Platform Engineer-Threat Engineer

V2 Solutions; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

V2 Solutions in Hyderabad is seeking an experienced cybersecurity professional to design and deploy advanced threat detection across on-premise and cloud environments. You will collaborate with analysts and clients to tailor detection strategies and reduce false positives while maintaining high accuracy.

The role requires 5+ years of cybersecurity experience, strong SIEM knowledge, and cloud threat detection expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on threat detection, analysis, and incident response.
• Strong knowledge of security information and event management (SIEM) systems, log management solutions, and detection platforms.
• Familiarity with ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain.
• Experience with cloud security and cloud-based threat detection strategies.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and interact with clients.
• Collaborate with Security Operations team on developing and automating alert response processes and playbooks.
• Knowledge of security tools and technologies, such as SIEM, CSPM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, WAF, and IDS/IPS.
• Professional security certifications such as OSCP, GIAC (e.g. GCIH, GCIA), CISSP, or other relevant certifications are highly valued.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms for log management and alerting: Splunk, Elastic Stack (ELK/Security Onion), IBM QRadar, Securonix, Wazuh or Azure Sentinel.
• Ability to create SIEM queries, dashboards, and integrate new data sources.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop detection rules and policies to identify cybersecurity threats across platforms and technologies.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of high-fidelity threat detection across on-premise, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), and SaaS environments.
• Collaborate with security analysts, threat hunt, and threat intelligence to understand threats and devise detection strategies.
• Validate and tune detection content to minimize false positives and maximize accuracy.
• Stay updated on cybersecurity trends to improve detection methodologies.
• Work with clients to onboard environments onto our platform and integrate data sources.
• Document detection processes and create security metric reports for stakeholders.
• Good understanding of network infrastructure, security devices, and related tools (Firewalls, EDR, Email Security, Proxy, DLP, IDS/IPS).

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Cloud security

Client communication

Team collaboration

Documentation

Automation playbooks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Security

OSCP

GIAC (GCIH/GCIA)

CISSP

Other relevant certifications

Tools

Splunk

Elastic Stack

IBM QRadar

Securonix

Wazuh

Azure Sentinel

SOAR

WAF/IDS-IPS

CSPM

EDR/XDR

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design and develop detection rules and policies to identify cybersecurity threats across a wide range of platforms and technologies.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of high-fidelity threat detection mechanisms across our diverse technology stack, including on-premise, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), and SaaS environments.
• Collaborate with security analysts, threat hunt, and threat intelligence to understand emerging threats and devise effective detection strategies.
• Validate and tune detection content to minimize false positives and ensure high accuracy and efficiency.
• Stay update of the latest cybersecurity trends, tools, and technologies to continuously improve detection methodologies.
• Work directly with clients to onboard their environments onto our platform and integrate data sources, guiding them through the process.
• Document detection processes, create reports on security metrics, and communicate findings to stakeholders Good understand on network infrastructure, security and devices i.e. Firewalls, EDR, Email Security, Proxy, DLP, and IDS/IPS.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity, with a focus on threat detection, analysis, and incident response.
• Strong knowledge of security information and event management (SIEM) systems, log management solutions, and detection platforms.
• Familiarity with attack patterns, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by cyber adversaries ATT@CK and Cyber Kill Chain.
• Experience with cloud security and understanding of cloud-based threat detection strategies.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and interact with clients.
• Collaborate with Security Operations team on developing and automating alert response processes and playbooks.
• Knowledge of security tools and technologies, such as SIEM, CSPM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, WAF, and IDS/IPS.
• Professional security certifications such as OSCP, GIAC (e.g. GCIH, GCIA), CISSP, or other relevant certifications are highly valued.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms for log management and alerting: Ex: Splunk, Elastic Stack (ELK/Security Onion), IBM QRadar, Securonix, Wazuh or Azure Sentinel.
• Ability to create SIEM queries, dashboards, and integrate new data sources.