Security Operations Engineer Jobs in New Jersey
Security Operations Engineer jobs in New Jersey are among the most actively hired in the mid-Atlantic region, concentrated in financial services, pharmaceuticals, defense contracting, and telecommunications across every level from entry-level analysts to senior architects. Newark, Jersey City, and Parsippany are the largest hiring hubs, anchored by established employers like Johnson & Johnson, Cognizant, and Verizon, all of which maintain significant security operations functions in the state. The most in-demand specialties are SIEM management, cloud security operations, and incident response. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About Us
South Jersey Industries (SJI) is an energy holding company that delivers clean energy services to 700,000+ customers and businesses throughout 14 counties in New Jersey. As part of our core values, SJI is dedicated to being a community partner and developing innovative clean energy solutions to meet the needs of the future. To do this, we depend on our workforce of over 1,100+ talented, diverse employees who help us deliver safe, reliable, affordable clean energy for a better today and tomorrow.
At SJI, we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. Whether you’re a seasoned operations technician or an early-career legal professional, our culture, inclusive workforce, and leadership development and training programs will provide you with the tools you need to either kickstart your career or bring it to new heights.
Position Summary
The Mgr., Information Security Operations (Information Technology/Operational Technology) leads daily cybersecurity operations protecting SJI’s corporate IT and OT environments that support our utility, renewable, and corporate operations. This role manages internal staff and security service providers, oversees incident response and vulnerability management, and translates security strategy and approved designs into effective operational plans, controls, and measurable results.Essential Functions:
- Leads, coaches, and develops the Information Security Operations team; assign priorities, manage performance, and establish accountability for staff and service providers.
- Oversees security monitoring, threat detection, investigations, incident response, escalation, and post-incident improvements across IT and OT environments.
- Maintains effective 24x7 monitoring and escalation coverage; ensures timely ownership, resolution, documentation, and reporting of security events.
- Directs vulnerability and exposure management activities, including security testing, third-party security reviews, risk-based remediation, exception tracking, and control validation; drives measurable process improvements and escalates material unresolved risks.
- Manages Information Security Operations capabilities, including technologies and services, ensuring clear accountability, performance measures, service expectations, and roadmaps.
- Evaluates security products and services based on protection, business value, reliability, integration, staff efficiency, and total cost.
- Develops operating procedures, incident playbooks, performance measures, and concise reporting on risks, service levels, corrective actions, and outcomes.
- Oversees cybersecurity budgets, projects, contracts, licensing, vendors, and service-level commitments; coordinates with Risk, Compliance, Audit, Legal, and other stakeholders.
- Evaluates emerging risks, including AI-enabled threats, and uses threat intelligence, automation, and AI-assisted capabilities to improve SJI’s defensive capabilities and operational effectiveness.
- Supports compliance with applicable cybersecurity regulatory requirements, including TSA Security Directives, NJ BPU requirements, and evolving requirements affecting SJI’s utility and renewable operations.
SCADA and Operational Security
- Provide operational cybersecurity leadership for SJI’s SCADA systems and utility and renewable operations.
- Partner with operations leaders, engineers, and technology teams to understand operational constraints, prioritize risk, and implement improvements without compromising safety or reliability.
- Oversee the operational effectiveness of asset visibility, network monitoring, endpoint protection, secure access, identity and privileged access, vulnerability management, and incident readiness.
- Maintain clear escalation paths, response playbooks, support expectations, and readiness exercises for cyber events affecting SCADA and other operational environments.
Capability and Service Leadership
- Define ownership, service expectations, operating procedures, performance measures, and roadmaps for Information Security Operations services.
- Evaluate security products and services based on the protection they provide, business value, reliability, usability, integration, staff efficiency, and total cost.
- Work with IT, operations, and business partners to understand priorities, plan the work, reduce unnecessary handoffs, and support safe and reliable operations.
- Use automation and AI-assisted tools where they can improve response time, consistency, and staff capacity, while maintaining appropriate review and oversight.
Governance, Financial and Partner Management
- Plan and manage operating and project budgets, forecasts, contracts, licensing, renewals, staffing, and external service requirements.
- Manage vendors and managed security providers against documented service levels, deliverables, costs, issues, and improvement plans; hold partners accountable for results.
- Lead operational security projects and ensure scope, ownership, milestones, risks, decisions, and outcomes are documented and actively managed.
- Partner with Legal, Procurement, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Human Resources, and business stakeholders on incidents, contracts, regulatory obligations, audit support, and security governance.
- Maintain policies, standards, procedures, knowledge resources, inventories, records, and operational documentation that support repeatable and auditable execution.
Required Skills:
- Experience supporting corporate IT and OT environments; utility, energy, critical infrastructure, SCADA, or industrial control system experience strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, incident response, network and identity security, cloud monitoring, and modern security operations tools (e.g., SIEM/XDR, SOAR, EDR, NDR).
- Experience managing cybersecurity budgets, projects, vendors, contracts, and service-level agreements; strong communication, judgment, collaboration, and operational leadership skills.
Qualifications
Required Background:
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or;
- Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience.
- In addition, a minimum of 3 years of leadership experience is required
- Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Explore the Possibilities
South Jersey Industries employs a diverse range of talent – from construction contractors to environmental specialists. Regardless of the position, mentoring and networking, hands-on experience, gaining industry knowledge and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our business and in our communities are all exciting ways that we welcome our employees at SJI. And as a company committed to creating an engaging culture built on inclusion and diversity, you’re sure to find an opportunity that makes you feel included, empowered, and ready to “bring your whole self to work” every day.
Benefits Package Overview
SJI offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.
The SJI “Total Rewards” Benefits Package include:
- Flexible vacation, Paid Time Off, and Sick Leave package
- Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance
- 401(k), with generous company match
- Employee Resource Groups to encourage employee engagement, nurture professional development, and foster an inclusive environment.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
At this time, SJI is only considering applicants authorized to work in the United States currently and in the future without the need for visa sponsorship.
Compensation Range:
$114,000 - 182,400We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring equitability compensation for all employees. The pay range for this position reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits, bonuses, or other forms of compensation that might be part of the total compensation package. The specific salary offered will be based on a candidate’s qualifications, education, and experience.
About Us
South Jersey Industries (SJI) is an energy holding company that delivers clean energy services to 700,000+ customers and businesses throughout 14 counties in New Jersey. As part of our core values, SJI is dedicated to being a community partner and developing innovative clean energy solutions to meet the needs of the future. To do this, we depend on our workforce of over 1,100+ talented, diverse employees who help us deliver safe, reliable, affordable clean energy for a better today and tomorrow.
At SJI, we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. Whether you’re a seasoned operations technician or an early-career legal professional, our culture, inclusive workforce, and leadership development and training programs will provide you with the tools you need to either kickstart your career or bring it to new heights.
Position Summary
The Mgr., Information Security Operations (Information Technology/Operational Technology) leads daily cybersecurity operations protecting SJI’s corporate IT and OT environments that support our utility, renewable, and corporate operations. This role manages internal staff and security service providers, oversees incident response and vulnerability management, and translates security strategy and approved designs into effective operational plans, controls, and measurable results.Essential Functions:
- Leads, coaches, and develops the Information Security Operations team; assign priorities, manage performance, and establish accountability for staff and service providers.
- Oversees security monitoring, threat detection, investigations, incident response, escalation, and post-incident improvements across IT and OT environments.
- Maintains effective 24x7 monitoring and escalation coverage; ensures timely ownership, resolution, documentation, and reporting of security events.
- Directs vulnerability and exposure management activities, including security testing, third-party security reviews, risk-based remediation, exception tracking, and control validation; drives measurable process improvements and escalates material unresolved risks.
- Manages Information Security Operations capabilities, including technologies and services, ensuring clear accountability, performance measures, service expectations, and roadmaps.
- Evaluates security products and services based on protection, business value, reliability, integration, staff efficiency, and total cost.
- Develops operating procedures, incident playbooks, performance measures, and concise reporting on risks, service levels, corrective actions, and outcomes.
- Oversees cybersecurity budgets, projects, contracts, licensing, vendors, and service-level commitments; coordinates with Risk, Compliance, Audit, Legal, and other stakeholders.
- Evaluates emerging risks, including AI-enabled threats, and uses threat intelligence, automation, and AI-assisted capabilities to improve SJI’s defensive capabilities and operational effectiveness.
- Supports compliance with applicable cybersecurity regulatory requirements, including TSA Security Directives, NJ BPU requirements, and evolving requirements affecting SJI’s utility and renewable operations.
SCADA and Operational Security
- Provide operational cybersecurity leadership for SJI’s SCADA systems and utility and renewable operations.
- Partner with operations leaders, engineers, and technology teams to understand operational constraints, prioritize risk, and implement improvements without compromising safety or reliability.
- Oversee the operational effectiveness of asset visibility, network monitoring, endpoint protection, secure access, identity and privileged access, vulnerability management, and incident readiness.
- Maintain clear escalation paths, response playbooks, support expectations, and readiness exercises for cyber events affecting SCADA and other operational environments.
Capability and Service Leadership
- Define ownership, service expectations, operating procedures, performance measures, and roadmaps for Information Security Operations services.
- Evaluate security products and services based on the protection they provide, business value, reliability, usability, integration, staff efficiency, and total cost.
- Work with IT, operations, and business partners to understand priorities, plan the work, reduce unnecessary handoffs, and support safe and reliable operations.
- Use automation and AI-assisted tools where they can improve response time, consistency, and staff capacity, while maintaining appropriate review and oversight.
Governance, Financial and Partner Management
- Plan and manage operating and project budgets, forecasts, contracts, licensing, renewals, staffing, and external service requirements.
- Manage vendors and managed security providers against documented service levels, deliverables, costs, issues, and improvement plans; hold partners accountable for results.
- Lead operational security projects and ensure scope, ownership, milestones, risks, decisions, and outcomes are documented and actively managed.
- Partner with Legal, Procurement, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Human Resources, and business stakeholders on incidents, contracts, regulatory obligations, audit support, and security governance.
- Maintain policies, standards, procedures, knowledge resources, inventories, records, and operational documentation that support repeatable and auditable execution.
Required Skills:
- Experience supporting corporate IT and OT environments; utility, energy, critical infrastructure, SCADA, or industrial control system experience strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, incident response, network and identity security, cloud monitoring, and modern security operations tools (e.g., SIEM/XDR, SOAR, EDR, NDR).
- Experience managing cybersecurity budgets, projects, vendors, contracts, and service-level agreements; strong communication, judgment, collaboration, and operational leadership skills.
Qualifications
Required Background:
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or;
- Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience.
- In addition, a minimum of 3 years of leadership experience is required
- Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Explore the Possibilities
South Jersey Industries employs a diverse range of talent – from construction contractors to environmental specialists. Regardless of the position, mentoring and networking, hands-on experience, gaining industry knowledge and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our business and in our communities are all exciting ways that we welcome our employees at SJI. And as a company committed to creating an engaging culture built on inclusion and diversity, you’re sure to find an opportunity that makes you feel included, empowered, and ready to “bring your whole self to work” every day.
Benefits Package Overview
SJI offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.
The SJI “Total Rewards” Benefits Package include:
- Flexible vacation, Paid Time Off, and Sick Leave package
- Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance
- 401(k), with generous company match
- Employee Resource Groups to encourage employee engagement, nurture professional development, and foster an inclusive environment.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
At this time, SJI is only considering applicants authorized to work in the United States currently and in the future without the need for visa sponsorship.
Compensation Range:
$114,000 - 182,400We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring equitability compensation for all employees. The pay range for this position reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits, bonuses, or other forms of compensation that might be part of the total compensation package. The specific salary offered will be based on a candidate’s qualifications, education, and experience.
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What New Jersey Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in security operations engineer jobs across New Jersey.
- Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related information technology field
- Industry certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or CEH strongly preferred by New Jersey employers
- Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar
- Demonstrated ability to detect, investigate, and respond to security incidents in enterprise environments
- Familiarity with cloud security operations across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud platforms
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell for automation and threat analysis
Security Operations Engineer Jobs in New Jersey: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a security operations engineer in New Jersey?
There is no state-issued license required to work as a security operations engineer in New Jersey. Most employers expect a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information technology, or computer science, along with recognized certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or CEH. New Jersey's dense concentration of financial, pharmaceutical, and defense employers means candidates who also demonstrate hands-on SIEM and incident response experience move through hiring processes faster than credentials alone would suggest.
How much do security operations engineers make in New Jersey?
Security operations engineers in New Jersey earn a median of about $134,820 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $86,860 for the lowest 10% to over $204,220 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire security operations engineers in New Jersey?
Employers hiring security operations engineers in New Jersey right now include Allied Universal, H&M, and L'Oréal, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. New Jersey's mix of financial services headquarters, global pharmaceutical campuses, and defense contractors creates steady, year-round demand for this role across both large enterprises and specialized government contractors.
Which New Jersey cities have the most security operations engineer jobs?
The most security operations engineer openings in New Jersey are concentrated in Secaucus, Mount Laurel, and New Jersey. Newark and Jersey City draw demand from financial institutions and major telecommunications companies headquartered there, while Parsippany and Princeton serve as anchors for pharmaceutical and life sciences security operations functions that require dedicated SOC staffing across large corporate campuses.
Are there remote security operations engineer jobs in New Jersey?
Yes, and more than most technical fields. About 100% of security operations engineer openings tied to New Jersey are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how much of the role centers on monitoring dashboards, threat analysis platforms, and ticketing systems that require no physical presence. Tier-one incident response and any work involving classified or regulated environments tends to stay on-site.
How can I get hired as a security operations engineer in New Jersey with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a junior SOC analyst role, which New Jersey financial institutions and defense contractors like Cognizant and Verizon hire regularly as a pipeline into full security operations engineer positions. Candidates coming from IT helpdesk, network administration, or systems administration roles are well positioned for lateral moves. Earning CompTIA Security+ before applying, and building a home-lab portfolio demonstrating SIEM log analysis, gives candidates a concrete edge in New Jersey interviews.
Where can I find and apply to security operations engineer jobs in New Jersey?
You can find and apply to security operations engineer jobs in New Jersey on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings in the state. Find roles that fit your experience and apply directly to the ones that match.
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