Security Engineer II

About This Role

Lead security initiatives, complex investigations, and security improvement projects across cloud and enterprise environments as a senior technical contributor. This role involves engineering, optimization, and escalation handling, while mentoring junior engineers and advancing the company's security maturity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute security engineering projects, including design, deployment, and optimization of security controls
• Serve as an escalation point for complex security incidents and advanced threat investigations
• Engineer and maintain security solutions across cloud environments, with a strong focus on Microsoft platforms
• Design, develop, and optimize advanced detections and queries within SIEM and EDR platforms
• Perform proactive threat hunting and analysis across endpoint, identity, email, and network telemetry
• Architect and improve integrations between security tools and cloud services
• Own and improve security tooling, including EDR platforms, SIEM solutions, Secure Email Gateway technologies, Web proxy and web filtering solutions, and Privileged Access / Privilege Management solutions
• Drive improvements in incident response processes, automation, and response playbooks
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and identity teams on secure design and implementation
• Mentor Security Engineer I staff and provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing
• Contribute to security strategy, roadmap planning, and risk reduction initiatives

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in information security or security engineering roles
• Strong experience securing cloud environments (Microsoft preferred)
• Advanced hands-on experience with EDR, SIEM, and threat detection engineering
• Strong query and data analysis skills (KQL, SPL, SQL, or similar)
• Proven experience handling complex security incidents and escalations
• Solid understanding of identity, networking, endpoint, and cloud security concepts

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in information security or security engineering roles

Nice to Have

• Deep experience with Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Entra ID, and Azure security controls
• Experience leading or delivering security projects from design through implementation
• Familiarity with automation and scripting (PowerShell, Python, Logic Apps, SOAR)
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AZ-500, SC-200, SC-100, CISSP) a plus

Skills

* Required skills