Security Threat Detection Engineer - II (SOC)

Tekion is hiring a Security Threat Detection Engineer - II (SOC) in Bangalore HQ.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience considered.

• 4–6 years of experience in security operations, security engineering, incident response, or related roles.

• Willingness and ability to work in a 24x7 SOC on a rotating shift schedule, including night shifts, weekends, and holidays.

• Hands-on experience with alert triage, investigation, and incident response in a SOC environment.

• Experience building and tuning detections in SIEM/EDR platforms and reducing false positives; familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK.

• Experience conducting threat hunts using endpoint, network, cloud, and identity telemetry, and translating findings into detections.

• Experience with malware analysis, including static and dynamic analysis, sandboxing tools, and IOC extraction; familiarity with tools such as sandbox environments, YARA, or disassemblers/debuggers is a plus.

• Experience with SOAR platforms and building automated playbooks; exposure to AI agents or LLM-based automation for security operations strongly preferred.

• Strong understanding of network, application, and cloud security principles.

• Experience with security tools such as SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners, and endpoint protection.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their security services and logging.

• Familiarity with compliance and security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS).

• Scripting or automation experience (Python, Bash, or equivalent) preferred.

• Experience defining and reporting operational security metrics (MTTD, MTTR, false positive rates) preferred.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Good written and verbal communication abilities, including clear documentation and shift handoffs.

Benefits & perks

• Opportunity to work with some of the smartest minds to solve complex challenges at scale.

• Impactful role in shaping and securing a global, cloud-native & AI driven platform.

• Innovative, collaborative, and fast-paced culture.

Current Tekion Employees: Please apply via the Internal Job Board in Ashby

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About Tekion

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through