Senior Security Operations Engineer

Location: Eastern & Central Timezones preferred 

Axonius is looking for a Senior Security Operations Engineer to join our dynamic cybersecurity team. As a Senior Security Operations Engineer, you will play a critical role in growing and maturing the operational aspects of our security program. This role is evenly split between Security Operations and Security Engineering, providing you with a dynamic and challenging environment. Your work will directly impact all areas of our business and report to the Director of Security Operations & Engineering. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Threat Detection and Response:
• Investigate alerts and events that may have security implications.
• Respond to and coordinate cross-team efforts during potential security incidents.
• Design and implement threat detection, response, and hunting activities.
• Develop automation to reduce the likelihood of future incidents.
• Security Engineering:
• Evaluate, implement, and maintain modern cloud-native security tooling related to corporate and product infrastructure.
• Implement, improve, and maintain code-driven detection and response capabilities of our SIEM platform.
• Advise internal stakeholders on security-related subjects, ranging from general OpSec to corporate application or infrastructure architecture.
• We eat our own dog food and use our own product, giving you the ability to provide feedback and contribute to product improvements.
• Security Guidance and Oversight:
• Follow industry security trends, advisories, news, and general research, and advise stakeholders across the company on how to stay ahead of relevant security risks.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior security team members.

Qualifications:

• Experience:
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience shaping and operating a security operations function in a modern, cloud and SaaS-heavy environment.
• Proven experience with a broad range of security technologies.
• Strong networking and systems knowledge, including a strong understanding of macOS, Windows, and Linux internals.
  
  
• Technical Skills:
• The ability to write scripts or software to automate security engineering tasks (Python experience is mandatory).
• Cloud Infrastructure: Basic knowledge of cloud infrastructure engineering principles and experience with cloud platforms (AWS,GCP).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and tools (Terraform proficiency is highly desirable)
• Soft Skills:
• Excellent organizational skills and strong ability to prioritize.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, especially in fast-moving, challenging situations
• Strong project management skills with a demonstrated ability to track …