Senior Security Engineer- Remote

Lensa; United States; Remote; USD 101,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to enhance security operations through advanced SIEM technologies. This role involves designing and optimizing security systems, ensuring compliance, and working with cloud solutions. Candidates should have significant experience and a strong background in cybersecurity.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Comprehensive benefits package

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant experience required.
• Experience designing/developing SIEM/SOAR systems.
• Proficiency in scripting languages for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy SIEM workflows to automate security event responses.
• Develop and maintain SIEM connectors for data integration.
• Ensure reliable data ingestion and normalization for security monitoring.

Skills

Designing SIEM workflows

Developing threat logic

Scripting languages (Python, Bash, JavaScript, PowerShell)

Cloud services (AWS)

Data management tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

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Are you passionate about designing and building security systems that enhance security operations of the organization?

Are you eager to work with advanced SIEM technologies and cloud security solutions?

Join our Infosec Global Security Operations team!

Our team is dedicated to safeguarding Akamai's business by ensuring the security/integrity of its systems and infrastructure. We work with our product/platform teams, ensuring that Akamai's cybersecurity operations exceed the safety/security compliance requirements of our customers/stakeholders.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and optimizing SIEM solutions to meet evolving business needs. You will build and manage SIEM workflows and connectors, ensuring seamless integration of various data sources.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Designing, developing and deploying SIEM workflows that automate/streamline the detection, analysis, and response to security events
• Customizing workflows to meet specific SIEM requirements to improve operational efficiency
• Developing/maintaining SIEM connectors to integrate various data sources, including network devices, servers, applications, and cloud environments
• Ensuring reliable data ingestion and normalization across diverse sources to provide comprehensive security monitoring
• Working with ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) frameworks to integrate and process security data from multiple sources
• Leveraging technologies such as Kafka, AWS Data Catalog, AWS Glue, and Athena to manage/query large datasets
• Utilizing scripting languages like Python, Bash, JavaScript, or PowerShell
  
  

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
• Demonstrate experience designing/developing SIEM/SOAR systems and workflows with ELK/Splunk
• Have proficiency in developing threat logic using search query KQL, SPL etc
• Have proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, JavaScript, PowerShell) for automation and custom development
• Have a solid understanding of cloud services, particularly AWS, and experience automating tasks with Boto3
• Demonstrate experience with data management tools such as ELT frameworks, Kafka, AWS Data Catalog etc.
• Be able to obtain a security clearance
  
  

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

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Benefits

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors
  
  

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About Us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $101,400 - $210,600/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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