Senior Security Engineer
Core
Monitor, investigate, and respond to security activity across cloud, identity, endpoint, and Linux-based environments.
Role type
Senior Security Engineer (Incident Response & Cloud Security) (via careerplan.io/jobs/4889283101-senior-security-engineer-at-cision)
Builds
Security monitoring, incident response, and automated security tooling for Cision's global infrastructure.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Cloud Security (AWS/GCP), Incident Response
Required skills
Cloud security (AWS/GCP), Scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell), SIEM platforms (Splunk/Chronicle/Sentinel), Linux/Windows administration, Active Directory, Log analysis, Incident response procedures
Preferred skills
Google Cloud Platform security, Kubernetes/containers, Security automation
Responsibilities
Monitor and investigate security alerts across cloud, identity, endpoint, and network environments; Review logs and activity from AWS, GCP, Active Directory, Linux, and Windows systems; Support incident response by gathering evidence, validating suspicious activity, and documenting findings; Write scripts to automate repetitive security tasks, log analysis, reporting, or enrichment; Assist with security reviews including IAM, storage exposure, compute workloads, and network configurations; Investigate authentication activity, user behavior, privilege changes, and potential account compromise; Be available for after-hours incident response when urgent security events require investigation or support.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
