Security Operations Engineer

Apollo.io is the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users globally, from rapidly growing startups to some of the world's largest enterprises. Founded in 2015, the company is one of the fastest growing companies in SaaS, raising approximately $250 million to date and valued at $1.6 billion. Apollo.io provides sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data for over 210 million B2B contacts and 35 million companies worldwide, along with tools to engage and convert these contacts in one unified platform. By helping revenue professionals find the most accurate contact information and automating the outreach process, Apollo.io turns prospects into customers. Apollo raised a series D in 2023 and is backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and more, and counts the former President and COO of Hubspot, JD Sherman, among its board members.

About the role:

The Security Operations Engineer will improve and track Apollo’s security monitoring systems. They will be responsible for investigating and resolving security issues, running incident processes and finding and resolving vulnerabilities.

Daily Adventures & Responsibilities:

• Improve our security monitoring capabilities
  • Develop and roll out our Vulnerability Management Plan.
  • Detect, analyze and follow-up discovered vulnerabilities up to remediation.
  • Be aware of new threats and drive the implementation of countermeasures.
  • Set up and configure protective technologies like vulnerability scanners, IDS, SIEM, WAF, cloud security, and antimalware software.
  • Perform analysis of logs from a variety of sources (e.g., network traffic, hosts, application, databases, proxies) to identify and investigate potential threats.

• Optimize our incident response
  • Develop and roll out our Incident Response Plan by driving initiatives that improve our capabilities to respond and remediate security events faster.
  • Support and lead security incident response in a cross-functional collaboration environment driving towards incident resolution.
  • Build Security Orchestration and Automated Response capabilities.

What We're Looking For:

• 3+ years of experience in information security with exposure to implementing security controls across all security domains such as access management, encryption methods, vulnerability management, network security, etc.
• Hands-on experience in security operations and incident response.
• Comprehensive understanding of enterprise security architecture and tools.
• Experience with at least one SIEM, and various EDR and security technologies.
• Industry-related security certification is preferred (CEH, Security+, CISM, CISSP).
• Exposure or being knowledgeable of cloud environments is preferred (AWS, GCP).
• Technical competence with automation Python, JS, Ruby or similar, is preferred.
• Analytical thinking, time management, and coordination skills.
• Good written and spoken English proficiency.

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Why You’ll Love Working at Apollo

At Apollo, we’re driven by a shared mission: to help our customers unlock their full revenue potential. That’s why we take extreme ownership of our work, move with focus and urgency, and learn voraciously to stay ahead.

As a remote-first company, we invest deeply in your growth, ensuring you have the resources, support, and autonomy to own your role and make a real impact. Collaboration is at our core—we’re all for one, meaning you’ll have a team across departments ready to help you succeed. We encourage bold ideas and courageous action, giving you the freedom to experiment, take smart risks, and drive big wins.

If you’re looking for a place where your work matters, where you can push boundaries, and where your career can thrive—Apollo is the place for you.