Security Operations Engineer

Motion Recruitment; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 73,012 - 90,921; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a SecOps Engineer to enhance security operations and automate workflows. Responsibilities include monitoring systems for threats, managing container security, and ensuring compliance standards. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience in security operations and knowledge of cloud security practices. This is a contract role offering a pay rate of $53.00/hr to $66.00/hr.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in security operations and incident response.
• Knowledge of cloud and container security practices is essential.
• Strong background in automation and security tooling.

Responsibilities

• Monitor systems for threats, anomalies, and configuration drift.
• Manage container image security and runtime protection.
• Automate detection, response, and remediation workflows.
• Maintain security baselines, patching, and compliance standards.
• Support incident response, forensic analysis, and post-incident reviews.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Cloud security practices

Container security

Automation

Security tooling

Job description

Overview

We’re looking for a SecOps Engineer to strengthen our security operations, drive automation, and ensure resilient, compliant infrastructure. In this role, you’ll be responsible for monitoring, incident response, and securing modern containerized environments.

What You’ll Do

• Monitor systems for threats, anomalies, and configuration drift.
• Manage container image security and runtime protection.
• Automate detection, response, and remediation workflows.
• Maintain security baselines, patching, and compliance standards.
• Support incident response, forensic analysis, and post-incident reviews.

What We’re Looking For

• Hands-on experience in security operations and incident response.
• Knowledge of cloud and container security practices.
• Strong background in automation and security tooling.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Financial Services and Banking

Base pay range

$53.00/hr - $66.00/hr

Contract details

24-month contract • No C2C

Note: This posting is for a contract role with Motion Recruitment; all actual pay and terms are determined by the recruiter.