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The Senior Security Operations Engineer is a member of the Security Operations Code and Tools (SOCAT) team at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). The main responsibility of the team is to support Security Monitoring and Alerting. This includes maximizing visibility for the SOC and SIRT. The Engineer will also support the deployment of new security technologies that will enhance the overall security posture of SIE. This role is highly technical and requires a solid grasp of security principles and how they to apply them to an enterprise environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely other Engineers and Programmers to execute road-maps for the SOCAT Team
- Understanding and implementing governance, risk and compliance requirements
- Thoroughly document technical designs and processes
- Take initiative in identifying gaps and creating plans for remediation
- Be a technical escalation point for other members of the team
- Deliver training to the team on new security related topics
- Participates in an on-call rotation for 24x7 support of SIEM
- Make sound reasonable decisions on complex technical security questions
- Other duties that may be assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required, or equivalent industry experience (5+ years)
- Have extensive experience in implementing security in Cloud environments.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the latest attack methods and mitigation strategies
- Expert Linux/Unix OS and Windows administration knowledge
- Strong knowledge implementing security in a DevOps pipeline
- Demonstrate experience in automation through scripting
- Excellent independent problem solving experience
- Solid grasp of Scripting (e.g., PERL, Python, shell scripting)
Desired Experience:
- Industry recognized professional certification such as CISSP, GWAP, AWS Solutions Architect
- Past experience of creating security policies and procedures
- Senior level experience with security infrastructure engineering in hosted environments
- Direct senior level experience in securing cloud environments.
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