Alpaca Security Operations Engineer at Alpaca manages SIEM and SOAR capabilities to improve security detection and response. Responsible for log onboarding, detection development, alert tuning, and automation.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a Security Operations Engineer to own the daily operation and continuous improvement of Alpaca’s SIEM and SOAR capabilities. You will onboard security logs, develop and tune detections, keep alerts actionable, maintain operational dashboards, and automate repeatable response actions.
This role reports to the Enterprise Security Architect and works closely with Security, IT, DevOps, and Engineering.
The Security Team is 100% distributed and remote.
Things You Get To Do:
The core responsibilities of the Security Operations Engineer are focused on detection, response automation, operational excellence, and cross-functional coordination.
SIEM Operations and Detection Engineering:
Log Onboarding: Onboard new security log sources across cloud, identity, endpoint, SaaS, and application systems, including parsing, normalization, and data quality checks.
Detection Development: Build, test, and tune detection rules based on threat intelligence, incident learnings, and emerging attack techniques, mapped to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
Alert Quality: Tune, enrich, and manage the lifecycle of detections so alerts stay actionable.
Detection Coverage: Maintain detections for critical systems and priority attack techniques.
Operational Dashboards: Build and maintain dashboards for alert volume, ingest health, and response status.
Incident Response & Metrics:
Qualification
Working with Linux
Required
Excited about Alpaca’s mission and what we’re building
3+ years of experience in Security Operations or detection engineering roles
Hands-on experience operating and tuning a SIEM
Experience building SOAR playbooks or equivalent response automation
Working with Linux
Scripting or automation experience (Python, Bash) for security operations tasks
Experience onboarding and parsing log sources from cloud, identity, and SaaS platforms
Strong alert investigation skills across identity, endpoint, network, and cloud environments
Understanding of common attacker techniques and detection methodologies
Experience supporting security incidents, including evidence collection, detection queries, and containment
Willing to participate in an on-call rotation
Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially during incidents
