Senior Security Operations Engineer

Accountabilities

• Provide operational and technical leadership across security operations initiatives, helping shape and continuously improve the security operations function.
• Design, build, deploy, and operate security software, platforms, and tooling that strengthen detection, monitoring, response, and remediation capabilities.
• Monitor security environments, identify emerging threats, investigate incidents, coordinate responses, and drive effective remediation.
• Assess existing security controls and recommend or implement improvements to strengthen the organisation’s overall security posture.
• Apply software engineering and site reliability principles to automate security processes and improve the scalability, reliability, and maintainability of security tooling.
• Mentor and support early-career Security Operations engineers, sharing technical expertise and helping them develop their capabilities.
• Plan, prioritise, and deliver security initiatives within an agile engineering framework.
• Collaborate across engineering and security teams to address complex technical challenges and improve organisational resilience.
• Contribute to the wider open source security ecosystem through technical projects, threat intelligence sharing, blog posts, whitepapers, research, or conference presentations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience, with substantial experience across cybersecurity and/or software engineering.
• Professional experience in security operations, ideally including experience working within or leading a Security Operations Center.
• Strong software engineering background with the ability to design and develop reliable security tools and platforms.
• Hands-on proficiency with scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
• Working knowledge of Git, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and modern orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of security operations, including security monitoring, threat hunting, incident response, remediation, and defensive security practices.
• Experience working with complex or high-impact security environments and the ability to respond effectively to sophisticated threats.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and mentoring skills, with the ability to provide technical leadership and influence others.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, STEM, or a related discipline, or a compelling professional background demonstrating equivalent expertise.
• A strong record of academic, technical, or professional achievement and a genuine interest in open source security.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Controls, or ISO 27001 is valued.
• Experience with security architecture, leading security tools, offensive or defensive security teams, advanced persistent threats, or additional programming languages such as Go is an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation shaped by location, experience, and performance.
• Performance-driven annual bonus.
• Annual compensation reviews.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Recognition and rewards programs.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Distributed, remote-first working environment.
• Twice-yearly opportunities to meet colleagues in person through team sprints.
• Opportunities for international travel and collaboration with colleagues around the world.
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for eligible long-haul company events.
• Opportunities to contribute to open source security projects and share expertise through industry publications, talks, and conferences.
• An inclusive workplace that values diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.