Security Engineer

October 18

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51 - 200 employees

📋 Description

• Monitor and analyze security events and alerts in SIEM and related systems to detect anomalies, intrusions, or suspicious activity • Support incident response operations, including triage, investigation, containment, eradication, and recovery • Collaborate closely with infrastructure and DevOps teams to ensure secure configurations across AWS and Azure environments • Develop and maintain dashboards, metrics, and alerts to improve visibility into system and application security posture • Assist in root cause analysis and document lessons learned for continuous process improvement • Tune and optimize SIEM and Application Security Manager’s detection rules and monitors to minimize false positives and improve response accuracy • Work with engineering teams to ensure logs and telemetry are properly configured for security visibility • Maintain and enhance incident response playbooks and escalation procedures • Support periodic threat hunting and proactive detection activities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience) • 2–6 years of hands-on experience in threat monitoring, detection engineering, and incident response across cloud and on-prem environments • Experience building or maturing a Security Operations Center (SOC), including developing runbooks and incident handling playbooks • Strong understanding of current security threats, attack techniques, and MITRE ATT&CK framework • Familiarity with SIEM platforms (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Sentinel) and log analysis for detection and investigation • Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, including understanding of cloud-native security controls • Ability to perform root-cause analysis and post-incident reviews to improve detection and response processes • Knowledge of vulnerability management, endpoint protection, and threat intelligence integration is a plus • Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with DevOps, IT, and product teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits • Tuition reimbursement • Lifestyle reimbursements • Bespoke mindfulness and fitness initiatives • Flexible PTO policy • Commitment to professional and personal development