SecOps Security Engineer

Were Hiring: Security Engineer | Threat Hunting & Cyber Defense

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 7+ years overall IT | 5+ years in Security Operations / Threat Hunting

Role: Security Engineer

Joining: Immediate

We are looking for an experienced Security Engineer to join our cybersecurity team and drive advanced threat investigation, threat hunting, detection engineering, vulnerability management, and proactive cyber defense.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead advanced threat hunting and investigation activities, including APT and hands-on-keyboard attacks

* Perform deep incident scoping and correlate telemetry across endpoint, cloud, identity, email and network sources

* Develop and refine detection rules/signatures based on threat intelligence and hunting findings

* Own vulnerability and risk management activities identification, assessment, prioritization, remediation and reporting

* Coordinate with IT and application teams for vulnerability remediation and patching

* Maintain and enhance vulnerability scanning processes and tools

* Drive security automation and integration across SIEM, EDR, MDR and SOAR platforms

* Develop SOPs, investigation documentation and security KPIs/metrics

* Translate technical security findings into clear business risk for leadership and stakeholders

Required Technical Skills

Microsoft Sentinel & KQL – Expert level

Microsoft Defender XDR / M365 Security

SIEM / EDR / MDR / SOAR

Threat Hunting & Threat Intelligence

MITRE ATT&CK / APT analysis

Cloud, Identity, Email & SaaS security

PowerShell, KQL and Python scripting

Security detection engineering & automation

Vulnerability & Risk Management

Education & Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Preferred certifications:

SC-200 | AZ-500 | CISSP | GCIH | GCIA | GCED | OSCP | Security+ | CySA+ | GSEC