SecOps Engineer

Summary

Join GuidePoint Security as a SecOps Engineer and integrate security practices into organizational workflows. You will bridge the gap between IT operations and cybersecurity, ensuring secure systems while maintaining efficiency. Responsibilities include prioritizing projects, staying updated on cyber threats, utilizing threat intelligence, and authoring security documentation. You will need a Bachelor's degree or relevant experience and certifications. Preferred experience includes SecOps, Security Analytics, and SIEM/SOAR. GuidePoint offers a remote-first work environment (U.S. based), comprehensive health insurance, dental insurance, paid time off, and a retirement plan.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience and certifications (MITRE, SIEM, SOAR, CompTIA, SANS, etc)

Responsibilities

• Autonomously prioritize and successfully deliver across a portfolio of projects
• Learn and keep up with current cyber threats, attack methodology, active campaigns, and detection techniques using a wide variety of capabilities and sources (GOTS, COTS, and Open Source)
• Understand and utilize cyber threat intelligence sources
• Be familiar with key security events on common IT platforms
• Author security runbooks, policy, and best practice documentation
• Develop log ingestion and aggregation strategies
• Develop security-focused content for one or more SIEM platforms (Splunk, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM, Elastic Security or Palo Alto XSIAM), including creation of complex threat detection logic and operational dashboards
• Understand and articulate complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the areas of SecOps, Security Analytics, SIEM/SOAR, etc
• Demonstrated experience in the identification and assessment of the relevance and effectiveness of signatures and indicators of compromise based on intelligence
• Experience developing and providing regular and ad hoc briefs, documents, diagrams and other products

Benefits

• Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
• Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family) and GPS will contribute in one lump sum: ($500 per EE annually / $1000 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
• Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
• 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
• Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
• Pet Benefit Option