Security Engineer Associate Consult

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Managed Services

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

The Opportunity

Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands-on learning, cutting-edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.

As a Managed Services - TDR POD-AI Security Engineer-Associate-Consult you will support cyber incident management work that helps clients identify, analyze, and respond to security events across systems and data. Within our Advisory practice, you will contribute to managed services delivery that combines security operations, AI, and automation to help clients navigate changing threat activity and operational demands. This role offers exposure to client environments, team-based delivery, and practical work across detection, investigation, and response activities.

As an Associate you will focus on learning, building core skills, and contributing to project tasks while supporting senior team members and developing your technical knowledge. You will take ownership of assigned work, ask questions when the path forward is unclear, and use feedback to strengthen your judgment, communication, and reliability. In this role at PwC Acceleration Centre India, you will work on security monitoring, incident handling, and automation tasks, while building experience with tools, methods, and processes used in managed cyber services.

Responsibilities

- Building and testing AI agents and LLM-powered workflows for security operations use cases
- Assisting with conversational assistants in Microsoft Copilot Studio for analyst and client-facing scenarios
- Supporting development of services backed by relational and NoSQL databases
- Packaging and deploying containerized solutions using Docker and secure container design practices
- Documenting responsible AI controls and supporting model and data risk reviews
- Developing and testing SIEM detections across Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, and Google SecOps using KQL and SPL
- Contributing to threat detection use cases mapped to NIST and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks
- Helping develop dashboards, alerts, workbooks, and reporting for incident response and cyber operations
- Maintaining and tuning SIEM environments across cloud and hybrid infrastructures
- Onboarding log sources using REST APIs and Python scripts and validating data flow across security tools
- Building and maintaining SOAR playbooks using Logic Apps, Splunk SOAR, and Demisto to automate response actions
- Monitoring security events, supporting incident response, and participating in threat hunting and threat intelligence activities
- Following runbooks and escalating issues to senior team members when needed
- Contributing to technical documentation and proofs of concept that support client delivery
- Adapting to evolving technologies while learning from feedback and delivering quality work on time

What You Must Have

- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 2-4 years of experience
- Oral and written proficiency in English required

What Sets You Apart

- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Business Studies, Computer and Information Science, Information CyberSecurity, Information Technology, Management Information Systems
- At least one of the following: One or more certifications aligned to incident response and cyber defense, including GIAC (eg., GCFA, GCIA, GCIH) or equivalent incident response credentials
- Building SIEM detections using Sentinel, Splunk, or Google SecOps
- Developing AI-enabled security automations with LangChain or Copilot Studio
- Supporting incident response, threat hunting, and log analysis activities
- Applying Python, REST APIs, and Git in security workflows
- Collaborating in client-facing managed services delivery teams

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

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