SecOps Engineer

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Picus Security, the leading security validation company, gives organizations a clear picture of their cyber risk based on business context. Picus transforms security practices by correlating, prioritizing, and validating exposures across siloed findings so teams can focus on critical gaps and high-impact fixes. With Picus, security teams can quickly take action with one-click mitigations to stop more threats with less effort.

The Picus Security Validation Platform easily reaches across on‑prem environments, hybrid clouds and endpoints coupled with Numi AI to provide exposure validation.

The pioneer of Breach and Attack Simulation, Picus delivers award‑winning threat‑centric technology that allows teams to pinpoint fixes worth pursuing, offering a 98% recommendation in Gartner Peer Review.

If you’re a results‑driven person with an entrepreneurial mindset, who takes the initiative and thrives in a dynamic environment, then this is a great opportunity to play a pivotal role in a fast‑growing cybersecurity company. We are looking for a smart, agile, and driven engineer to have a direct impact on the future of our business by helping to influence the global adoption of our award‑winning Picus Security Validation Platform.

We are looking for a Sec Ops Engineer to play a key role in securing and optimizing our SaaS‑driven, cloud‑first IT infrastructure. You will be responsible for managing, automating, and enhancing security tools across our cloud‑based infrastructure, Cloud Applications, and macOS‑based endpoints. This role will ensure strong security configurations, operational resilience, and compliance alignment while working closely with SOC, IT, and Engineering teams.

As a Sec Ops Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting‑edge security automation, cloud security solutions, and zero‑trust architectures, making a direct impact on the security posture of a highly dynamic SaaS organization.

• Manage and optimize security tools, including EDR/EPP, Cloud Security Services (Guard Duty, WAF, IAM, Cloud Trail, Security Hub), VPN, DNS Security, Network Security, Email Security, and SIEM solutions
• Ensure cloud security best practices are implemented
• Automate security configurations and responses using scripting skills to enhance security operations
• Deploy and maintain macOS endpoint security policies, ensuring strong device hardening and zero‑trust access controls
• Work closely with SOC teams to fine‑tune SIEM/XDR rules and alerts, reducing false positives and improving detection accuracy
• Implement security orchestration and automation (SOAR) to streamline incident response processes
• Conduct regular security assessments, ensuring SaaS applications and cloud services are securely configured
• Support vulnerability management efforts, ensuring timely patching and risk remediation
• Assist in compliance and security audits, ensuring all security tools align with ISO 27001, AICPA SOC 2, CSA, GDPR, and other regulatory requirements
• Develop documentation and security playbooks to guide security operations and best practices

• Hands‑on experience in Sec Ops, security engineering, or security operations
• Strong expertise in cloud security, security tool management, and automation
• Experience securing SaaS applications and cloud‑native services
• Hands‑on experience with endpoint security, email security, network security, and security automation tools
• Knowledge of zero‑trust security architectures and IAM best practices
• Experience in macOS security hardening and endpoint protection
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Terraform for security automation and infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Familiarity with security and compliance standards and frameworks (e.g. NIST, CSA, CIS, ISO
  27001)
• Ability to collaborate with SOC teams, Dev Ops, IT, and Engineering teams to enhance security controls
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to optimize security operations and incident response workflows
• A proactive and agile mindset with a strong focus on efficiency, automation, and continuous security improvement

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