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Cyber Risk Defense Consultant III

Primary Location Corona, California Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $120700 - $156200 / year
Job Number 1394378 Date posted 11/19/2025
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Looking for the future of health care cyber security? You’ll find it at the Kaiser Permanente Cyber Risk Defense Center (CRDC). We provide around-the-clock monitoring, intelligence, and incident response that help identify potential threats, assess the risk, and continually evolve our detection and response capabilities. Our goal is simple – to keep Kaiser Permanente’s operations running while protecting the information of our members, care teams, brokers, and employees. Our security teams provide continuous monitoring, threat intelligence, and incident response to identify potential threats, assess the risk, and continually evolve detection and response capabilities. We work closely with organizations and business partners throughout Kaiser Permanente, as well as external vendors and alliance business partners, to drive security innovation that enables health care delivery for the next generation.
Members of the Kaiser Permanente Cyber team work closely with engineers, developers, and leadership to operate and improve our cyber capabilities. We highly value collaboration and work to deliver cyber security best practices, operational capabilities, all in a cross functional, agile environment. Join us for the opportunity to define what cyber security looks like in digital health and make an impact along the way.

  • Job Type:Standard
  • Job Level:Individual Contributor
  • Travel:No

Success Profile

These are the traits of the most successful members of our cyber team.

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  • Detail-oriented
  • Proactive
  • Positive
  • Diplomatic
  • Skilled Communicator

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Our compensation and benefits are designed to help you and your family stay healthy and thrive in and beyond work.

Our Culture

The Kaiser Permanente Cyber experience is people-centric. Our cyber team secures and defends a digital ecosystem that delivers care to more than 12 million members and their families. We keep our operations running while protecting the information of our members, care teams, brokers, and employees. Cyber team members are agile, have a sharp attention to detail, and apply creative, out-of-the-box thinking.

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Cecily

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I am proud to have served my country and working at Kaiser Permanente allows me to feel like I am continuing a commitment to service. It feels great to work for a company that values my military experience and to be able to work with many other veterans.

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Nabeel

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Threat Detection Operations

As a cyber security professional, working for one of America’s most innovative and integrated health care providers, my team is the first line of defense against an ever-changing threat landscape. Using a multitude of sources for threat intelligence and counter measures, we protect our members’ information. Being a part of a cohesive and collaborative team is the best part of my job.

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My team gets the unique opportunity to learn and use a variety of best-in-class security tools. We use endpoint detection, data loss prevention, automation and orchestration, advanced analytics, and many other cutting-edge tools, giving our team members the experiences they need to defend against emerging threats.

Mark

Mark

Sr. Director IT Business Operations

Our mission to protect and enable Kaiser Permanente's ability to operate and deliver patient care makes me proud of the work we do. We work with some of the most talented individuals in the industry and our programs are cutting edge. Whether you’re just starting out, or you’re a seasoned professional, KP has a place for you to put your skills to the test and learn with best.

Alex

Alex

Principal, Security Analytics

Working at Kaiser Permanente has taken my career and my personal life to a new level. I’m able to collaborate with engaged and knowledgeable professionals across the country. Best of all, I have the flexibility to work from home and telecommute. Cyber security at Kaiser is top notch! We have cutting edge analytics, great tools and a fantastic team. At Kaiser Permanente, I have a chance to contribute to multiple areas in cyber and have a large impact. We are constantly improving our detections, policy, and process.

Steve

Steve

Executive Director and Deputy Chief Information Security Officer

Every day, our security professionals are making an impact by protecting Kaiser Permanente from cyber threats. We operate across multiple disciplines including threat detection, cyber threat intelligence, emergency response, vulnerability management, and many more, giving cyber professionals from all walks of life a home for their skills and passion.

Cyber Risk Defense Consultant III

Primary Location Corona, California Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $120700 - $156200 / year
Job Number 1394378 Date Posted 11/19/2025
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Description:
Job Summary:
  • Provides proactive monitoring and/or response to known or emerging threats against the KP network.
  • Effectively communicates investigative findings to non-technical audiences.
  • Participates in regular operations meeting with Cyber Risk Defense Center (CRDC) teams.
  • Identifies opportunities for cyber security improvements within assigned cyber defense domain.
  • Works with the CRDC Policy Engineers and Remediation teams to contain identified issues and determine the best approach for improving security posture.
  • Participates in follow-up remediation design and review.
  • Conducts investigation and triage of security events within assigned domain.
  • Performs data analysis in support of security event management processes, including root cause analysis

This individual contributor is primarily responsible for supporting the protection and maintenance of integrity and reliability of the security of data, systems and networks, while resolving problems with tools, systems and procedures.


Essential Responsibilities:
  • Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date knowledge in subject area to meet deadlines; following procedures and policies, and applying data and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating with others, often cross-functionally, to solve business problems; supporting the completion of priorities, deadlines, and expectations; communicating progress and information; identifying and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities when possible; and escalating issues or risks as appropriate.
  • Pursues self-development and effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and customers; listening, responding to, and seeking performance feedback; acknowledging strengths and weaknesses; assessing and responding to the needs of others; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
  • Provides proactive monitoring and/or response to known or emerging threats against the KP network.
  • Effectively communicates investigative findings to non-technical audiences.
  • Participates in regular operations meeting with Cyber Risk Defense Center (CRDC) teams.
  • Identifies opportunities for cyber security improvements within assigned cyber defense domain.
  • Works with the CRDC Policy Engineers and Remediation teams to contain identified issues and determine the best approach for improving security posture.
  • Participates in follow-up remediation design and review.
  • Conducts investigation and triage of security events within assigned domain.
  • Performs data analysis in support of security event management processes, including root cause analysis.
  • Provides on-call duties and after hours support of incident management as required.
  • Supports incident response plans which may include after-hours support and coordination among responsible teams.
  • Assists in the execution of incident handling processes which may include containment, protection, and remediation activities.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Social Science, Mathematics, or related field and Minimum three (3) years experience in IT or a related field, including Minimum one (1) year in information security or network engineering. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Additional Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Two (2) years experience working on project or technical teams.
  • One (1) year work experience requiring the development of technical documents or presentations.
  • One (1) year experience in data analytics.
  • One (1) year in the operation of data protection and/or DLP solutions.
  • One (1) year in the operation of SIEM solutions.
  • One (1) year experience in cyber security threat and/or vulnerability research.
  • One (1) year experience in cyber security vulnerability or threat investigation.
Primary Location: California,Corona,Corona Data Center Admin
Additional Locations:
  • Pleasanton
  • Lake Oswego
  • Greenwood Village
  • Atlanta
  • Hyattsville
  • Renton
  • Honolulu
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Flexible Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-IT-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: KPIT ADMIN - TRO CRDC - 9601 Pay Range: $120700 - $156200 / year Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
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