Senior Security Engineer - Purple Team
About The Position
Some security roles are about maintaining systems. This one is about outthinking adversaries. We’re looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join our Purple Team — where offensive and defensive security meet. You’ll work at the intersection of attack simulation, threat detection, response, and engineering, helping shape how we identify, understand, and stop sophisticated threats before they become incidents. This is an opportunity to work with modern tooling, solve complex security challenges, and directly influence security strategy in an environment where your expertise matters.
Requirements
- Strong experience as a Security Engineer, Detection Engineer, Security Operations Engineer, Purple Team member, or related role
- Hands-on experience with Splunk
- Experience with Cloudflare platforms and security capabilities
- Strong Windows, Linux and networking knowledge
- Deep understanding of security operations, attack methodologies, and threat detection
- Ability to think like both an attacker and a defender
Nice To Haves
- Security certifications such as CEH, Security+, GCIH, GCIA, CISSP, or similar
- Experience with threat hunting, adversary simulation, or Purple Team exercises
- Background in cloud or enterprise security environments
- A high school diploma or GED is required.
- Education or experience equivalent to a college degree is preferred.
- At least four years of MIS experience preferred.
- At least two years of experience with direct responsibility for information security, IS policy development, implementation, and administration is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate across offensive and defensive security functions to strengthen detection and response capabilities
- Develop and improve threat detection and security monitoring strategies
- Leverage Splunk to identify patterns, analyze threats, and build actionable detections
- Work with Cloudflare technologies to strengthen security posture and visibility
- Conduct threat analysis, investigate suspicious activity, and support incident response efforts
- Help improve security engineering processes, playbooks, and automation
- Partner with technical teams to continuously raise the organization's security maturity
- Training, candidate will learn new skills and work with world class offensive security professionals
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage with spouse/family coverage options
- 401K plan with generous company match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Voluntary insurance coverage plans (life, disability, etc.)
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid training program/ Internal employee development
- Casual dress code
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee referral bonus program
- Discounts through partnerships & neighborhood business programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
