Junior Security Engineer/Onsite

Motion Recruitment; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Vacation Time

Stock Options

Job summary

Motion Recruitment seeks a Security Operations Engineer for a full-time hybrid role in Addison, TX. You will join an established security operations team focused on incident response, threat hunting, detection, and security engineering.

The daily work involves hands-on investigations with Splunk SIEM and CrowdStrike Falcon, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and participating in an on-call rotation that includes weekends, with growth potential into broader security engineering roles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in cybersecurity, CS, or related field.
• 3–5 years IT/cybersecurity experience, SOC or security engineering environment.
• Hands-on experience with Splunk or a comparable SIEM for alert triage and investigations.
• Proven experience supporting major incident response activities.
• Experience with EDR detection and response, preferably CrowdStrike Falcon.
• Strong written communication to translate technical findings for stakeholders.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation, including weekends.

Responsibilities

• 65% Hands-on: Investigate and correlate suspicious events, determine root cause, support major incident response, threat hunting, and improve security controls.
• 35% Team collaboration: Act as escalation point, work with cross-functional teams, perform business impact analysis, participate in drills.

Skills

Incident response

Threat hunting

Security engineering

On-call rotation

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Splunk SIEM

CrowdStrike Falcon

Job description

This is an urgent, full-time hybrid Security Operations Engineer opportunity in Addison, TX with a large organization. You'll join an established security operations team responsible for protecting a large enterprise environment using CrowdStrike Falcon, Splunk SIEM, and an email security gateway, with a strong focus on incident response, threat hunting, detection, and security engineering.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 3-5 years of combined IT and cybersecurity experience, including experience within a SOC or security engineering environment
• Hands-on experience with Splunk or a comparable SIEM for alert triage, correlation, investigation, and root cause analysis
• Proven experience supporting major incident response activities
• Experience with EDR detection, investigation, and response, preferably CrowdStrike Falcon
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, concise language for non-technical stakeholders
• Ability and willingness to participate in an on-call rotation, including weekends

Desired Skills & Experience

• Security certification such as CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CEH, or equivalent
• Experience with digital forensics and/or threat hunting
• Scripting experience using Python, PowerShell, or Bash
• Experience developing security detection rules and SOAR playbooks
• Experience working with a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Experience with enterprise security operations and incident management processes

What You Will Be Doing Daily Responsibilities

• 65% Hands On: Investigate and correlate suspicious events, determine root cause, support major incident response efforts, perform proactive and reactive threat hunting, and recommend improvements to security controls and procedures
• 35% Team Collaboration: Serve as an escalation point and resource for junior analysts, partner with cross-functional teams, conduct business impact analysis, and participate in incident response exercises and drills

The Offer

• Full-time, hybrid opportunity in Addison, TX
• Opportunity to work with enterprise-scale security technologies including CrowdStrike Falcon and Splunk
• Exposure to global security operations, incident response, threat hunting, and detection engineering
• Opportunity for career growth from SOC operations into a broader security engineering role
• Bonus eligible

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Vacation Time
• Stock Options

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.