Senior Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer (Security Operations)

Who we are

Arcadia is the AI-powered energy intelligence platform for businesses. We replace fragmented tools and manual workflows with one platform to pay utility bills buy energy and advance sustainability across every location at enterprise scale. Trusted by Fortune 2000 companies Arcadia combines unified data AI-powered analytics and expert advisory to help enterprise teams save money mitigate risk and cut carbon.

We deliver this through three comprehensive solutions:

Utility Bill Management: Automating the entire utility bill lifecycle from data capture and validation to payment processing and auditing.

Energy Procurement Advisory: Bringing together comprehensive data AI-powered analytics market expertise and a strong partner network to make sophisticated procurement options accessible to all. .

Sustainability Reporting Verified emissions data with seamless integration into leading sustainability platforms.

Tackling the worlds most complex energy challenges requires diverse thinking. Were building teams of people from different backgrounds industries and disciplines united by a belief that energy management should be simple intelligent and a genuine driver of business value.

Job summary

As a Senior Security Engineer youll be the technical anchor of Arcadias security operations function leading the daily defense of our endpoints cloud infrastructure and identity systems. Youll operate with significant autonomy and strong collaboration across our global team drive initiatives end to end and partner directly with security leadership in the U.S. to mature our detection response and vulnerability management programs. Youll also support our SOC 2 Type II program by owning the technical controls within your scope.

This person will report to the Senior Manager of Security in the U.S. with strong local collaboration in Chennai India. Youll work as part of a single global security team operating with consistent expectations and shared standards across the globe.

What were looking for

Were seeking a Senior Security Engineer based in Chennai India with 5 to 8 years of experience in security operations endpoint security and cloud security. This is an Individual Contributor role at the Senior (L4) level anchored in SecOps with expected contributions to security engineering work. The ideal candidate is technically deep operationally disciplined and comfortable driving programs end to end with light oversight. You should be equally at ease tuning an EDR detection leading a vulnerability remediation effort with key stakeholders and leading security incident response. Youll bring strong judgment clear written communication and the ability to translate technical risk into business terms.

This role goes beyond reactive security analyst work and includes leadership of detection response and engineering initiatives. Youll be expected to shape how Arcadias security operations function evolves mentor teammates and contribute to the broader security strategy.

At Arcadia we value demonstrated experience over certifications. Whatever certifications you hold or dont hold what matters most is the depth of your hands-on security work and the impact youve had on the teams and programs youve supported.

What youll do

Own and operate Arcadias endpoint security program on CrowdStrike including detection tuning response workflows and policy management across Windows and macOS

Lead vulnerability management end to end: scanning cadence risk-based prioritization and partnering with key stakeholders to drive remediation to closure

Partner with engineering teams to strengthen cloud security in AWS over time contributing to identity hygiene configuration review baseline assessments and detection coverage as the program matures

Serve as the response lead for security incidents: owning triage investigation containment and post-incident review in coordination with senior security leadership

Build and maintain detection content response runbooks and operational metrics that demonstrate program effectiveness

Support Arcadias SOC 2 Type II program by owning the technical controls within your scope producing audit evidence and partnering with the GRC function on control design and testing

Partner with the global IT team on identity device management and email security to ensure security best practices are operationalized

Contribute to security engineering initiatives when the work calls for it: including tooling automation and infrastructure improvements that scale SecOps capabilities

Mentor teammates and elevate the technical depth of the security team

Contribute to security roadmap planning and represent security operations in cross-functional initiatives

What will help you succeed

5 to 8 years of experience in security operations endpoint security or cloud security roles

Demonstrated ownership of EDR platforms with CrowdStrike preferred (SentinelOne Defender or equivalent also acceptable) including detection tuning and response workflows

Working knowledge of AWS security fundamentals including IAM logging and detection (CloudTrail GuardDuty or equivalent) and common misconfiguration patterns with the ability to grow this practice in partnership with engineering

Practical experience leading or significantly contributing to security incidents from detection through resolution

Working knowledge of vulnerability management programs at scale including prioritization frameworks and remediation partnership with cross-functional teams

Familiarity with SOC 2 Type II or comparable control frameworks with the ability to operate technical controls and produce audit evidence

Ability to operate independently drive projects to completion and exercise sound judgment with light oversight

Fluent written and spoken English. Daily collaboration across our global team is conducted in English including incident response technical documentation code review and meetings

Availability to overlap with U.S. working hours for collaboration meetings with overlap typically ending no later than 8:30 PM IST

Nice-to-have

Proficiency in at least one scripting language for automation and tooling

Experience with identity providers (Okta Entra ID or equivalent) and SSO/MFA hardening

Exposure to detection-as-code workflows SIEM tuning or building security automations

Experience working in a globally distributed security team

Benefits

Competitive compensation based on market standards

We are working on a hybrid model with remote first policy

Apart from Fixed Base Salary potential candidates are eligible for following benefits

Flexible Leave Policy

Office located in the heart of the city in case you need to step in for any purpose

We provide comprehensive coverage including accident policy and life insurance.

Medical Insurance (15 Family Members)

Flexible Benefit Plan

Awards and Bonus

Annual performance cycle

Quarterly engagement activities

A supportive workplace culture that values diversity empathy teamwork trust and efficiency

Eliminating carbon footprints eliminating carbon copies.

Here at Arcadia we cultivate diversity celebrate individuality and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Arcadia is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information protected veteran status or any status protected by applicable federal state or local law.

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