Security Operations Engineer II

Credit Acceptance

Security Operations Engineer II at Credit Acceptance engineering security tools and managing SecOps processes. Collaborating with globally distributed teams to enhance customer operations and security services.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaJuniorMid-Level💰 ₹2,421,038 - ₹3,550,856 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Operate and tune enterprise security tools (EDR, SIEM/SOAR, WAF/proxy, email security).
Manage proxy filtering policies, exceptions, SSL inspection, and performance troubleshooting.
Build automation and playbooks (Python/PowerShell, SOAR, APIs) to streamline SecOps tasks.
Implement CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows for consistent, auditable security configuration changes.
Author and tune detection rules; improve signal quality and reduce false positives.
Maintain and author health dashboards, uptime/coverage metrics, and change governance documentation.
Conduct knowledge transfers through runbooks, how-to guides, tabletop exercises, and lunch & learn training sessions.
Maintain upgrade schedules, license compliance, configuration baselines, and key/secret rotations.
Administer URL/category policies, SSL inspection, identity-aware policies, geo/risk-based controls, and performance troubleshooting.
Analyze block events for false positives; measure impact; retire exceptions on schedule and report residual risk.
Build and maintain an automation backlog in partnership with SecOps, prioritizing high-frequency, high-toil tasks.
Provide on-call support for tooling availability and ingestion/normalization issues.
Report on metrics (uptime, coverage, MTTR, lead time, change success rate, exception aging).
Keep documentation, diagrams, and asset inventories current.
As needed, monitor and respond to alerts raised by various toolsets as part of an ongoing 24/7 Security Operations Center.
Report outages or incidents following guidelines and procedures.
Detect, analyze, and respond to incidents, coordinate with other stakeholders for containing, eradicating, and recovering from an incident.
Assist in developing testing criteria to implement new signatures/rules.
Participate in on-call rotations, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Data Science or closely related field of study or equivalent experience
Minimum 2 years of experience in cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), operations incident response, network security or security engineering
Basic experience administering, deploying and managing security tools.
Basic experience operating WAF/proxy and SIEM/SOAR.
Scripting in Python and/or PowerShell and building API integrations; JSON/YAML proficiency.
CI/CD and Git workflows; Infrastructure-as-Code for security configurations.
Basic understanding of TLS/SSL, HTTP, identity-aware policies, and egress/ingress routing.
Documentation discipline and change management (ITIL basics).
Ability to produce formal and informal reports, briefings, and analysis of security controls.
Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) or Intrusion Detection System or Intrusion Prevention System (IDS/IPS) monitoring tools.
Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK Framework and Cyber Kill Chain flow
Understanding of incident response processes and risk management.
Preferred: Actively hold one or more of the following certifications: GSEC, GCIA/GCED, GCDA, AZ-500, SC-200/SC-100, Network+ or CCNA.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance bonus
Allowances
Employer-paid insurance benefits
Flexible work options including work from home, on site and hybrid positions
Company provided technology packages for all Team Members
Collaborative atmosphere filled with forward-thinking Team Members
Extensive growth opportunities
Ongoing business training and career development opportunities
Competitive market-based salary with bonus compensation
Quarterly profit sharing and annual merit bonuses
Generous PTO and holidays that include 28.5 total days during first full year of employment
Excellent benefits package that includes 401(K) match, adoption assistance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive medical/dental/vision and many nonstandard benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonPowerShellCI/CDInfrastructure-as-CodeJSONYAMLEDRSIEMWAFnetwork security

Soft Skills

documentation disciplinechange managementreportinganalysiscommunication

Certifications

GSECGCIAGCEDGCDAAZ-500SC-200SC-100Network+CCNA