Senior Security Engineer

Since 1973, East West Bank has served as a pathway to success. With over 110 locations across the U.S. and Asia, we are the premier financial bridge between the East and West. Our teams of experienced, multi-cultural professionals help guide businesses and community members on both sides of the Pacific looking to explore new markets and create new opportunities, and our sustained growth and expertise in industries like real estate, entertainment and media, private equity and venture capital, and high-tech help build sustainable businesses and expand our associates’ potential for career advancement. 

Headquartered in California, East West Bank (Nasdaq: EWBC) is a top-performing commercial bank with a strong foundation, an enterprising spirit and a commitment to absolute integrity. East West Bank gives people the confidence to reach further.

The Senior Security Engineer will participate in establishing and maintaining a corporate wide information security management program to ensure that information assets are adequately protected. As an East West Bank employee, the information security engineer will be part of a growing and stable organization that provides career path development opportunities while serving a growing and profitable market.  The SIEM Security Engineer is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) infrastructure. This role ensures that organization’s logging, monitoring, and alerting capabilities are robust and compliant. The position plays a critical role in supporting incident detection, response, and forensic investigations while collaborating across IT, compliance, and business units.

• SIEM Infrastructure & Operations
  • Engineer, build, and maintain logging infrastructure to support SIEM and Security Operations teams.
  • Monitor and manage SIEM performance, ensuring optimal data ingestion, correlation, and alerting.
  • Tune and configure SIEM rules to reduce noise and improve detection accuracy.
• Security Monitoring & Incident Response
  • Investigate security incidents and lead response efforts as applicable
  • Monitor and analyze security logs and events from diverse sources (cloud network, endpoint)
  • Create technically detailed reports on SIEM Status, metrics, and incident trends.
• Compliance & Governance
  • Ensure SIEM logging standards meet regulatory and internal compliance requirements.
  • Collaborate with IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams to define log retention, access controls, and masking/encryption policies.
• Collaboration & Enablement
  • Work with application developers and system owners to ensure proper log generation and forwarding
  • Assist customers and internal teams in optimizing SIEM capabilities and workflows
  • May perform other duties as assigned

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, with a focus on SIEM platforms
• Experience with IDS/IPS/SIEM and related security tools and technologies such as Splunk, Splunk ES, DLP.
• Strong understanding of intrusion detection/prevention systems, firewalls, and endpoint protection.
• Experience with scription and automation to optimize SIEM workflows
• Familiarity with data classification, DLP, and governance solutions.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, or GIAC are preferred.
• Knowledge of network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls and associated network protocols and concepts.
• Ability to interact with personnel at all levels and across all business units / organizations, and to understand business imperatives.

Additional Qualifications

• Proven trustworthiness and history of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating well.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Highly organized and efficient.

Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the United States.  We do not offer visa sponsorship at this time.