Staff SecOps Engineer

Ledger

Staff SecOps Engineer at Ledger responsible for incident management and threat hunting. Leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers within a collaborative security operations team.

Posted 7/3/2026full-timeParis • 🇫🇷 FranceLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in incident management, threat hunting, and security operations, with a strong focus on SIEM and SOAR technologies. Capable of leading investigations, mentoring teams, and automating security processes to enhance operational efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Incident Management ExpertiseThreat Hunting ProficiencySIEM (Splunk) Architecture DesignCloud Security Knowledge (AWS)Automation Skills (Python, Bash)

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Hard Skills

Incident ResponseForensicsRoot Cause AnalysisThreat Intelligence (CTI)Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)Security AutomationLog/Data Pipeline DevelopmentCloud Security Tools (Wiz, CSPM/CNAPP)EDR Experience (CrowdStrike)Kubernetes Security

Soft Skills

Team CollaborationMentoringProblem SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

SIEM (Splunk)SOAR (Torq)AWSGitHub ActionsCI/CD

Industry Keywords

Security OperationsIncident Response Team (CSIRT)Cloud SecurityAutomation in SecurityAgent-Based Workflows

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetesPythonSplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the primary point of contact and coordinator for the most complex incidents across the cloud, corporate systems, endpoints, identities, and the data center.
Conduct end-to-end investigations: root cause analysis, forensics, timeline reconstruction, and remediation recommendations to prevent recurrence.
Serve as the team’s go-to expert in incident management, ensuring a rigorous and consistent approach to handling, escalating, and documenting incidents.
Lead proactive threat hunting by leveraging CTI and OSINT to identify and neutralize risks before they impact Ledger.
Design and optimize the SIEM (Splunk) architecture and SOAR (Torq) workflows that underpin effective detection, triage, and response.
Build, evolve, and own the architecture of our internal Agentic SOC and our log/data pipeline, and lead the automation of reporting for the SecOps team.
Mentor and foster the technical growth of senior and junior engineers, and act as a force multiplier within SecOps.
Work with the Engineering, Infrastructure, IT, and Cloud teams to align operational security with the organization’s objectives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

9+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, and CSIRT.
A strong track record as a technical expert in incident management, threat hunting, and detection engineering.
Comfortable working both as an individual contributor and as a team player in a fast-paced cloud and SaaS environment.
In-depth expertise in SIEM (ideally Splunk) and SOAR platforms, as well as CTI/OSINT methodologies.
Solid knowledge of AWS security (IAM, audit logs, network configurations, workloads, containers, Kubernetes) and cloud security tools (ideally Wiz, CSPM/CNAPP); experience with an EDR (ideally CrowdStrike).
Strong incident response and forensics skills, with the ability to conduct complex end-to-end investigations.
The ability to automate tasks and reporting using Python, Bash, APIs, GitHub Actions, a SOAR platform, or equivalent.
A solid understanding of infrastructure (cloud, networking, containers, CI/CD) and the ability to build and scale: log/data pipelines, integrations, and internal services.
A strong interest—or experience—in AI applied to security operations, agent-based workflows, and SOC automation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development