Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity (SOAR)

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
 

• Author, test, and maintain automation scripts/workflows within SOAR platform
• Integrate SOAR platform with other security tools and APIs to execute automated workflows
• Automate Security Incident Response processes by providing the ability to analyze and resolve alerts from security tools
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of current and emerging SIEM practices and standards
• Build analysis and correlation logic to enable security threat hunting and investigation practices
• Effectively interact with colleagues across the Cybersecurity team, as well as the broader Technology and Application teams
• Support SIEM operations by writing/testing complex correlation rules and handling log source integration with SIEM
• Clearly identify, capture, articulate, design, implement, and maintain security operations use cases
• Work on complex technical problems and provide innovative solutions
• Assist with process development and process improvement/automation for Security Operations

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with architecture and implementation of SOAR solutions
• Strong scripting skills in either python (strongly preferred) or powershell for automation in Windows and Linux environments
• Experience with Linux shell scripting
• Good understanding of the offensive and defensive sides of security
• Expert level experience in deployment and managing SIEM platforms
• Strong team player - collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates input from various sources
• In-depth knowledge of architecture, engineering, and operations of any enterprise SIEM platform

• Deep understanding of logging mechanisms of:
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Mac OS 
  • Networking technologies
  • Azure cloud technologies

• Security Operations Center (SOC) work experience desired

Experience:

• More than 6-8 years of experience in Enterprise Cybersecurity or with a reputable Services / consulting firm offering Security Consulting, Implementation and Managed Security services
• 2+ years of relevant experience in Security Operations Center environment (SOC) desired
• Experience investigating security events, threats and/or vulnerabilities
• Scripting or programming experience (Shell scripting, PowerShell, Python, etc.,)
• Experience working on an agile development team or agile engineering team
• Experience in SOAR (Security Orchestration Automation Response) platform is preferred
• Experience maintaining and securing container technologies (Azure Kubernetes) strongly desired
• Experience with Cribl LogStream preferred

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or Discipline involving Data Analytics OR Equivalent work experience

•      Professional Certifications like GSEC, GCIA, CISSP, OSCP, etc., will be plus

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There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.