Senior Security Operations Engineer
Core
Senior Security Engineer owning the end-to-end vulnerability management lifecycle while supporting incident response, threat hunting, and regulatory compliance for a cryptocurrency platform.
Role type
Senior Security Operations Engineer (Vulnerability Management & Generalist)
Builds
Vulnerability management programs, security detection use cases, and compliance evidence for crypto financial services.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Cryptocurrency / Financial Services
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Vulnerability management lifecycle ownership, risk-based vulnerability prioritization, security alert investigation, EDR/SIEM usage, endpoint security policies, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud-native security (AWS), Python/Bash scripting, regulatory compliance support, mentoring
Preferred skills
Defensive security certifications (GCIH, GEVA), Offensive security certifications (OSCP, GPEN, GXPN), AI/ML tool usage for automation
Technologies
Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, AWS, Python, Bash, SIEM, EDR
Responsibilities
Own and operate the end-to-end vulnerability management lifecycle, prioritize vulnerabilities using a risk-based approach, produce recurring vulnerability posture reports, serve as a technical investigator for complex security alerts, participate in on-call rotation, consume threat intelligence feeds and hunt for IOCs, develop and integrate detection use cases, support regulatory compliance audits, mentor junior team members
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities