Merkle
Customer Experience Transformation
SecurityPlatformEngineer
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“Security Platform Engineer at Merkle. Skills: Security Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Automation. define security measures. maintain security platforms”
What You'll Achieve.
ensuring a secure and resilient infrastructure; support and automate security monitoring; support threat detection; support incident response; validate findings; enhance cloud security posture; enforce compliance; ensure seamless handover of operational responsibilities
Industry & Context.
analytical and problem-solving skills; proactive approach to resolving issues; bridging personal knowledge gaps; creative problem-solving
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Solid understanding of network security, identity and access management (IAM), cloud platforms (ideally Azure), scripting skills (Python, Bash, Terraform), understanding of security principles, engineering practices across enterprise, cloud or development environments, excellent technical, analytical and problem-solving skills, proactive approach to resolving issues, bridging personal knowledge gaps, communication skills, ability to work both independently, collaboratively with cross-functional teams, Good presentation skills both verbal and written
Nice to Have
prior experience in enterprise security tools (Okta, Island Browser, Wiz, Sentinel, Defender, Cyera), DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline security (dependabot, detect-secrets, semgrep, trivy, Falco, Nuclei, SonarQube), Relevant certifications (e.g. Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), DevSecOps Practitioner, Azure Security Engineer, AWS Certified Security Specialty, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer)
What You'll Do.
define security measures
maintain security platforms
integrate security tooling and platforms
develop new internal capabilities
implement and support security platforms
support other platforms
configure and manage enterprise browsers
detection engineering
connectors and log ingestion
Business Intelligence reporting
secure CI/CD pipelines
containerized environments
automated static and dynamic application security testing
implement and maintain enterprise security platforms
maintain custom environment-specific tooling
leverage Azure-native security offerings
support and automate security monitoring
support threat detection
support incident response
enhance cloud security posture
document security processes
identify security improvements
train teams on security
provide L2/L3 support
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work closely with security platforms; SOC; security architects; developer teams; Collaborate with SOC; vulnerability management; security architects; DevOps teams; work both independently, and collaboratively with cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
communication skills; Good presentation skills both verbal and written on both technical and non-technical information
Full Job Description
**Job Description:** **We Dream. We Do. We Deliver.** **As a full-service, data-driven customer experience transformation,** we partner with Top 500 companies in the DACH region and in Eastern Europe. Originally from Switzerland, Merkle DACH was created out of a merger Namics and Isobar - two leading full-service digital agencies. **Our 1200 + digital enthusiasts **are innovating the way brands are built, through providing expertise in Digital Transformation strategy, MarTech platforms, Creativity, UX, CRM, Data, Commerce, Mobile, Social Media, Intranet and CMS. We are part of the global **Merkle** brand, the largest brand within the dentsu group, who shares with us a network of over 66,000 passionate individuals in 146 countries. **Job description** Successful candidates will join dentsu’s Cyber Security team and will focus on helping secure environments across our global business. In this role, you will be responsible for helping define security measures and maintain security platforms across a variety of enterprise and development environments. You will work closely with security platforms, SOC, security architects and developer teams to integrate security tooling and platforms, ensuring a secure and resilient infrastructure. An ideal candidate would have a proven track record in both enterprise security tooling and DevSecOps processes, including multi-cloud security, code & secret scanning, container security etc. This role is suited to someone who would enjoy helping develop new internal capabilities and embrace the challenge of implementing and supporting these in a variety of different environments and technologies across the global business. _We are hiring for multiple engineering roles specialising in one, or more, of the following while supporting other platforms as a secondary priority._ **Key Accountabilities** _Primary focus areas:_ * Web security, including the configuration and management of enterprise browsers * SIEM & EDR, including detection engine
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