Security Engineer
Description For Security Engineer
Kraken Technologies UK, part of the Octopus Energy Group, is seeking a Security Engineer to join their team. This role is perfect for individuals with SOC experience looking to focus more on engineering, those with an engineering background wanting to specialize in security, or professionals with a TechOps background interested in security tooling.
As a Security Engineer, you'll be part of a small but growing security team with a wide range of active and planned projects across the entire Octopus Energy Group. Your responsibilities will include:
- Maintaining security logging, monitoring, and alerting processes and tooling
- Responding to security alerts, improving detections, and reducing false positives
- Operating security tooling in line with best practices and internal requirements
- Assisting TechOps and other teams in maintaining their services according to good security practices
- Supporting security incident response, remediation, and root cause analysis
- Helping to manage AWS native security services
- Participating in the company's information security program
- Collaborating with colleagues across various teams to support security strategies and initiatives
- Supporting the implementation of security processes and requirements
- Staying up-to-date with emerging security threats, technologies, and industry trends
The ideal candidate will have:
- Strong background in information security and technology
- Experience in security teams maintaining and improving security logging, monitoring, and alerting
- Experience managing security tooling such as endpoint security, email security, SIEM and SOAR systems, and vulnerability management tools
- Familiarity with AWS services and cloud security
- Understanding of information security standards like ISO 27001
- Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework
Kraken Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive work environment and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of background. They offer equal opportunities and do not discriminate based on any protected attribute.
Join Kraken Technologies and help make a real impact on shaping a better, more sustainable future in the exciting field of energy technology!
Responsibilities For Security Engineer
- Maintain security logging, monitoring, and alerting processes and tooling
- Respond to security alerts, improve detections, and reduce false positives
- Operate security tooling in line with best practices and internal requirements
- Assist TechOps and other teams in maintaining services according to good security practices
- Support security incident response, remediation, and root cause analysis
- Help manage AWS native security services
- Participate in the company's information security program
- Collaborate with colleagues to support security strategies and initiatives
- Support the implementation of security processes and requirements
- Stay up-to-date with emerging security threats, technologies, and industry trends
Requirements For Security Engineer
- Strong background in information security and technology
- Experience in security teams maintaining and improving security logging, monitoring, and alerting
- Experience managing security tooling (e.g., endpoint security, email security, SIEM and SOAR systems, vulnerability management)
- Familiarity with AWS services and cloud security
- Understanding of information security standards such as ISO 27001
- Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework
