Security Operations Engineer
Abacus Insights
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of security operational work from intake to closure, including triage, prioritization, routing, and verification.
- Serve as the primary owner of the security operations backlog in Jira, ensuring issues are clearly scoped, properly assigned, and progressing.
- Triage and manage findings from security tooling (e.g., CSPM, SIEM, DLP, endpoint security), escalating when necessary and closing the loop with evidence.
- Act as the first line of operational response for routine security requests such as firewall rules, IP allowlisting, certificate management, logging changes, and access related exceptions.
- Manage cloud and application security findings through remediation, exception, or risk acceptance workflows.
- Coordinate directly with engineering teams on remediation efforts, ensuring expectations, deadlines, and verification steps are clear.
- Maintain accurate status tracking and supporting evidence for remediation and audit purposes.
- Support recurring vulnerability management activities and reporting requirements.
- Execute daily, weekly, and monthly security review tasks, including log reviews, alert reviews, and dashboard verification.
- Ensure required logs are present, flowing, and usable; identify and escalate gaps in coverage.
- Produce and maintain security artifacts required for audits, customer assurance, and regulatory reviews.
- Own recurring security operational tasks tied to compliance (e.g., access reviews, log review evidence, vulnerability reports).
Requirements
- 3–6 years of experience in security operations, cloud operations, or SRE-adjacent roles.
- Strong experience operating security tooling such as cloud security posture management (CSPM), SIEM, endpoint protection, or DLP platforms.
- Hands-on familiarity with cloud environments (AWS and/or Azure) and common operational security controls.
- Experience managing work through ticketing systems (e.g., Jira) with a focus on clarity, prioritization, and follow-through.
- Strong understanding of operational security concepts, including vulnerability management, least privilege, logging, and auditability.
- Ability to work calmly across many parallel work items and maintain operational discipline.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, especially when coordinating across teams.
- Experience supporting regulated environments (e.g., healthcare, HITRUST, SOC 2) is a plus.
- Familiarity with tools such as Wiz, Splunk, Microsoft Defender, or equivalent platforms is a plus.
- Experience supporting audit cycles or customer security reviews is a plus.
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off – recharge when you need it
- Work from anywhere – flexibility to fit your life
- Comprehensive health coverage – multiple plan options to choose from
- Equity for every employee – share in our success
- Growth-focused environment – your development matters here
- Home office setup allowance – one-time support to get you started
- Monthly cell phone allowance – stay connected with ease
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
security operationscloud operationsvulnerability managementoperational security conceptsticketing systemscloud security posture management (CSPM)SIEMendpoint protectionDLPlogging
Soft Skills
communication skillsoperational disciplineprioritizationclarityability to work across parallel work items