Cybersecurity Awareness Associate II

Sempra: Where opportunity powers impact

At Sempra, we tackle the biggest energy challenges that face our industry. Our high-performing team leverages the full capabilities of our organization to serve 40 million consumers across North America. By collaborating and challenging one another across multiple disciplines, we inspire our best work, ideas and innovation. From increasing liquified natural gas (LNG) capacities to reducing carbon emissions to helping people prepare for the realities of climate change, we are committed to building a better energy future for all.

Primary Purpose

Develops working expertise to analyze routine findings, propose straightforward corrective actions, and improve documentation quality. Coordinates inputs from multiple sources to strengthen risk, policy, and control processes. supports the organization's cybersecurity awareness and training program by helping educate employees on cybersecurity best practices and promoting a culture of security across the enterprise.

This role assists with developing and delivering awareness content, supporting training initiatives, creating, coordinating and delivering social engineering campaigns, and measuring program effectiveness.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Cyber Alerts: Partner with the Security Operations Center (SOC), Threat Intelligence, and other cybersecurity teams to develop, coordinate, and distribute cybersecurity alerts, threat advisories, and actionable security guidance. Translate technical threats into clear, business-focused communications that help employees recognize and respond appropriately to emerging risks.
• Training and Awareness Content: Design, develop, and maintain cybersecurity awareness and education materials that support enterprise security objectives and promote secure employee behaviors. Create engaging learning experiences tailored to diverse audiences across all levels of the organization.
• Cybersecurity Communications: Develop and manage ongoing cybersecurity communications, including newsletters, awareness campaigns, threat advisories, and executive messaging. Ensure employees remain informed about emerging threats, security best practices, and organizational cybersecurity initiatives.
• Cyber Tips and Micro-Learning: Create and deliver timely cybersecurity tips and micro-learning content that reinforce secure behaviors and provide practical guidance for identifying and avoiding threats such as phishing, vishing, smishing, quishing, social engineering, and account compromise.
• Presentations and Speaking Engagements: Develop and deliver cybersecurity awareness presentations for leadership teams, employee groups, onboarding programs, town halls, and enterprise-wide events. Communicate cybersecurity concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Cyber Champion Program: Lead the development, promotion, and ongoing support of the Cyber Champion program. Coordinate communications, meetings, awareness activities, and training resources that enable Champions to serve as cybersecurity advocates within their business units.
• Cyber Safety SharePoint Program: Manage and maintain the Cyber Safety SharePoint site as the central hub for cybersecurity awareness resources, training materials, communications, toolkits, alerts, and knowledge articles. Ensure content remains accurate, relevant, engaging, and aligned with evolving cybersecurity risks and business priorities.
• Cybersecurity Events and Outreach: Plan, coordinate, and execute company-wide cybersecurity events, awareness campaigns, workshops, webinars, and guest speaker engagements. Manage event logistics, content development, vendor coordination, audiovisual requirements, and employee engagement activities.
• Vendor and Partner Management: Collaborate with cybersecurity vendors, consultants, and strategic partners throughout the procurement, implementation, and ongoing management lifecycle to support successful awareness and training initiatives.
• Program Strategy and Continuous Improvement: Evaluate and measure the effectiveness of cybersecurity awareness programs through metrics, reporting, and employee feedback. Identify opportunities for improvement and implement enhancements that strengthen organizational cybersecurity maturity and reduce human risk.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Provide advanced subject matter expertise in cybersecurity awareness, communications, and employee engagement. Mentor junior team members, share best practices, and contribute to the professional development of the cybersecurity awareness team.
• Support enterprise cybersecurity initiatives and strategic objectives as assigned.
• Review and enhance cybersecurity awareness documentation, training materials, presentations, and executive communications.
• Collaborate across Information Security, IT, Human Resources, Corporate Communications, and business units to advance cybersecurity awareness goals.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Qualifications

Education

• Typically requires a 4-year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Licenses and Certifications

• CISSP, CISA, SANS are preferred

Experience

Required:

• Typically requires 2 years of related experience.

Preferred:

3-5 years of experience in:

• Developing, facilitating, implementing, and communicating training material, policies and information to a corporate audience.
• Progressive experience working within IT and/or enterprise cybersecurity with experience in cybersecurity process, risk assessments, governance, and/or project management.
• Experience working collaboratively or independently with minimal supervision while managing multiple simultaneous tasks.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex cybersecurity concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong business and executive communication skills, including experience developing presentations, executive briefings, awareness campaigns, newsletters, training materials, and enterprise communications.
• Demonstrated ability to influence employee behaviors and promote security awareness through strategic communications, education, and engagement initiatives.
• Ability to develop and deliver cybersecurity awareness content across a variety of communication channels, including SharePoint sites, presentations, newsletters, videos, alerts, toolkits, and digital communications.
• Experience presenting to executive leadership, employee groups, business stakeholders, and large audiences.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills with the ability to measure program effectiveness, employee engagement, and awareness outcomes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and digital communication platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while working independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational, planning, and project management skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with business leaders, technical teams, vendors, and external partners.

Must reside in Southern California or be willing to relocate upon hire.

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