Senior AI-Driven Cybersecurity Engineer

Axos Bank; Manila; On-site; PHP 7,547,000 - 10,692,000; Full time

Job summary

Axos Bank is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead the AI‑driven SOC initiative, transforming traditional operations into autonomous, high‑fidelity investigations and detections. You will own incident investigations across cloud, identity, endpoint and network, design robust detections with Splunk/SOAR, and mentor the team while advancing automated playbooks.

This role emphasizes hands‑on engineering, threat hunting, and collaboration with AI engineering to reduce recurrence and strengthen

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity (incident response, threat detection, security engineering, or threat hunting).
• Strong technical expertise in cloud security, identity security, endpoint telemetry, network analysis, or application security.
• Proven ability to perform deep‑dive incident investigations involving cloud IAM, lateral movement, privilege escalation, API abuse, malware, or application‑layer threats.
• Hands‑on experience with SIEMs (Splunk preferred), EDR tools, SOAR platforms, and automation frameworks.
• Ability to write and tune detection rules, correlation logic, saved searches, and behavioral analytics.
• Strong scripting ability (Python preferred) and familiarity with data analysis techniques.
• Willingness and ability to participate in a mandatory on‑call rotation and act as a senior escalation point during high‑severity incidents.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex security incident investigations across cloud, identity, endpoint, application, and network layers.
• Perform root‑cause analysis, kill‑chain reconstruction, and evidence preservation with engineering‑grade depth.
• Convert findings into new detections, automation playbooks, and AI features to reduce recurrence.
• Participate in on‑call rotation as a senior escalation point for high‑severity incidents.

Skills

5+ years cybersecurity experience

Cloud security

Identity security

Endpoint telemetry

Network analysis

Python scripting

Threat hunting

Detection engineering

Incident response

Tools

Splunk SIEM

EDR tools

SOAR platforms

Automation frameworks

Job description

Axos Bank is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead the AI‑driven SOC initiative, transforming traditional operations into autonomous, high‑fidelity investigations and detections. You will own incident investigations across cloud, identity, endpoint and network, design robust detections with Splunk/SOAR, and mentor the team while advancing automated playbooks.

This role emphasizes hands‑on engineering, threat hunting, and collaboration with AI engineering to reduce recurrence and strengthen