Were Hiring: Security Engineer | Threat Hunting & Cyber Defense
Location: Hyderabad
Experience: 7+ years overall IT | 5+ years in Security Operations / Threat Hunting
Role: Security Engineer
Joining: Immediate
We are looking for an experienced Security Engineer to join our cybersecurity team and drive advanced threat investigation, threat hunting, detection engineering, vulnerability management, and proactive cyber defense.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead advanced threat hunting and investigation activities, including APT and hands-on-keyboard attacks
- Perform deep incident scoping and correlate telemetry across endpoint, cloud, identity, email and network sources
- Develop and refine detection rules/signatures based on threat intelligence and hunting findings
- Own vulnerability and risk management activities identification, assessment, prioritization, remediation and reporting
- Coordinate with IT and application teams for vulnerability remediation and patching
- Maintain and enhance vulnerability scanning processes and tools
- Drive security automation and integration across SIEM, EDR, MDR and SOAR platforms
- Develop SOPs, investigation documentation and security KPIs/metrics
- Translate technical security findings into transparent business risk for leadership and stakeholders
Required Technical Skills
Microsoft Sentinel & KQL – Expert level
Microsoft Defender XDR / M365 Security
SIEM / EDR / MDR / SOAR
Threat Hunting & Threat Intelligence
MITRE ATT&CK; / APT analysis
Cloud, Identity, Email & SaaS security
PowerShell, KQL and Python scripting
Security detection engineering & automation
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Education & Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science or equivalent experience.