About the role
You will design and build a SecOps tooling ecosystem, including SIEM, SOAR, and vulnerability management platforms. Additionally, you will develop detection capabilities, maintain data ingestion workflows, and lead incident response activities.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in security operations, cloud security, and engineering with SIEM/SOAR platforms. Proficiency in scripting languages like Python or Go and experience with container orchestration and infrastructure-as-code are essential.
Benefits
Full description
This is a remote position.
We are seeking a Security Operations Engineer to join the Information Security, Risk and Compliance function of a large internal platform programme in the energy sector. Working within a cloud-native, hybrid platform environment, you will design and build the SecOps tooling ecosystem, develop detection capabilities and support incident response activities as the programme scales towards a structured 24x7 security operations capability.
- Contract / Freelance
- Full-time hours
- Remote, onsite in Germany possible
What you'll be doing
- Designing and building SecOps tooling covering SIEM, SOAR, vulnerability detection and management, EDR, logging pipelines and user behaviour analytics
- Developing architectural patterns and solution designs for the security tool ecosystem
- Evaluating and integrating new tools and platforms to strengthen detection, response and automation capabilities
- Building and maintaining scalable data ingestion, correlation and alerting workflows for advanced detection and response
- Coordinating with operational engineers to jointly maintain SecOps workflows and ensure platform reliability
- Building automation scripts, playbooks and workflows in SOAR tooling to enhance response efficiency and reduce analyst workload
- Designing and building an internal SecOps product providing detection and response capabilities for vulnerabilities, threats and security events
- Integrating with the internal observability product and broader corporate SOC capabilities
- Providing technical management during incidents, including tooling behaviour, data quality and engineering fixes
- Developing, testing and operationalising detection capabilities based on evolving threats and platform telemetry
- Creating and maintaining detection-as-code artefacts such as Sigma rules, YARA, KQL queries and static analysis rules
- Validating detection quality through adversary simulation, purple-teaming or continuous tuning
Requirements
What you'll need
- 5+ years of experience in security operations, engineering and cloud security tooling
- Engineering background in SIEM/SOAR, EDR platforms, log ingestion, telemetry pipelines, scripting (Python, PowerShell, Go) and cloud-native security tooling
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD toolchains and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Experience with threat modelling, detection engineering frameworks, TTP matrices and MITRE ATT&CK
- Experience creating architectural diagrams, interface specifications and onboarding guidelines
- Experience with logging and detection solutions for cloud architecture
- Fluent English, spoken and written
Desirable
- Experience with Wazuh
- Familiarity with observability platforms and OpenTelemetry
- Background in SOC Analyst Tier 1-3 roles or understanding of security operations centres
- Knowledge of security frameworks including BSI, ISO 27001 and MITRE ATT&CK
- Experience with GCP or other public cloud providers
- DFIR or blue team certifications (CySA+, GIAC, GCIH, BTL)
- Kubernetes security experience (CKS or CNCF related)
Benefits
As a freelancer / contractor with us, you will enjoy flexible working hours and the freedom to choose your own projects. Our platform gives you access to exciting projects in various industries and supports you in advancing your career. You'll benefit from competitive pay and a dedicated team to help you with any questions you may have. Work independently and utilise our strong network to achieve your professional goals.
