Senior SecOps Engineer

About the role:

Forter is looking for a Senior SecOps Engineer to enhance our security operations and ensure robust protection against sophisticated threats. This role is crucial for maintaining our Security Operations as a high-performing and resilient hub that can quickly adapt to emerging security challenges in the fintech industry. You will take the lead in refining our SOC capabilities by monitoring network traffic automating processes analyzing security incidents managing security tools and providing expertise to SOC analysts without having direct management responsibilities.

The Senior SOC Engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to build defenses respond to incidents and design strategies for robust cybersecurity posture.

Why should you join us

At Forter youll play a critical role in defending against sophisticated threats in a high-stakes fintech environment.

As a Senior SOC Engineer you will lead initiatives to enhance SOC capabilities with cutting-edge technologies and automation tools directly influencing Forters ability to safeguard millions of transactions for major clients like Nordstrom Priceline and ASOS while collaborating with industry experts in cloud security fraud prevention and data analytics and experimenting with the latest SIEM SOAR EDR and cloud-native security technologies.

This is more than just a job; its an opportunity to grow your expertise in a dynamic supportive environment while making a tangible impact on the digital commerce industry.

What you will be doing:

• Drive SOC workflow automation using SOAR and oversee the full lifecycle management (deployment tuning operation) of core security tools like EDR aiming to increase automation coverage and consistency.
• Lead Cloud Security Monitoring including managing AWS security logs via SIEM and working with the CSPM team for proactive cloud defense.
• Perform continuous Security Monitoring and Threat Detection building custom queries and dashboards to enhance visibility across platforms.
• Develop and execute Proactive Threat Hunting procedures to identify potential risks.
• Enhance and coordinate the Incident Response process working with cross-functional teams through containment eradication and post-incident analysis.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors for managed security services and specialized tools.

What youll need

• Experience: 5 years in SecOps/IR with hands-on threat detection and mitigation specifically in cloud-centric production-scale environments.
• Technical Skills: Strong capability in Cloud-focused threat detection incident response and analysis of complex attack patterns. Skilled in writing SIEM queries/alerts with an outcome-orientation (e.g. measurable improvements in MTTD or alert fidelity).
• Scripting & Automation: Knowledge of Python SQL or Bash for SOC automation with practical experience building SOAR playbooks data enrichment scripts and Detection-as-Code solutions.
• AI & LLM Security: Understanding of the AI threat landscape (including adversarial ML and OWASP Top 10 for LLMs) and exposure to securing GenAI pipelines.
• Investigations: Extensive experience with end-to-end security investigations deep knowledge of security network protocols and familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.
• Security Tools: Hands-on experience managing configuring and investigating security events across EDR Firewall SIEM and SOAR platforms.
• Core Skills: Strong problem-solving analytical and organizational skills. Comfort leading initiatives without direct authority a security-first approach and the ability to mentor SOC analysts.

Itd be cool if you also: NOT A MUST

• Familiar with industry frameworks (ISO 27001 PCI-DSS SOC2 NIST etc.) and regulatory requirements.
• Have one or more certifications: CRTP OSCP OWSP OSDA GCIH GIAC CSA CompTIA CySA or other relevant certifications.
• Experience with building agents and utilizing LLMAI in day2day work

About us:

Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerfulit can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a companys connection with its customers. How do we do it Forter was founded on the insight that its not about what is being purchased nor where but who is behind the interaction.

The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customersensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. Were meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.

Trust is backed by data Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards including:

• Great Place to Work Certification ()
• Fortunes Best Workplaces in NYC (2022)
• #3 on Fast Companys list of Most Innovative Finance Companies (2022)
• Forbes Cloud 100 (2021 2022)
• SAP Pinnacle Awards New Partner Application Award (2023)
• Fintech Breakthrough Awards Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)

Life as a Forterian:

We are a team of over 500 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013 weve raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global Bessemer Sequoia Capital March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. Were on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Nordstrom Priceline Instacart and ASOS can block fraud drive revenue and improve customer experience.

At Forter we believe unique people create unique ideas and valuable experience comes in many forms. So even if your background doesnt match everything we have listed in the job description we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives we grow together as humans and as a company.

Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants regardless of race color religion gender sexual orientation marital status gender identity or expression national origin genetics age disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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