Remote Security Engineer

Description:

• Semperis is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join their security operations team with a strong focus on detection and response.
• The role involves leveraging threat detection and response experience to build foundational systems and services that protect the infrastructure from malicious actors and threats.
• The Security Engineer will collaborate closely with engineering teams, IT administrators, and compliance analysts to maintain visibility into environments and develop effective security programs and practices.
• Key responsibilities include collaborating with teams to build security telemetry pipelines, maintaining a scalable security monitoring infrastructure, developing detection strategies for anomalous activity, triaging alerts, and driving security incidents to closure.
• The engineer will also research new threat attack vectors, improve detection rules, contribute to strategy and risk management, and collaborate with the compliance team to maintain security controls and ensure compliance with relevant frameworks.
• The position requires pragmatic implementation of business-focused controls to safeguard the company’s multi-cloud entities.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong domain knowledge in security incident detection and response is required, with proven ability to operate, optimize, and enhance the effectiveness of a Security Operations Center (SOC).
• Demonstrated experience with effective incident response and containment practices, preferably in a cloud-first environment, is essential.
• Hands-on experience in instrumenting and deploying telemetry solutions is necessary.
• Experience with open-source and/or commercial solutions for logging and security event management, including SIEM and SOAR platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, SolarWinds, Trellix, and similar tools is required.
• Candidates should have experience managing and fine-tuning CNAPP platforms such as WIZ, Orca, Defender, Singularity, or other similar solutions.
• Proficiency in scripting or coding in an interpreted language like Python, PowerShell, or Javascript is needed.
• Strong experience in automation using tools such as Logic Apps, Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, and Runbooks is required.
• Candidates must have experience analyzing IAM configurations and behavior across multi-cloud environments, detecting breaches, identifying security gaps, and responding to threats in real time.
• The ability to operate with freedom and autonomy as a decision-maker is essential.
• Experience working with distributed teams and cross-functional stakeholders is required.
• Candidates should be able to manage competing priorities and workload effectively.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and Agile methodologies is a plus.
• Experience with cloud deployments in AWS, GCP, or Azure is also a plus.
• US Citizenship is required as the company is unable to sponsor.

Benefits:

• Semperis offers a dynamic and inclusive work environment recognized as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Cybersecurity Companies.
• Employees will have the opportunity to work alongside top global talent in Cybersecurity and Identity Access Management.
• The company emphasizes a purpose-driven culture, aligning employee experiences with their vision of being a "Force for Good."
• Semperis is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws.