Junior Security Engineer/Onsite

About the job

This is an urgent, full-time hybrid Security Operations Engineer opportunity in Addison, TX with a large organization. You’ll join an established security operations team responsible for protecting a large enterprise environment using CrowdStrike Falcon, Splunk SIEM, and an email security gateway, with a strong focus on incident response, threat hunting, detection, and security engineering.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 3–5 years of combined IT and cybersecurity experience, including experience within a SOC or security engineering environment
• Hands-on experience with Splunk or a comparable SIEM for alert triage, correlation, investigation, and root cause analysis
• Proven experience supporting major incident response activities
• Experience with EDR detection, investigation, and response, preferably CrowdStrike Falcon
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, concise language for non-technical stakeholders
• Ability and willingness to participate in an on-call rotation, including weekends

Desired Skills & Experience

• Security certification such as CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CEH, or equivalent
• Experience with digital forensics and/or threat hunting
• Scripting experience using Python, PowerShell, or Bash
• Experience developing security detection rules and SOAR playbooks
• Experience working with a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Experience with enterprise security operations and incident management processes

What You Will Be Doing Daily Responsibilities

• 65% Hands On: Investigate and correlate suspicious events, determine root cause, support major incident response efforts, perform proactive and reactive threat hunting, and recommend improvements to security controls and procedures
• 35% Team Collaboration: Serve as an escalation point and resource for junior analysts, partner with cross-functional teams, conduct business impact analysis, and participate in incident response exercises and drills

The Offer

• Full-time, hybrid opportunity in Addison, TX
• Opportunity to work with enterprise-scale security technologies including CrowdStrike Falcon and Splunk
• Exposure to global security operations, incident response, threat hunting, and detection engineering
• Opportunity for career growth from SOC operations into a broader security engineering role
• Bonus eligible

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Vacation Time
• Stock Options

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.