Cyber Security Operations Engineer in EUROPEAN UNION

Strategic Staffing Solutions International’s client, a major player in the healthcare industry, is looking for a new team member to join their Cyber Security Operations team. The role offers full location flexibility and a fully remote setup.

As a Cyber Security Operations Engineer II, you will play a key role in strengthening the organization’s cybersecurity efforts. You’ll lead complex cybersecurity and incident response tasks to protect systems and networks from advanced threats. You’ll also work closely with global cross-functional teams and provide expert guidance to junior analysts and other internal teams.

What you will do:

• Operate enterprise security services such as continuous cybersecurity operations, incident response, cyber monitoring, threat hunting, or digital forensics.
• Use security tools and resources to correlate suspicious events, provide context around the event, determine root cause, provide regular updates, and recommend modifications to existing systems and procedures.
• Perform analysis on collections of cyber threats using high-level proactive and reactive threat hunting methods.
• Ensure that security controls are developed, managed, and maintained.
• Support Incident Response efforts.
• Conduct business impact analysis to ensure resources are adequately protected with proper security measures.
• Assess threats regarding information assets and recommend the appropriate information security controls and measures.
• Actively support junior analysts with security event monitoring to uncover potential security violations (e.g., breaches, unauthorized activity).
• Participate in on-call rotation (including weekends) to ensure continuous operations.
• Participate in internal incident response exercises and drills.

What you will need:

• A Degree in Cybersecurity, Risk Analysis, Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field, or equivalent work experience
• Excellent English and Spanish skills
• 2-4 years of combined IT and cybersecurity work experience
• Hands-on experience performing cybersecurity investigations with the following security tool categories: SIEM, EDR, Email Security Gateway, with primary focus on CrowdStrike Falcon XDR.
• Understanding of cyber security industry frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, D3FEND, NIST, Cyber Kill Chain, etc.)
• Experience in supporting major incident response activities.
• Experience in supporting detection and response for EDR tools

Nice to have:

• Fluency in other languages i.e., Turkish; French; Lithuanian, etc.
• Security certification (i.e., Comptia Security+, CompTIA CySA+, EC-Council CEH) or equivalent
• Expertise in one or more of the following functional areas: Digital Forensics, Threat Hunting
• Experience in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or any other scripting language
• Prior experience in developing detection rules and SOAR playbooks

What you will get:

• B2B contract option
• 18-month contract with the potential for full-time employment transition
• Pay rate: 30-39 EUR/hour
• Work from anywhere with a fully remote setup
• Collaborate with top specialists in the field worldwide