Senior Security Engineer

Vultr
Chennai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 5-8 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Written communication","Verbal communication","Mentoring","Incident management"]

Own escalated security alerts and lead investigation for the most complex events across Vultr’s SIEM, identity/access, endpoint, and cloud telemetry. Drive incidents to closure within SLAs through deep log correlation and forensics, determine root cause, and implement containment and eradication. Act as a senior escalation point for the GIOC, build and tune detections using MITRE ATT&CK, automate triage with SOAR playbooks, and mentor Security Engineers.

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Vultr
Vultr
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Senior Security Engineer

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Job Summary

Own escalated security alerts and lead investigation for the most complex events across Vultr’s SIEM, identity/access, endpoint, and cloud telemetry. Drive incidents to closure within SLAs through deep log correlation and forensics, determine root cause, and implement containment and eradication. Act as a senior escalation point for the GIOC, build and tune detections using MITRE ATT&CK, automate triage with SOAR playbooks, and mentor Security Engineers.
Location: Chennai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and drive escalated investigations to closure across SIEM, identity/access, endpoint, and cloud telemetry.
  • •Perform deep analysis using log correlation, endpoint and network forensics, and threat-intelligence enrichment.
  • •Lead containment, eradication, and recovery actions; determine scope/root cause and distinguish true positives from benign anomalies.
  • •Act as technical lead for major incidents (Sev-0 / Sev-1) and suspected-breach bridges, coordinating across teams.
  • •Build and tune detections and correlation rules; conduct threat hunting using MITRE ATT&CK; automate triage with SOAR playbooks and scripting.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsurancePaid LeaveLearning BudgetInternet StipendGym Membership

Key Requirements

  • •5-8 years in security operations, incident response, or a SOC, with senior escalation and incident-response ownership.
  • •Deep hands-on expertise with SIEM, EDR, log analysis, and endpoint/network forensics.
  • •Strong understanding of attacker techniques, MITRE ATT&CK, threat intelligence, and the incident-response lifecycle.
  • •Proven ability to lead complex investigations, containment/eradication, and root-cause analysis.
  • •Detection-engineering and automation skills (including Python, SOAR playbooks, detection-as-code) and familiarity with ITSM tooling.
Experience:5-8 yearsSecurity operationsIncident responseSOC
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Technical leadershipWritten communicationVerbal communicationMentoringIncident management
Certifications:ITIL V4GCIHGCIAGCFACySA+CISSP
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SIEMEDRLog analysisEndpoint forensicsNetwork forensicsThreat intelligenceMITRE ATT&CKSOARPythonDetection-as-codeITSM

Company Brief

Vultr
Provides cloud infrastructure services including VPS, dedicated instances, block storage, and bare metal across global data centers. Targets developers and businesses with simple, high-performance, and cost-effective cloud compute and networking solutions.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: West Palm Beach, United States
Founded: 2014
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