Information Security Engineer 4 at Lam Research
Fremont, CA
$92,000–$211,000from the description
Jul 5, 2026
Fremont, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An information security engineering role focused on managing and maintaining enterprise security tools across domains such as endpoint, identity, network, and cloud. Day-to-day work involves configuring and optimizing security platforms, supporting detection and response capabilities, remediating gaps, and collaborating with teams like SOC, IT, and infrastructure. Suited to candidates with foundational security engineering experience and hands-on familiarity with security tooling and SIEM/SOAR integrations.
Mid level · 2+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 310 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 130–460
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $165,879 (middle half $117,529–$206,125). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is a hybrid (On-site Flex or Virtual Flex) at Lam Research's San Francisco Bay Area location — not fully remote.
The salary range ($92,000–$211,000/year) is explicitly stated as applicable only to California/SF Bay Area applicants; actual offers may vary.
All concrete technical skills (endpoint, identity, network, cloud security, SIEM/SOAR) appear in the 'Who we're looking for' section using soft language ('hands-on experience with one or more', 'familiarity with'), making them contextual requirements rather than hard gates on any single tool. They are marked required as a group since the section functions as the primary qualifications block, but no specific named product is mandated.
Vulnerability management and cloud platforms appear only under 'Preferred qualifications' and are marked accordingly.
The 2–4 year experience figure comes from the Preferred qualifications section; the overall years minimum is set to 2 as the stated minimum, but this is a preferred rather than hard-gated requirement.
A Bachelor's degree is listed only under Preferred qualifications and explicitly allows equivalent experience, so no minimum degree is set.
The alt SOC (15-1244) is noted because the role involves operating and maintaining security tools/platforms, which has an administrative flavor, but the primary framing around security engineering, detection/prevention, and security posture analysis aligns more closely with 15-1212.
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