Valent BioSciences

Security Operations

• Responsible for monitoring, detecting, responding to, and remediating security threats across Valent USA and Sumitomo Biorational Company’s (SBC) technology landscape.
• Ensures the continuous operation and improvement of security tools, automates security workflows, and supports the implementation of security controls across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Leads initiatives to advance company-wide cybersecurity services and requires a high-level technical expertise to provide guidance on information security best practices.
• Contributes to information security policy maintenance; assists with the design of security education, training, and monitors compliance with third-party suppliers, SBC IT Security policies, regulatory requirements, and applicable laws.
• Reports to the Security Operations Manager and works closely with internal IT teams, managed service providers, legal, and compliance stakeholders to safeguard Valent’s and SBC’s systems, data, and users.
• Operate and tune security monitoring platforms including SIEM, endpoint detection and response (EDR), identity protection, email security, and cloud security tools.
• Triage and investigate security alerts, determine root cause, and take appropriate containment and remediation actions in coordination with internal and external teams.
• Support incident response activities.
• Collaborate with the Security Operations Manager and managed security services provider (MSSP) to refine detection rules, correlation logic, and incident escalation procedures.
• Configure, maintain, and improve security tools to ensure optimal performance and coverage.
• Identify opportunities to automate operational tasks such as log analysis, incident response steps, and reporting using scripting tools (e.g., PowerShell or Python).
• Analyze vulnerability scan results and coordinate remediation efforts with infrastructure, application, and cloud teams.

Cyber Security Operations Engineer