Staff Security Operations Engineer

THE ROLE
You will own the security operations tempo for the Bengaluru shift: orchestrating incident triage and response, executing threat hunts grounded in threat intelligence, and refining detections and automation alongside agentic workflows to reduce manual effort. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Detection Engineering: Design, implement, and maintain detections in Splunk and related security platforms; write detection-as-code (YAML/JSON) with unit tests and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
• Incident Response & Triage: Lead alert triage, scoping, containment, eradication, and post-incident reviews; document decisions to refine response workflows.
• Threat Hunting: Execute hypothesis-driven hunts using attacker frameworks (Diamond Model, MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain) across multi-source telemetry.
• Threat Intelligence Integration: Operationalize CTI by mapping adversary tools, techniques, and indicators directly to detection and hunting pipelines.
• Automation & Orchestration: Develop Python scripts, API integrations, and SOAR playbooks for automated enrichment, handoffs, and response actions with robust guardrails.
• Cloud & Container Security Monitoring: Monitor AWS/GCP/Azure telemetry (CloudTrail, GuardDuty, cloud audit logs) and detect container/Kubernetes runtime anomalies.
• Shift Discipline: Manage shift workflows, ensure seamless handover between global teams, and establish clear escalation criteria for high-severity incidents.
• Content & Documentation: Create and maintain investigation playbooks, detection rules, and operational runbooks to ensure standard execution across shifts.
• Agentic & AI-Assisted Workflows: Evaluate and implement AI-assisted investigation tools (such as LLM-based triage and autonomous agents) while maintaining human oversight and guardrails.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 10+ years in cybersecurity, incident response, detection engineering, or security operations
• 4+ years hands-on experience leading or executing threat hunts, incident investigations, or detection engineering in a SOC or SIEM environment
• Deep hands-on experience with Splunk (search, dashboards, alerts, correlation searches, saved searches, deployment server, forwarder management)
• Strong understanding of the incident response lifecycle: triage, scoping, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident learning
• Solid grasp of networking, systems, cloud, and security architecture (identity, endpoint, network, cloud)
• Ability to write Python scripts for data processing, API interaction, and automation
• Proficiency with threat intelligence frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model, kill chains, and TTPs
• Experience with threat hunting methodologies: hypothesis-driven hunts, baselines, anomaly detection
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related technical field

Strongly Preferred:

• Detection-as-code experience: Sigma, YARA-L, YAML/JSON detection formats, Git-backed repositories, unit testing, and frameworks such as Splunk Security Content.
• Automation & SOAR: Hands-on experience with Tines, XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, or equivalent platforms for API-driven orchestration and response.
• Cloud security operations: Familiarity with CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and audit logs across AWS, GCP, or Azure environments.
• Container & Kubernetes security: Falco, eBPF-based detection, container runtime monitoring, supply chain security (image scanning, vulnerability management)
• Agentic & AI workflows: Experience evaluating or implementing LLM-assisted triage and AI-generated detections with strong human oversight.
• Threat intelligence: Understanding of Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs) and operationalizing CTI into detection pipelines.
• Scripting & IaC: Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go; exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Global operating models: Experience with follow-the-sun operational models and optimizing MTTD/MTTA/MTTC metrics.
• Certifications: Relevant industry certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, or CKS.
• Attack Surface Management: Experience in secret hygiene management, identity attack surface monitoring, and managing Shadow AI risk.

Office Location: We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Bangalore office in compliance with Everpure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.