Lead Security Engineer- SecOps

Position Title: Security Operations Engineer 

Reports To: Director of Security Operations 

Security Operations Engineer is a technical subject matter expert responsible for executing key functions of CDK’s Security Monitoring and Response strategy with an automation first mindset. This individual plays a key technical role in our Security Operations organization and enables effective incident response via automated workflows and efficient threat detection content. 

Key Responsibilities: 

1. Technical Leadership: 

• Exemplify security principles and culture 

• Develop, implement, and tune automation playbooks that enable incident response 

• Effectively partner across security, technology, and business teams 

• Provide technical leadership to the security operations team 

• Develop effective metrics and use them to drive meaningful improvements  

2. Automated Detection & Response  

• Work with security operations team members to identify response actions which can be automated to drive efficiency throughout response 

• Build automation workflows to contribute to auditable and efficient incident response 

• Drive continuous improvement in CDK’s detection capability using automation, threat and anomaly detection, coverage assurance, and external threat intelligence  

• Build threat detection queries based on attacker techniques and threat intelligence 

• Support and tune threat detection content and automation workflows based on metrics and security operations feedback 

3. Incident Response: 

• Develop incident response playbooks and drive response playbook automation, regularly test playbook effectiveness and drive improvement 

• Lead response to medium or higher criticality impact security incidents in accordance with the incident response plan, and effectively coordinate with internal and external parties 

• Effectively triage and identify root cause of security alerts and incidents 

• Serve as a technical leader for significant security incidents 

• Assure 24x7x365 incident response coverage and escalation processes 

• Regularly update the list of likely security incident scenarios using external threat intelligence, collaboration with internal technology teams, and other data sources 

4. Security Posture Improvement 

• Use offensive security techniques and exercises to identify detection and response gaps and drive remediation 

• Regularly practice incident response plans and procedures in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders 

Required Qualifications: 

Education:  

•  Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, or an equivalent experience 

Experience: 

• Minimum of 6 years in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years in a developer role 

• Expert technical expertise in python, javascript, and powershell 

• Experience building SOAR workflows 

• Experience building and tuning threat detection content 

• Experience leading the response to enterprise security alerts and incidents 

• Strong background in security monitoring, automation, and incident response, preferably in a complex SaaS environment 

• Experience with SIEM tools, process automation, cloud environment monitoring, IDS/IPS, firewalls, EDR solutions, MDR/MSSP providers 

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