Perforce
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Sr.SecurityEngineer
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“Sr. Security Engineer at Perforce. Skills: Security Operations, Incident Response, Google SecOps, AI Security. Lead SOC alerts workflow. Operationalize Incident Response Plans”
What You'll Achieve.
Low noise of false positives; High quality triage; Measurable MTTD/MTTR improvements
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's or master's degree, 8+ years experience in Security Operations, 2+ years in lead/senior engineer capacity, Experience working with managed SOC providers, Experience running containment, eradication, recovery, RCA, Experience coordinating Major Incidents, Ability to interpret written processes and RACI models
Nice to Have
Building AI Agentic Workflows, Generative AI Engineering, AI Red Teaming, AI Model Monitoring, Cross functional AI Support, Experience in global SaaS organization, Prior SOC2 or ISO 27001 audit experience
What You'll Do.
Lead SOC alerts workflow
Operationalize Incident Response Plans
Own SOC tools and automation
Coordinate with managed SOC provider
Design workflows and playbooks
Lead RCA for incidents
Mentor SOC Engineers and Analysts
Own SOC alert lifecycle
Act as Major Incident Manager
Ensure adherence to Incident Response Policies
Own SOC RACI and routing matrix
tuning of Google SecOps
Design and implement automation
Trigger Jira tickets and playbooks
Support SLA monitoring and notifications
Partner on CI/CD and IaC security automation
Define and own core set of playbooks
Oversee False Positives and Exceptions processes
Own SOC KPIs and operational metrics
Produce and present Monthly SOC Summary Report
Lead RCA and post incident reviews
Champion continuous improvement
Act as day to day lead for SOC
Serve as senior escalation point
Coach and mentor team members
Build partnerships with vendors and stakeholders
Serve as primary liaison with Tier 1 provider
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Managed SOC provider; CloudOps; IT; Engineering
Communication Scope
Presenting reports
Process & Methodology
Incident Response Plan, Major Incident Response Plan
Full Job Description
## Description Perforce is a community of collaborative experts, problem solvers, and possibility seekers who believe work should be both challenging and fun. We are proud to inspire creativity, foster belonging, support collaboration, and encourage wellness. At Perforce, you’ll work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in business. Before you know it, you’ll be in the middle of a rewarding career at a company headed in one direction: upward. With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce Software, Inc. is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions for the toughest challenges. The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce. ## Responsibilities • Lead the end to end SOC alerts workflow.• Operationalize the Regular Incident Response Plan and Major Incident Response Plan across teams.• Own SOC tools and automation (with Google SecOps as the primary SIEM, SOAR, Google Threat Intelligence, Gemini AI integrations and Jira as the authoritative system of record).• Coordinate with our managed SOC provider (Tier 1) to ensure, low noise of false positives, high quality triage, implementation of playbooks, clean escalations, and measurable MTTD/MTTR improvements.• This is a hands on leadership role: you will design workflows and playbooks, lead investigations and RCA for high impact incidents, and mentor SOC Engineers and Analysts as we scale from a lean Phase 1 SOC (~2–3 FTE) to an AI enabled mature operations.• Own the SOC alert lifecycle: Alert Ingestion → Triage → Routing → Investigation → Determination → Reporting.• Act as Major Incident Manager (MIM) for security events meetings.• Ensure strict adherence to Perforce’s Incident Response Policies for regular incidents• Maintain the SOC Charter, operating model, and guardrails as per the Operationalization Plan, Own the SOC RACI and routing matrix across SOC, CloudOps, IT, Engineering, and the provider. Tools, Telemetry
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