Security Engineer - SecOps

Truveta provides unprecedented real-world data and real-time intelligence, powered by a dataset built with and owned by US health systems united in a mission of Saving Lives with Data. Together, we power breakthrough medical discoveries, accelerate regulatory-grade evidence, and improve patient care. Today, Truveta enables research on more than 130 million de-identified patients across the US.  
Achieving Truveta’s ambitious mission requires an incredible team of talented and inspired people with a special combination of health, software and big data experience who share our company values.
Responsibilities  
Incident Response 
Handle investigation and response to security incidents across endpoints, identities, email, cloud workloads, and SaaS applications 
Act as a senior escalation point for SOC analysts during complex or ambiguous security events 
Participate in on-call rotations and provide senior-level escalation support when needed 
Lead or contribute to post-incident reviews (RCA, postmortems) and track remediation actions to completion 
Ensure incidents are accurately documented for audit, compliance, and operational learning 
Maintain and improve incident response runbooks, playbooks, and escalation procedures 
Support incident readiness activities, including tabletop exercises and response drills 
 
Detection Engineering & Automation 
Develop, tune, and maintain Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules to improve detection quality and reduce false positives 
Design and optimize KQL queries for investigations, threat hunting, and detection engineering 
Integrate and maintain log sources and data connectors in Microsoft Sentinel, ensuring data quality and proper normalization 
Build and maintain SOAR automation and playbooks (Logic Apps) for alert enrichment, triage, and response 
 
Proactive Security & Posture 
Perform proactive threat hunting across Microsoft Sentinel and Defender data to identify emerging or stealthy threats 
Monitor and continuously improve detection coverage and security posture (e.g., Secure Score, exposure signals) 
 
SOC Maturity & Collaboration 
Track and report on SOC and incident metrics such as MTTD, MTTA, MTTR, alert volume, and detection effectiveness 
Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to drive long-term remediation and risk reduction 
Contribute to the continuous improvement of SOC tooling, automation, and operational maturity 
Help define and improve SOC processes, workflows, and standards 
 
Continuous Learning 
Stay current on threat intelligence, attacker techniques (MITRE ATT&CK), and the Microsoft security roadmap 
 
Key Qualifications 
The knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 
4-6+ years of experience in Security Operations (SOC), Incident Response, or Detection & Response role, with demonstrated ownership of complex security incidents. 
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM) and Microsoft Defender XDR (Defender for Endpoint, Identity, Office 365, Cloud Apps). 
Proficiency in KQL (Kusto Query Language) for investigations, threat hunting, and detection engineering. 
Experience designing, tuning, and maintaining SIEM detections and SOAR automation, including alert triage and response workflows. 
Solid understanding of Azure cloud architecture, core services, and native security controls. 
Familiarity with Azure Entra ID, identity security concepts, RBAC, and IAM-related threats. 
Experience with handing high-severity security incidents, including cross-team coordination and stakeholder communication. 
Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, threat actor techniques, and modern attack methodologies across cloud, identity, and endpoint environments. 
Experience supporting on-call rotations and working in a 24/7 or follow-the-sun SOC environment. 
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences. 
Ability to mentor junior analysts and contribute to the continuous improvement of SOC processes and tooling. 
Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, SC-200, SC-100, CySA+, GCIH, GCIA, CISSP, or similar are strongly preferred. 
 
Why Truveta? 
Be a part of building something special. Now is the perfect time to join Truveta. We have strong, established leadership with decades of success. We are well-funded. We are building a culture that prioritizes people and their passions across personal, professional, and everything in between. Join us as we build an amazing company together. 
Truveta is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and empowering workplace. We believe that having employees, interns, and contactors with diverse backgrounds enables Truveta to better meet our mission and serve patients and health communities around the world. We recognize that opportunities in technology historically excluded and continue to disproportionately exclude Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people. We strongly encourage individuals with these identities to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements.