Intermediate SecOps Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Intermediate SecOps Engineer based in Canada.

This role sits at the heart of operational security, focusing on protecting large-scale open source infrastructure and services used globally by millions of developers. You will be responsible for strengthening detection and response capabilities across complex, distributed systems while ensuring security visibility across cloud, identity, and application environments. The position blends hands-on incident response with proactive threat hunting and security engineering. You will play a key role in improving monitoring systems, reducing false positives, and enhancing overall resilience. Working closely with infrastructure and development teams, you will help embed security into daily operations and engineering workflows. This is a highly collaborative environment where your contributions directly improve the stability, trust, and security of critical open source ecosystems.

Accountabilities:

• Develop, maintain, and improve security monitoring systems, including SIEM rules, alerts, dashboards, and detection workflows across infrastructure, cloud, and identity systems.
• Participate in incident response activities including triage, investigation, containment, remediation, and post-incident reviews to ensure continuous improvement.
• Proactively conduct threat hunting and security investigations to identify anomalous behavior and emerging risks within systems and services.
• Operate and enhance security tooling such as SIEM platforms, log aggregation systems, vulnerability management tools, and alerting pipelines.
• Create and maintain incident response playbooks, operational runbooks, and security documentation to standardize response procedures across teams.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and engineering teams to identify vulnerabilities and implement security hardening across Linux, cloud, container, and network environments.
• Contribute to disaster recovery planning, resilience testing, and on-call security support as part of operational readiness.

Requirements:

• 3–5+ years of experience in SecOps, incident response, infrastructure security, or related operational security roles.
• Hands-on experience with security monitoring, alert triage, incident investigation, and response workflows in production environments.
• Strong understanding of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, IAM, and common attack techniques.
• Experience working with SIEM tools, log aggregation platforms, and detection engineering processes.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerized systems such as Docker and Kubernetes (or OpenShift/OKD).
• Ability to write and maintain runbooks, detection rules, and incident response documentation.
• Working knowledge of security frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK or CIS Controls.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to perform under pressure during security incidents.
• Excellent communication skills to clearly explain technical risks and incidents to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Certifications such as Security+, CEH, or cloud security credentials are considered an asset.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary package of approximately €50,000 – €75,000 annually.
• Fully remote work arrangement with preference for candidates based in Canada or the European Union.
• Opportunity to work on globally used open source infrastructure with high-impact security responsibilities.
• Exposure to large-scale distributed systems, cloud environments, and modern security tooling.
• Collaborative and mission-driven engineering culture focused on innovation and operational excellence.
• Strong emphasis on learning, professional development, and continuous improvement.
• Inclusive and flexible work environment supporting remote collaboration across global teams.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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