SecOps Engineer

Summary

Join GuidePoint Security as a SecOps Engineer and integrate security practices into organizational workflows, bridging IT operations and cybersecurity. You will ensure security is integrated into IT operations, protecting against threats while maintaining efficiency and compliance. Responsibilities include prioritizing and delivering projects, staying updated on cyber threats, utilizing threat intelligence, and authoring security documentation. Proficiency in SIEM platforms (Splunk, CrowdStrike, Elastic Security, or Palo Alto XSIAM) and experience developing threat detection logic are crucial. The ideal candidate will also have experience assessing signatures and indicators of compromise and creating briefings and documentation. This role offers a remote-work option (U.S. based) with various benefits.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Ability to 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
• Familiarity with key security events on common IT platforms
• Experience authoring security runbooks, policy, and best practice documentation
• Proficiency in developing log ingestion and aggregation strategies
• Expertise developing 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

• Preferred 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