Hybrid Senior Security Operations Center Engineer

Posted 2 months ago

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About the role

  • Senior Security Operations Center Engineer responsible for threat detection, incident response, and SIEM optimization at Uphold, a fintech company. Collaborating with diverse teams to maintain security operations and ensure compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with operations with our internal SOC and its core technologies, with a primary focus on our SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) system
  • Design, implement, and tune detection rules, correlation logic, and alerts to reduce noise and improve signal fidelity
  • Perform proactive threat hunting based on emerging threats, IOCs, and behavioral analysis
  • Investigate escalated alerts and security incidents from detection to containment and remediation
  • Build and maintain SOC runbooks, incident response workflows, and playbooks for consistent and rapid handling of events
  • Work with internal teams to onboard new log sources and enrich security telemetry
  • Provide recommendations and insights on security controls and detection coverage across systems and services
  • Stay informed of the latest threat trends, adversary tactics, and detection techniques, applying them to our environment
  • Support audit and compliance efforts related to monitoring and incident response

Requirements

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in a Security Operations Center or similar role, with deep familiarity in SIEM configuration, rule creation, and tuning
  • Solid knowledge of cybersecurity operations, including threat detection, response, and threat intelligence
  • Experience working with security log sources such as firewall, endpoint, cloud infrastructure, and application logs
  • Strong scripting or query language proficiency (e.g., Python, PowerShell, KQL, Sigma, Regex)
  • Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and threat modeling concepts
  • Ability to work independently and interface cross-functionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a strong security mindset
  • Fluent written and oral English skills

Benefits

  • An amazing work environment in a company that continues to grow, driven by extraordinary and passionate people
  • An international team, in a cutting edge field, working on the most fascinating projects
  • Growth and career opportunities, and the chance to be proactive and creative
  • A flexible and enthusiastic work environment that offers you snacks, a lot of coffee and other great benefits
  • Open and transparent culture - we get together on a weekly basis to share updates, strategic plans, and engage with each other informally over food and drinks
  • Interesting events that keep you connected with the team and celebrate our success

Job title

Senior Security Operations Center Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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