Security Engineer - SOC Analyst

Neo4j; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent graph database company is looking for a Security Operations specialist to monitor, detect, and respond to security incidents. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in security operations, excellent analytical skills, and knowledge of cloud environments. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to the security posture of the organization.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace culture

Career development opportunities

Participation in innovative projects

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in security operations.
• Experience working in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with hacking techniques and cyber threat intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and respond to endpoint detection.
• Investigate suspicious behaviours and escalate as needed.
• Develop incident handling procedures.

Skills

Security operations knowledge

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Cloud environment knowledge

Programming skills (Python, PHP)

Education

Relevant certifications in SOC operations

Tools

Security Information Event Management (SIEM)

Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)

Job description

Overview

About Neo4j: Neo4j is the leader in Graph Database & Analytics, helping organizations uncover hidden patterns and relationships across billions of data connections deeply, easily, and quickly. Customers use Neo4j to gain a deeper understanding of their business and reveal new ways of solving their most pressing problems. Over 84% of Fortune 100 companies use Neo4j, along with a vibrant community of 250,000+ developers, data scientists, and architects across the globe.

At Neo4j, we're proud to build the technology that powers breakthrough solutions for our customers. These solutions have helped NASA get to Mars two years earlier, broke the Panama Papers for the ICIJ, and are helping Transport for London to cut congestion by 10% and save $750M a year. Some of our other notable customers include Intuit, Lockheed Martin, Novartis, UBS, and Walmart.

Neo4j experienced rapid growth this year as organizations looking to deploy generative AI (GenAI) recognized graph databases as essential for improving it's accuracy, transparency, and explainability. Growth was further fueled by enterprise demand for Neo4j's cloud offering and partnerships with leading cloud hyperscalers and ecosystem leaders. Learn more at neo4j.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

The Role:

Working with the Security Operations Lead, in this role you will operate our security operations capability so that it provides an appropriate monitoring, detection, investigation and response capability. Using a range of tools, working with your security engineering colleagues, you will be part of a team building a SOC service that supports our client and internal services.

Responsibilities

• Incident triage, analysis, response and investigations based on alerts.
• Monitoring and responding to endpoint detection and response.
• Investigating detected, suspicious behaviours and escalating as appropriate.
• Proactively investigating alerts and suspicious activities, following through to gain a full understanding of the behaviour.
• Adding context to a confirmed incident to aid understanding and response.
• Supporting the development of incident handling procedures.
• Supporting incident/crisis management.
• Identifying, documenting and developing detections.
• Building and developing incident playbooks.
• Creating reports and visualisations of attacks.
• Tracking trends for metrics and reporting.
• Briefing the CISO on alert findings and their impact on the business.
• Continuously working to decrease false positives.
• Maintaining the detection rules database.

Competencies

• Have a minimum of 5 years experience or knowledge in security operations or related roles.
• Enjoy the challenge of delivering security into business operations.
• Work independently to perform analyses and investigations.
• Have experience or knowledge of working in modern cloud environments, such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Have experience using Security Information Event Management (SIEM) and related technologies.
• Have experience using Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) and related technologies.
• Have strong analytical and investigation skills.
• Be proficient in several programming languages, including Python, and/or PHP.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as receptive listening skills, with ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proactively contribute ideas to the development of security at Neo4j.
• Have an awareness of hacking techniques and trends and investigation or awareness of Cyber Threat Intelligence in a business context.

Nice to have

• A software development background is desirable.
• Appropriate certifications or relevant experience in SOC operations.

Why Join Neo4j?

Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph database in the world. We have customers in every industry globally, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j.

• Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It recently surpassed $200M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR over the past three years.
• Raised the biggest funding round in database history ($325M Series F). Backed by world-class investors like Eurazeo, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Inovia Capital, Neo4j has raised over $600M in funding and is currently valued at over $2Bn. This puts Neo4j among the most well-funded database companies in history.
• 84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include Boston Scientific, BT Group, Caterpillar, Cisco, Comcast, Department for Education UK, eBay, NBC News, Novo Nordisk, Worldline, and others.
• Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success.
• Countless industry awards. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.
• A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.
• Neo4j was named as a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems among 19 other recognized global DBMS vendors. Neo4j was also ranked as a Strong Performer among 14 top vendors in The Forrester Wave: Vector Databases, Q3 2024.

Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don't meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we'd encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues.

One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application.

Neo4j Values:

Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values:

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More information at www.neo4j.com.