SecOps Specialist

About Our Client

The organization operates in the digital asset and blockchain industry, addressing the growing speed, scale, and complexity of digital asset management. It provides a secure platform and network that enables businesses to engage with digital assets efficiently. Trusted by major financial institutions, banks, and global brands, the organization supports clients including BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, ANZ Bank, and Revolut.

About the Opportunity

The SecOps Specialist plays a key role in protecting the organization’s infrastructure and responding to cybersecurity threats. This position manages security technologies, investigates potential breaches, strengthens security controls, and provides threat intelligence to support informed security decisions. The role involves managing multiple concurrent projects and participating in occasional weekend and night shifts as required.

Responsibilities

• Investigate security alerts, perform triage and deep analysis, and develop remediation plans.
• Conduct host-based, artifact, and malware analysis to support incident response activities.
• Coordinate security investigations and containment efforts with internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare incident analysis reports, identify security gaps, and recommend improvements.
• Develop, tune, and maintain detection logic and security controls.
• Assess existing security solutions to determine their effectiveness against emerging and known threats.
• Create custom SIEM queries and dashboards to identify advanced tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Develop and maintain runbooks for common and critical incident types.
• Support continuous improvement of security operations, incident response, and threat detection processes.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Incident Response, Security Operations, or Security Operations Center roles involving incident management and reporting.
• Experience managing cybersecurity events, including monitoring, analysis, escalation, and remediation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders to coordinate incident response and remediation activities.
• Experience developing runbooks for common or critical security incidents.
• Proficiency with security technologies such as SIEM, intrusion detection, malware detection, data loss prevention, and identity and access management.
• Strong understanding of system and security controls across at least two operating systems, including Windows, Linux/Unix, or MacOS.
• Experience with host-based forensic analysis.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills with a growth-oriented mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Knowledge of cloud services, Kubernetes, cloud architecture, and major cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Pay Range and Compensation Package

Estimated base salary range for employees working remotely from New York or at the NYC headquarters: $124,000–$163,000 annually, depending on experience and skills. Total compensation may include a target bonus, equity grants, and benefits.