Senior Security Engineer

Menlo Securitys mission is enabling the world to connect communicate and collaborate securely without compromise. COVID-19 has made our mission all the more real. We support customers across various enterprises including Fortune 500 companies 9/10 of the largest global banks and the Department of Defense.

The world has fundamentally changed. We are growing from 400 employees into the next phase of our journey and we need passionate talent filled with empathy and agility. The right candidate for the job is ethical hyper-organized fanatical about seeing things through to completion service-oriented and humble enough to take feedback and coaching yet confident enough to provide feedback and coaching.

Menlo is well-funded for growth and our investors are second to none. They include Vista Equity Partners (Vista) General Catalyst JPMC American Express HSBC and Ericsson Ventures.

Job Overview:

The Senior Security Engineer is responsible for protecting the organisations digital assets infrastructure and data through the design implementation and maintenance of security systems and controls. This role involves managing security tools conducting risk assessments responding to incidents and ensuring adherence to applicable security standards and frameworks. The successful candidate will work closely with teams across Menlo to embed security best practices across all technology initiatives supporting the organisations security posture and resilience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Security Operations & Monitoring

  • Monitor and manage the SIEM platform and security alerts to identify investigate and respond to potential threats.

  • Administer and optimise EDR solutions (Crowdstrike) to ensure comprehensive endpoint protection across the organisation.

  • Lead incident response activities including investigation containment remediation and post-incident analysis.

• Vulnerability & Risk Management

  • Manage the vulnerability management programme including scanning prioritisation and coordination of remediation efforts.

  • Conduct risk assessments and develop risk mitigation strategies in collaboration with stakeholders.

  • Implement and maintain CIS Benchmarks and similar baselines across systems and infrastructure to ensure secure configurations.

• Identity Access & SaaS Security

  • Configure and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions ensuring appropriate access controls are in place.

  • Oversee SaaS security posture including configuration reviews access governance and data protection controls.

  • Manage data loss prevention technologies (Code42 Google Workspace) to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with data handling policies.

• Security Engineering & Automation

  • Develop and implement automation to improve security operations efficiency and reduce manual workload.

  • Support network security initiatives ensuring secure architecture and appropriate controls are maintained.

  • Evaluate and contribute to AI security initiatives ensuring appropriate controls for AI/MCP systems and emerging technologies.

• Policy Process & Advisory

  • Develop document and maintain security policies standards and procedures.

  • Provide security guidance and consultancy to IT and other Menlo teams on projects and initiatives.

  • Stay current with emerging threats vulnerabilities and security technologies to continuously improve the organisations security posture.
    

Qualifications:

• The successful candidate will have some combination of the following education and experience:

  • Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity Computer Science or Information Technology

  • Relevant certifications (CISSP CCSP Security or similar) and/or

  • Minimum of 3-5 years experience in security engineering or adjacent roles.

• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms EDR solutions (ideally Crowdstrike) and vulnerability management tools.

• Experience with IAM solutions SaaS security and data protection tools.

• Strong understanding of networking concepts protocols and security architecture.

• Experience with security automation and scripting required.

• Strong understanding of cloud security concepts is beneficial.

• Excellent analytical problem-solving and communication skills.
  

Working Conditions:

• Full-time position with occasional out-of-hours support coverage as required.

• Hybrid working arrangement with in-office presence required 1-2 days per week.

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Why Menlo

Our culture is collaborative inclusive and fun! We have five core values: Stay Aligned Get It Done Customer Empathy Think Creatively and Help Each Other Out. We believe in open communication supporting new ideas and sharing a mutual mindset of what were aiming to achieve together. There are tremendous opportunities to take initiative implement new ideas and have a hand in building a legacy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race sex color religion sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.

TO ALL AGENCIES: Please no phone calls or emails to any employee of Menlo Security outside of the Talent organization. Menlo Securitys policy is to only accept resumes from agencies via Ashby (ATS). Agencies must have a valid services agreement executed and must have been assigned by the Talent team to a specific requisition. Any resume submitted outside of this process will be deemed the sole property of Menlo the event a candidate submitted outside of this policy is hired no fee or payment will be paid.

Required Experience:

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