Sr. SOC Cloud Engineer

Job Description The Senior SOC Cloud Engineer is a SOC‑focused, cloud security engineer responsible for cloud‑native detection, incident response, and remediation across Azure and AWS. Reporting to the SOC Manager, this role owns the cloud incident response lifecycle and acts as an engineering extension of the SOC as the organization moves cloud‑first. This is a control and detection-focused role. Day‑to‑Day

• Own and support cloud incident response from detection through containment, remediation, and lessons learned
• Enable high‑fidelity alerts for SOC analysts (this role is not alert‑triage heavy)
• Build, tune, and automate cloud‑native detections
• Route and optimize Defender and cloud security alerts into Splunk
• Support investigations involving identity compromise, ransomware, and cloud‑based threats
• Improve SOC readiness for real‑world cloud incidents We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day.

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• 7+ years in cybersecurity with strong SOC and incident response experience
• Hands‑on experience securing Azure and AWS (mostly production)
• Deep experience with cloud‑native security tooling, including: ○ Microsoft Defender (E5 today, E7 exposure a plus) ○ AWS CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Data Lake ○ DNS logging (Route 53)
• Proven ability to identify, contain, and remediate threats
• Experience enabling SOC teams through better detections and telemetry
• Strong understanding of cloud attack paths and response actions
• Experience automating detections and response workflows
• SIEM integration experience (Splunk preferred)
• Exposure to ransomware or high‑severity cloud incidents Experience supporting SOC maturity in cloud‑first environments