Security Operations Engineer
Description For Security Operations Engineer
Kraken Technologies, part of the Octopus Energy Group, is seeking a Security Operations Engineer to join their growing security team. This role is perfect for individuals with 2+ years of experience in SOC, engineering, or TechOps backgrounds who want to focus on security tooling and engineering.
As a Security Operations Engineer, you'll be part of a small but expanding team working on various projects across the entire Octopus Energy Group. Your responsibilities will include:
- Maintaining security logging, monitoring, and alerting processes and tools
- Responding to security alerts and improving detections
- Operating security tooling in line with best practices
- Assisting TechOps and other teams in maintaining services securely
- Supporting security incident response and root cause analysis
- Managing AWS native security services
- Contributing to the company's information security program
- Collaborating with various security teams to support security strategies
- Implementing security processes and requirements
- Staying updated on emerging security threats and trends
The ideal candidate will have:
- Strong background in information security and technology
- Experience in security teams maintaining logging, monitoring, and alerting
- Familiarity with security tooling such as EDR, MDM, Email Security, SIEM, SOAR, and vulnerability management tools
- Knowledge of AWS services and cloud security
- Understanding of security standards and frameworks
This remote position offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on shaping a more sustainable future in the energy industry. Octopus Energy Group values diversity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of background.
Responsibilities For Security Operations Engineer
- Maintain security logging, monitoring, and alerting processes and tooling
- Respond to security alerts, improve detections, and reduce false positives
- Operate security tooling in line with best practices and internal requirements
- Assist TechOps and other teams in maintaining services securely
- Support security incident response, remediation, and root cause analysis
- Help manage AWS native security services
- Contribute to the company's information security program
- Collaborate with various security teams to support security strategies
- Support the implementation of security processes and requirements
- Stay updated on emerging security threats, technologies, and industry trends
Requirements For Security Operations Engineer
- Strong background in information security and technology
- Understanding of security best practices and standards
- Previous experience in security teams maintaining and improving security logging, monitoring, and alerting
- Experience in managing security tooling such as EDR, MDM, Email Security, SIEM, SOAR, and vulnerability management tools
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a related field
