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Sr. SecOps Engineer, Pangea Digital

Open until suitable candidate is identified

Please quote vacancy number: TEC1650-2401


Pangea Digital is seeking a security generalist, with a strong blue team focus, who is curious, autonomous, and autodidactic—someone driven to continuously expand their knowledge and skills. The ideal candidate knows how to navigate the complex landscape of competing priorities with sound judgment and a focus on delivering meaningful security value. We need someone who doesn't just identify problems but also implements effective solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the enhancement and troubleshooting of existing security monitoring and defense systems, ensuring their optimization and successful completion of all improvements
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive security strategies and effective incident response
  • Develop and deploy tools to automate, enrich, and integrate data from multiple sources into the security stack
  • Design and implement automated workflows using serverless architectures, orchestration services, and automation tools to streamline security operations and enhance response times
  • Architect and implement deception technologies, including canary tokens and honeypots, to detect and respond to potential threats proactively
  • Strengthen and maintain the security of cloud-based and cloud-native resources
  • Lead the resolution of security incidents across all facets of Pangea
  • Manage log sources and connectors, and develop and maintain comprehensive logging standards
  • Develop, implement, and manage SIEM detection rules, alerts, and incident queues to ensure effective responses
  • Develop innovative detection capabilities to identify threats across diverse environments
  • Develop and maintain custom SOAR playbooks to automate incident response processes
  • Continuously assess detection capabilities, identify areas for improvement, and refine detection and response strategies
  • Engage with the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to ensure compliance with FISMA Moderate controls, specifically focusing on Incident Response (IR) and Audit (AU) controls

Education:

  • Information technology, (BA – bachelor’s degree), mandatory
  • Combination of education and experience

 Work Experience:

  •  Relevant industry experience with a responsibility for security analysis, design, architecture, and development. 4-6 years (Mandatory)
  •  Team management experience 2-3 years (Desirable)
  •  Previous experience working in a multicultural or a multinational environment; or experience living and working abroad, preferably in relevant RFE/RL target regions, desirable.

Technical Competences:

  • Experience crafting detection rules tailored to TTPs
  • Proficiency in conducting threat hunts across large datasets, leveraging tools like Jupyter Notebooks, Yara rules, Sigma rules, and KQL
  • Strong understanding of key cybersecurity frameworks, including MITRE ATT&CK®, NIST, and the Cyber Kill Chain
  • Practical, hands-on experience with CNAPP, CWPP, and CSPM tools for securing cloud-native environments
  • Experience securing Kubernetes-based platforms and cloud-native environments, focusing on deployment, monitoring, and protecting containerized applications at scale
  • Experience with log standard definitions, event logging, and audit record analysis, integrating these for comprehensive monitoring and threat detection
  • Proven experience in managing incidents, automating incident response, and producing effective incident reports
  • Coding experience (Python, Ruby, Go, or similar) for automation and security investigations

Key Qualities:

  • Rigorous, manifests integrity, inspires confidence
  • Uses threat models instead of assumptions
  • Brings well-researched, clear information to guide decision-making
  • Understands how individual security issues are leveraged in an attack
  • Dissects and resolves complex security challenges with a structured approach
  • Coordinates effectively when working with incomplete information.

Culture and Collaboration Values:

  • Fosters a blameless culture where mistakes are learning opportunities
  • Practices inclusivity by guiding and supporting colleagues
  • Paves the safe way for others by building guardrails rather than gates
  • Breaks down barriers by sharing the technical practices
  • Demystifies security concepts, and simplifies the complex for others
  • Makes an effort to learn others' workflows before providing input

Languages:

  • English language (proficient), mandatory.
  • Broadcast region language (working knowledge), desirable.

Should you be interested in this position please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter in English.

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