SSE - Information Security Engineer

Arcesium; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcesium is seeking a Security Operations professional to manage day-to-day SOC activities across endpoints, network and cloud environments. You will triage and investigate security incidents, tune detection rules, and help refine monitoring policies in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates have 3-5 years of security experience, hands-on SOC exposure with EDR, Zscaler, Palo Alto firewalls, SIEM and DLP tools, plus scripting skills for automation.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of overall experience, with at least 2 years in a security engineering or security operations role.
• Hands-on experience in a SOC focusing on security monitoring across EDR, Zscaler, firewalls, and related technologies.
• Strong understanding of SIEM solutions, log ingestion, correlation rules, and dashboards.
• Experience analyzing phishing emails and header analysis.
• Basic proficiency in Python scripting or automation for security workflows.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day SOC operations, including triaging, investigating, and resolving security incidents.
• Collaborate with cross-functional security teams to develop monitoring policies and response procedures.
• Develop and maintain understanding of infrastructure, applications, and security controls.
• Ensure incidents are documented, tracked, and reported in a timely manner.
• Engage with external vendors and service providers supporting SOC operations.

Skills

SOC operations

Security monitoring

EDR

Zscaler

Palo Alto firewalls

SIEM

Python scripting

Incident response

Log analysis

Threat detection

Education

BE/BTech or MTech/MS in CS/IS or related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Zscaler

Palo Alto firewalls

DLP

WAF

Job description

Company Overview

Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the worlds most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow's challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.

Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities.

We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.

Team Summary

The Information Security team at Arcesium is a global team responsible for managing the overall cyber security risk posture of the company. The current role is for the Security Operations and Monitoring team within the Information Security umbrella. The team is responsible for ongoing monitoring, analyzing, and responding to the security alerts in the organization. The team's primary objective is to detect and respond to security alerts or potential security incidents, in a timely and effective manner.

The team ensures the security of an organization's assets, systems, and data by leveraging a variety of tools and technologies, including security information and event management (SIEM) systems, EDR, Firewall, DLP, and other security tools to monitor & analyze network traffic & system logs, identify suspicious activity and respond to various security alerts.

The person in this role should not just be doing Security Monitoring tasks, they will be involved in Security Monitoring related engineering tasks as well.

What You'll Do

• Manage day-to-day SOC operations, including triaging, investigating, and resolving security incidents across endpoints, network, and cloud environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional security teams to develop and refine security monitoring policies, detection rules, and response procedures.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the organization's infrastructure, applications, and security controls.
• Ensure security incidents are thoroughly documented, tracked, and reported in a timely manner.
• Manage relationships with external vendors and service providers that support SOC operations.

What You'll Need

• 3-5 years of overall experience, with at least 2 years in a security engineering or security operations role.
• B.E./B.Tech or M.Tech/M.S. in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC), with a focus on security monitoring across EDR, Zscaler (ZPA/ZIA/ZDX), Palo Alto firewalls, and related technologies.
• Strong understanding of EDR and WAF solutions, including detection tuning and alert triage.
• Good understanding of managing and fine-tuning DLP policies across endpoint and network channels.
• Experience analyzing and triaging phishing emails, including header analysis and indicator extraction.
• Good understanding of implementing and managing SIEM solutions, including log ingestion, correlation rules, and dashboard development.
• Solid knowledge of network protocols, infrastructure, and common attack patterns.
• Basic proficiency in Python scripting or automation for security workflows.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

Recruiting Security

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Arcesium is an equal opportunity employer.