Security Operations Engineer
FalconX provides institutional access to digital asset markets through deep liquidity, financing solutions, and technology infrastructure for global institutions.
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About FalconX
FalconX operates an institutional prime brokerage serving hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, and financial institutions. The platform implements unified liquidity access across Multiple exchanges and OTC desks, providing spot trading, derivatives, custody, and financing solutions. FalconX enables clients to execute strategies with minimal slippage through proprietary technology and 24/7 market coverage.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will monitor, detect, and respond to security incidents across on-premise and cloud environments. You will investigate alerts and security events, perform forensic analysis, hunt for advanced threats, and recommend remediation. You will develop threat-hunting methods, automate detection workflows with scripts, and track emerging threats and vulnerabilities. You will participate in rotational on-call coverage and follow quarterly time-zone rotations, working on-site in Bangalore during local business cycles and remotely during global and US-aligned cycles.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of experience in security operations, threat hunting, or a similar cybersecurity role
- Experience using Cloud, EDR, Network, and related telemetry for detection and response
- Experience developing and deploying detection rules, including YARA, Sigma, SQL-based rules, or network signatures
- Understanding of network security monitoring, packet analysis, and log correlation
- Understanding of advanced threat detection methodologies and threat intelligence
- Proficiency analyzing attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures using MITRE ATT&CK
- Proficiency in security-operations scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, or Bash
- Understanding of endpoint security, identity management, cloud security, detection engineering, vulnerability management, incident response, and threat intelligence
- Communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Responsibilities
- Monitor, detect, and respond to security incidents across on-premise and cloud environments
- Analyze security alerts to identify potential threats
- Conduct forensic investigations and deep-dive analysis of security events
- Conduct proactive threat hunting across endpoint, network, and cloud environments
- Analyze security logs, behavioral patterns, and anomalies for indicators of compromise and attacker techniques
- Investigate incidents and recommend mitigation and remediation actions
- Develop and refine threat-hunting methodologies using MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain
- Automate threat detection and analysis using Python, PowerShell, or Bash
- Monitor emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attack trends to improve detection and response strategies
- Participate in rotational weekend on-call pager duty