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UpstartUpstartUnited States

Security Operations Engineer II

Security Operations Engineer responsible for building automated response mechanisms, triaging alerts, threat hunting, and enhancing detection platforms using AI and SOAR. Requires 2+ years in incident detection/response, strong log querying, Python proficiency, and a breach-assume mindset.

134k – 186k/yr
Remote2+ YOESecurity Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with system owners to ingest new log feeds for security monitoring
  • Enhance and maintain our Detection and Response platforms
  • Build in workflows with AI analysis to automatically investigate and triage issues
  • Be on the frontlines of Incident Response, actively investigating issues and protecting Upstart
  • Build common response workflows to expedite investigation and response using AI and SOAR Technology
  • Triage and respond to critical alerts
  • Hunt for threats in the environment
  • Help build our security data lake
  • Monitor and actively defend our corporate and product infrastructure
  • Share in the team’s responsibility for Incident Response process

Minimum Qualifications

  • 2 years of Incident Detection and Response Engineering experience
  • Assume breach mindset, chasing down all threads to completion
  • Strong Log-fu (ability to build robust log search queries)
  • Solid Proficiency in at least one programming language (preferably Python)
  • Strong Git experience (rebasing doesn't scare you!)

Preferred Qualifications

  • AWS Experience & Infra as Code management of resources
  • OSX Endpoint Investigation Experience
  • Internal Application Development Experience
  • SaaS Application security experience
  • Experience in a high-security environment
  • Experience with managing Threat Intelligence
  • 3+ years of Incident Detection and Response Engineering experience

Skills

Incident Responsethreat huntingPythonAWSsoarGitlog analysisdetection engineeringInfrastructure As Codethreat intelligence
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