Security Operations Engineer

Role Overview

Security Operations Engineer (Fully remote, direct hire)

You’ll support and enhance the organization’s security operations and engineering capabilities—combining hands-on threat detection and incident response with security platform administration, automation, and continuous improvement across the enterprise security stack.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily security operations and proactive threat hunting across endpoint, network, identity, email, and cloud environments.
• Investigate and respond to high-confidence alerts using behavioral analytics, threat intelligence, and MITRE ATT&CK–aligned analysis.
• Maintain detection pipelines, correlation rules, and automated response workflows across SIEM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, and email security.
• Act as a subject matter expert for the enterprise security stack; ensure health, optimization, and continuous improvement.
• Administer identity and access management (IAM) controls including:
  • Conditional access
  • RBAC (role-based access control)
  • Zero Trust enforcement across enterprise platforms.
• Support vulnerability management through risk analysis, remediation coordination, validation of fixes, and translating findings into actionable guidance for infrastructure and development teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years in a technical security role (e.g., SOC Tier 2/3, security engineering, incident response, or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience with:
  • SIEM (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk)
  • EDR/XDR (e.g., SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender)
  • SOAR platforms
• Proficiency with PowerShell and Bash; experience automating security and system administration tasks.
• Experience administering Microsoft platforms (e.g., Microsoft 365, Windows 11, Active Directory, Azure, Intune, Entra, Defender).
• Experience in threat detection engineering and mapping detections to MITRE ATT&CK.
• Familiarity with secure baselining (CIS/NIST), access controls, and platform hardening.

Benefits / Notes

• Medical, dental, vision insurance, and HSA/FSA options.
• 401k with employer matching.
• Paid sick leave and/or other paid time off per applicable law.