Staff Security Operations Engineer
$128,000–$200,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Monitor security events via SIEM, AI, and CSPM tooling to identify and triage potential threats, then lead incident response investigations and tabletop exercises. Develop and maintain high-fidelity detection rules and alerts within security platforms using threat intelligence and the MITRE ATT&CK framework, while conducting continuous tuning to reduce false positives. Perform security assessments through vulnerability testing, threat hunts, and purple team activities to identify detection gaps, and collaborate with threat intelligence teams to integrate new indicators of compromise into detection strategies. This role reports to the Sr. Director, Security Engineering and Operations under the Cribl CISO, focusing on strengthening the security posture for the AI Platform for Telemetry.
Required Qualifications
- Provide knowledge and experience in working with modern security principles e.g. SIEM, security data lakes, detection as code, EDR, zero trust networking, and other security tooling
- demonstrated experience with incident response and management
- Utilize a strong understanding of common attack frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK) and how to map detections to TTPs
- Understanding of authentication and authorization schemes such as SAML, OpenID, OAuth2, and SCIM
- Experience scripting/coding in at least one of the following languages: Python, NodeJS, Ruby, Bash
- Be the go-to technical subject matter expert on security, compliance, and assurance topics
- Communicate ideas to technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable with ambiguity, have a strong analytical acumen, self-motivated, able to work cross-functionally
- Monitoring security events and alerting via our security tooling, including MSSP, SIEM, AI, and CSPM tooling, to identify and triage potential threats
- Developing, implementing, and maintaining high-fidelity detection rules and alerts within SIEM and other security platforms (e.g., EDR, Cloud Security tools) based on threat intelligence, MITRE ATT&CK framework, and identified risks
- Conducting continuous tuning and optimization of existing detection logic to reduce false positives and improve detection efficacy
- Responding to issues identified by our Cribl employees
- Acting as a security incident response lead, including leveraging and improving detection capabilities during investigations
- Building, enhancing, and managing security playbooks, incorporating detection engineering best practices
- Conducting security assessments of corporate assets through vulnerability testing, threat hunts, and purple team activities, with a focus on identifying detection gaps and opportunities
- Performing both internal and external security reviews of corporate properties e.g., the corporate website and enterprise applications
- Leading security incident response tabletop exercises
- Continuing to evolve and champion the use of Cribl products in our security tech stack to enhance detection, analysis, and response capabilities
- Collaborating with threat intelligence teams to integrate new indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) into detection strategies
- Experience with SIEM platforms like Panther
- Familiarity with Wiz and cloud native security tooling for detection in AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Relevant certifications in cloud security or incident response (e.g., SANS GIAC certifications)
- Proven experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining detection rules (e.g., Sigma, YARA, Splunk SPL, KQL) across various security platforms
- you may be required to occasionally perform duties outside your standard working hours
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with SIEM platforms like Panther is a plus and its detection capabilities
- Familiarity with Wiz and cloud native security tooling for detection in AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Relevant certifications in cloud security or incident response (e.g., SANS GIAC certifications)
- Proven experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining detection rules (e.g., Sigma, YARA, Splunk SPL, KQL) across various security platforms
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