Solutions Security Engineer

Job Description

WithSecure™ protects businesses all over the world from modern threats. We do this through a Co-security approach born from first-hand knowledge that no one can solve every cyber security problem alone. Every single day, our diverse, growing team fights against online extortion, threats to national infrastructure, the unlawful spread of sensitive information, and everything in-between. The best part about working for WithSecure is our people! We are a community of dedicated and passionate professionals that take workplace happiness seriously. If you’re looking for something that’s more than just a job – we’d love to hear from you.

Our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) business provides a world leading managed service that detects and responds to cyber-attacks on behalf of our clients using a strong combination of people, process and technology. Much of the technology is designed and built in house by the WithSecure engineering team, specifically to support the managed service, or as products that WithSecure provides to the wider market.

WithSecure is currently looking for a strong cyber security professional to join our global team to help successfully deliver our Countercept Managed Detection and Response service.

Job Duties...

MDR Security Engineer is a customer facing consultancy role within the Countercept MDR service. You will be helping to tailor the service most effectively to each customer needs, work with the customer to support changes to their systems as well as helping them maximise the value from the service and the broader insights it provides through our data.
The MDR Security Engineer will work closely other key internal MDR teams – namely Customer Engagement (CE) and Detection and Response Team (DRT) – to achieve this outcome.

• Work alongside the Customer Engagement Managers and the wider team to successfully deliver the Managed Detection and Response service.
• Demonstrate value and insights to the customer through improvements and customisation of technical and executive reporting and face to face meetings.
• Make recommendations to improve a customer’s preventative controls using technical insights gleaned from findings and investigations generated by DRT.
• Understand unique customer environments and their IT, security, and general business strategy. Assist in maintenance of documentation to this effect and be able to communicate it to other teams.
• Act as the technical conduit and point of contact for giving advice and work with other WithSecure teams and services where required.
• Feed back into and support on-boarding processes as a result of service improvements.
• Work with internal support teams to resolve any service-related issues

What we are looking for…

• 1+ years' experience within security consulting or incident response

• Passion for Information Security

• Passionate about customers and about continuous improvement of the customer experience

• Innovative mindset, to work on unique solutions to common problems

• Solid technical understanding of enterprise IT and security architecture

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong information presentation and communication skills

• Ability to grasp the inner workings and philosophy of the WithSecure Countercept service

• Ability to support travel time up to 10%

Bonus points….

• Understanding of Incident response, MDR, EDR, and Threat Hunting

• Experience in offensive security testing and techniques

• Experience in implementing preventative and particularly detection and response security controls

• Working with large datasets and running efficient queries

• Scripting or coding (Python, Ruby, PowerShell)

Our four promises to you…

• Freedom – you will have the opportunity to define new ways of working how we engage with our customers, and how product value gets represented

• You will work together with experienced and enthusiastic colleagues, and at WithSecure you'll find some of the best minds in the cyber security industry

• Your work will be clearly visible – all over the world

• You can rely on the support from our top executives

You can’t design culture!

The WithSecure team is diverse, fluid, fun-loving, and full of energy. It’s our job to preserve that, so we’ve made it our business to help individuals traverse from passion to passion, from specialism to specialism, from the flavour of today to tomorrow’s. We move with their needs, and help them build Pathways, always focusing on the things that make them happy in and beyond of the office.