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Security Engineer II – Detection, SOC Engineering
Location
Utah
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
Not specified
High School5 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudPython
Job Description
• Design, implement, and tune high-fidelity detections across cloud, endpoint, SaaS, identity, and application environments
• Build and optimize queries, alerts, and correlation logic within our SIEM and EDR platforms
• Participate in SOC on-call rotation and serve as escalation point for high-severity incidents
• Lead complex investigations across endpoint, cloud, SaaS, and identity environments
• Triage and validate high-impact alerts, ensuring consistent investigative rigor and documentation
• Conduct proactive threat hunting to identify gaps in detection coverage
• Drive continuous improvement of playbooks, runbooks, and case management standards
• Build custom security tooling to improve alert enrichment, investigation, and response
• Develop integrations between security tools and internal systems via APIs
• Automate repetitive investigative workflows and containment actions
• Improve signal quality and reduce false positives across the stack
• Contribute to guardrails and enforcement mechanisms across cloud and SaaS environments
• Serve as the technical escalation point for high-severity incidents
• Lead complex investigations and root cause analysis
• Improve and mature incident response playbooks and processes
• Conduct post-incident analysis and drive systemic improvements
• Raise the technical bar within the SOC through mentorship and code/detection review
• Establish standards for detection quality and investigation rigor
• Partner closely with AppSec, Infrastructure Security, IT, and Engineering
• Help shape the SOC and detection engineering roadmap
Job Requirements
- 5–7+ years of experience in security engineering, detection engineering, or security operations
- Strong experience with SIEM platforms
- Experience with EDR platforms
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar)
- Experience working in AWS or similar cloud environments
- Experience leading complex incident investigations
- Experience building internal security tools (Preferred)
- Detection-as-code or infrastructure-as-code experience (Preferred)
- Experience integrating tools via APIs (Preferred)
- Experience mentoring junior analysts or engineers (Preferred)
- Familiarity with SaaS security and identity-based attack patterns (Preferred)
Benefits
- Open and transparent culture
- Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Generous vacation time, plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401k Plan with company matching
- Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel
- A stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes offered
- Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center, subsidized for employees