Job Summary
Security Operations Engineer
About the Role
As a Security Operations Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the expansion of the ALaM program by onboarding new paramount applications into our monitoring scope. You will be instrumental in delivering SIEM use cases, detection logic, and verification activities essential for achieving DORA compliance by the end of 2026.
This role is heavily focused on SIEM engineering, threat modelling, rule optimization, testing, and workshop facilitation. Your expertise and proactive approach will directly contribute to strengthening our security posture, improving alert fidelity, and ensuring robust monitoring capabilities across our critical applications.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Detection Engineering: Build, optimize, and maintain SIEM detection rules (preference for Microsoft Sentinel).
Testing & Automation: Test and verify existing and newly created use cases, and automate testing processes through scripting.
Application Onboarding: Support the onboarding of paramount applications into the monitoring scope.
Requirements Gathering: Work closely with application teams to gather logging requirements and detection inputs.
Workshop Facilitation: Run and moderate workshops with application owners to align on security capabilities and threat landscapes.
Technical Documentation: Produce comprehensive documentation for detection logic, threat profiles, and verification results.
Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with the SOC, engineering teams, and red teams to improve alert fidelity and incident response efficiency.
Compliance Delivery: Contribute to Threat Verification activities and deliver outputs according to ALaM and DORA timelines.
Skill Requirements
Required Skills and Experience
SIEM Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, with a strong preference for Microsoft Sentinel.
Engineering & Rules: Proven experience in detection engineering, rule creation, and rule testing.
Scripting & Automation: Ability to automate testing and validation processes using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages.
Communication Skills: Strong communication skills in English (spoken and written), with the proven ability to confidently lead and moderate workshops.
Infrastructure Knowledge: Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS), operating systems (Windows, Linux), and databases (SQL/Oracle environments).
Independence: Ability to work independently and efficiently in a high-volume onboarding environment.
Technology Stack
SIEM & Security: Microsoft Sentinel.
Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure, AWS, Windows, Linux, SQL, Oracle.
Scripting & Automation: KQL, Python, PowerShell, Bash.
Preferred Qualifications
Threat Modelling: Experience in conducting threat modelling and building threat profiles.
Regulatory Frameworks: Familiarity with DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) compliance requirements.
Why Join Us?
If you are passionate about cybersecurity, eager to build robust detection mechanisms, and motivated to drive our compliance and monitoring capabilities forward, we’d love to hear from you! Join our team and play a crucial role in securing our paramount applications against evolving threats.
Other Requirements
2. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3. - Google Professional Machine Learning Enginee