the Dams, Levee…
Title: Senior Cloud Security Engineer Location: Sacramento, CA Duration: Long Term Contract Job Requirement: ForgeRock/Ping Identity(Access Management) AWS cloud security. Google Chronicle. security role metrics tied to…
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What security engineers earn in Sacramento
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $41–$57 | $86k–$119k |
| Mid level | $57–$80 | $119k–$167k |
| Senior | $78–$109 | $162k–$227k |
Adjusted for the Sacramento market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Threat modelingOWASP and web app securityNetwork and cloud securityIncident responseScripting (Python, Bash)SIEM and detection toolingIdentity and access managementVulnerability managementExplaining risk to non-experts
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Walk me through how you would threat model a new feature.
Use a structure — assets, entry points, attacker goals — and show that you rank risks rather than listing everything. STRIDE is a fine scaffold if you actually apply it.
You find a critical vulnerability in production. What are your next steps?
Verify, assess exposure, contain, and coordinate disclosure and fix — with communication throughout. Panic-free process is the whole answer.
Explain a recent vulnerability class or breach and what you took from it.
Staying current is part of the job. Pick something real, explain the root cause simply, and connect it to a defense you would build.
How do you get developers to fix security issues they see as low priority?
Show empathy for delivery pressure: translate risk into business impact, make fixes easy, and build guardrails so the secure path is the default.
How would you secure a cloud environment from scratch?
Cover identity first, then network segmentation, logging, encryption, and automated policy checks. Saying 'IAM is where most cloud breaches start' shows you know the terrain.
What is the difference between authentication and authorization, and where do systems commonly get it wrong?
Define both crisply, then give a real failure mode like broken object-level authorization. The follow-through example is what distinguishes the answer.
Tell me about a security control you built or improved.
Describe the risk it addressed and evidence it worked — findings reduced, detection time improved. Controls without measurement are just hopes.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For security engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Lead with concrete defensive wins: vulnerabilities remediated, detection coverage added, incident response times improved.
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List relevant certifications (Security+, OSCP, CISSP) prominently; this field still screens on them.
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Name the domains you cover — appsec, cloud security, detection — since 'security' alone is too broad to place you.
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Mention responsible disclosures, CTF results, or published research if you have them; they are strong credibility signals.
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Show you can work with engineers, not just audit them — secure code reviews, training, or paved-road tooling you built.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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Security Analyst
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Security Engineer
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Senior Security Engineer
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Security Architect
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CISO
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