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Hiring Manager: Manos Skalidis - Director, Security Engineering

Introduction

Security is in the foundation of over 9,000 customers’ trust in Optimizely. In this role, you will help our security program that enables security being baked into all of the products and infrastructure built at Optimizely. The responsibilities of this role are a blend of security engineering, security architecture and project management. This role will focus on security technologies, processes to manage the technology and cross-team collaboration to achieve the goals defined by the security organization.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents within the organization's infrastructure, particularly within the Security Operations Center (SOC) environment.
• Conducts threat hunting activities to proactively identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Acts as an incident responder and incident commander, investigating and mitigating security incidents promptly and effectively.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver specific security features, processes, or programs aimed at enhancing the organization's security posture.
• Provides insights and expertise on security best practices and industry standards to improve security operations.
  
  

Knowledge and Experience

• Possesses comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience in SOC operations, including threat detection, incident response, and security monitoring.
• Demonstrates proficiency in responding to alerts generated by a SIEM and other security tools (i.e. Cloudflare), ensuring timely action to address potential security issues.
• Exhibits a strong understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals, practices, and procedures.
• Demonstrates proficiency in utilizing tools and techniques for threat hunting and proactive security measures, such as Splunk, trustar, cloudflare.
• Familiarity with Cloudflare security services and the ability to effectively respond to alerts generated by Cloudflare.
• Shows a continuous willingness to learn and stay updated with the latest developments in the cybersecurity landscape.
• Develops specialized skills specific to security analysis, incident response, and threat hunting.
• Ability to write and customize alerts, incidents and correlation searches.
• Blue and/or purple team experience.
• To have the curiosity and drive and solve complex problems.
  
  

Education

• Degree in STEM, preferably in Information Security or Computer Engineering
  
  

Optimizely is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Optimizely is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.