ZEISS

SecurityOperationsEngineer(SIEM/SOAR)

Hungary FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Security Operations Engineer (SIEM/SOAR) at ZEISS. Skills: SIEM, SOAR, Detection engineering, Response automation. Evolve detection and response capabilities. Ensure security platforms deliver insights”

What You'll Achieve.

Strengthen overall detection and response posture; Enable quick and decisive reaction to threats; Achieve high quality alerting; Achieve high quality detection; Achieve high quality response capability

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Analytical abilities; Problem-solving abilities

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Detection engineering experience, SOC engineering experience, Security operations experience, SIEM analytic rules, EDR analytic rules, Custom queries, Searches, Dashboards, Reports, Log sources understanding, Event parsing understanding, Normalization understanding, Enrichment understanding, SOAR playbooks design, SOAR playbooks implementation, SIEM query languages, Common detection frameworks, Threat intelligence translation, Adversary behavior translation, Detection use cases alignment, MITRE ATT&CK alignment, Emerging threats alignment, Real-world attack patterns alignment, APIs, Integrations, Technical documentation skills

Nice to Have

Scripting skills, Automation skills, Python, PowerShell, Fluent in German

What You'll Do.

Evolve detection and response capabilities

Ensure security platforms deliver insights

Turn threat intelligence into detection logic

Turn incident lessons into automated workflows

Define detection use cases

Document detection use cases

Stay informed about attack patterns

Finetune detection use cases

Maintain SIEM analytic rules

Modify SIEM analytic rules

Maintain EDR analytic rules

Modify EDR analytic rules

Finetune analytic rules

Design SOAR playbooks

Configure SOAR playbooks

Maintain SOAR playbooks

Manage reference sets

Manage exception lists

Manage SIEM user accounts

Manage SIEM permissions

Create custom queries

Create custom searches

Create custom reports

Troubleshoot integrations

Troubleshoot analytic rules

Troubleshoot alert behavior

Improve detection coverage

Improve response automation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with SOC; Collaborate with CIRT; Collaborate with threat intelligence; Collaborate with platform engineering; Collaborate with external service providers; Collaborate with platform teams

Communication Scope

Technical documentation skills

Full Job Description

# Your Role As Security Operations Engineer (SIEM/SOAR), you shape and continuously evolve the detection and response capabilities at the heart of our Cyber Defense Center. You ensure that our security platforms deliver meaningful, actionable insights – turning threat intelligence, adversary behavior, and incident lessons learned into effective detection logic and automated response workflows. In close collaboration with SOC, CIRT, threat intelligence, platform engineering, and external service providers, you help strengthen our overall detection and response posture and enable the organization to react quickly and decisively to emerging cyber threats. \- Define and document detection use cases aligned with CDC priorities, threat intelligence, and MITRE ATT&CK techniques. \- Stay informed about current attack patterns to finetune detection use cases based on emerging threats, TTPs, and incident lessons learned. \- Maintain and modify SIEM and EDR analytic rules across the detection lifecycle. \- Finetune analytic rules to improve signal to noise ratio and reduce false positives. \- Design, configure, and maintain SOAR response playbooks to automate and orchestrate incident response actions. \- Manage watchlists, reference sets, and exception lists used by analytic rules and playbooks. \- Manage user accounts and permissions for the SIEM system and related detection tooling. \- Create custom queries, searches, and reports to support investigations, hunting, and operational reporting. \- Assist SOC analysts with analysis and troubleshooting of integrations, analytic rules and alert behavior. \- Collaborate with Threat Intelligence, SOC, CIRT, and platform teams to continuously improve detection coverage and response automation. Your Profile \- Degree in Computer Science, IT Security, or a related field, or equivalent work experience. \- Several years of hands‑on experience in detection engineering, SOC engineering, or security operations. \- Strong drive to achiev

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