# Senior Security Engineer - Blue Team

**Company:** [Olo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/olo)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** SIEM, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, AWS, Incident Response, Vulnerability Assessment, Firewalls, Web Application Firewall, Infrastructure As Code, Python, Windows, macOS, Linux, Dmarc
**Posted:** 2026-04-14

> Leads blue-team detection, incident response, vulnerability management, security automation, and risk mitigation for a SaaS platform. The role requires 5+ years of security engineering and operations experience, strong AWS and infrastructure-security knowledge, and the ability to mentor other engineers.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead improvements in detection and response capabilities, optimising monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide guidance for professional development.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, responding to escalated security incidents and coordinating resolutions.
- Deliver thorough and professional support for security incidents and stakeholder requests.
- Define and implement security practices aligned with organisational goals and industry standards.
- Own security project execution, prioritising tasks and aligning initiatives with team and company objectives.
- Optimise SIEMs, vulnerability scanners, and other security tools for detection, logging, and analysis.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments, identify security-control gaps, and implement mitigation strategies.
- Support compliance efforts, including documentation, audits, and regulatory standards.
- Collaborate with development and IT teams to integrate security best practices into architectures.
- Lead security-awareness initiatives covering advanced security topics and secure coding practices.
- Evaluate emerging security threats, technologies, tools, and methodologies.
- Provide guidance on risk identification and mitigation processes.
- Develop and document security processes and procedures for routine and high-stress incidents.
- Report on incidents, vulnerabilities, project progress, and metrics to support security decisions.
- Develop scripts and tools to automate repetitive security tasks and improve detection and response through tool integration.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent security experience.
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering and operations, including blue team operations, security architecture, DevOps, and general operations.
- Deep knowledge of information technology, evolving threats, attack patterns, incident response, and cybersecurity standards.
- Experience developing and leading incident response, including remediation, mitigation, status updates, and reporting.
- Experience evaluating security events, investigating incidents, applying countermeasures, and monitoring impact.
- Strong understanding of operating-system, networking, and application hardening for Windows, macOS, and Linux, including virtualisation security.
- Experience deploying, maintaining, and administering IDS, DLP, FIM, firewalls, SIEM, MFA, vulnerability-assessment tools, web proxies, and WAFs.
- Experience with cloud providers and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
- Proficiency in AWS security best practices.
- Skills in automation, development, or scripting for security operations.
- Advanced knowledge of application security, modern web protocols, and Web Application Firewalls.
- Proficiency in email-security protocols including SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.

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