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Security Operations Engineer

Security OperationsSecurity OperationsFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

23 days ago

Salary

$140K - $200K / year

Bachelor Degree6 yrs expEnglishApolloCloudKubernetesTerraform

Job Description

• Advance Apollo’s detection and response strategy in partnership with engineering and IT leadership • Implement and maintain adherence to SOC 2 and other cloud security frameworks • Handle escalations from Sales and Customer Success, including security questionnaires and customer audits • Build and tune monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to improve visibility while reducing noise • Drive automation of SecOps workflows to speed up investigation and response • Guide secure adoption of AI across Apollo - from internal use by engineers to AI-powered product features • Participate in our on-call rotation (we keep this lightweight and reasonable)

Job Requirements

6+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or related fields, including at least 2 years in a staff or senior-level role
Deep expertise with detection and response in cloud-native environments
Strong knowledge of SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar security frameworks
Experience building and automating security tooling (SIEM, SOAR, custom scripts)
Proven ability to lead or coordinate incident response across multiple teams
Track record of influencing operational security culture and practices without direct authority
Nice to have: Experience working with AI security - either in detection, incident response, or product security contexts
Prior experience supporting enterprise customer audits or due diligence processes
Familiarity with Terraform, Kubernetes, or other modern infrastructure stacks
Hands-on experience with threat hunting and detection engineering