Akuna Capital
Security Engineer II
Chicago · Mid
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 hours ago
AzureCybersecuritySIEMSOC OperationsDetection EngineeringIncident ResponseFirewallCollaboration
About the role
- About Akuna: Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation.
Responsibilities
- In this role, you'll proactively identify vulnerabilities, hunt for threats, automate and orchestrate security workflows, and drive incident response while leveraging AI and agentic tooling as force multipliers.
- Perform analysis of security incidents and threat actors utilizing the MITRE ATT&CK framework to enhance detection capabilities
- Investigate and respond to security incidents reported by the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), security controls, and end users, while developing effective triage processes to ensure prompt and thorough incident handling
- Develop threat hunting activities by analyzing anomalous log data, intelligence, and conducting brainstorming sessions to detect and eliminate potential adversaries in our network
- Leverage APIs across enterprise technology, SaaS/IaaS/PaaS and business applications to create new sources of telemetry signals for threat Detection and Response
- Conduct vulnerability management assessments, recommend remediation actions, and collaborate with system owners to ensure timely patching
- Collaborate with Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) to implement threat detection rules and event correlation using SIEM platforms to identify malicious, suspicious, and anomalous activities
- Collaborate with different departments within the firm to identify security monitoring blind spots and opportunities for threat detection
- Provide support in implementing and maintaining the information security infrastructure ensuring its effective operation and ongoing maintenance
- Educate users on security best practices and implement initiatives to promote cybersecurity awareness and risk reduction, including conducting training sessions and developing user-friendly documentation
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, or cyber defense with a demonstrated ability to protect enterprise systems, infrastructure, and data
- Passion for cybersecurity and a strong understanding of security operations, threat detection, incident response, and enterprise security principles
- Experience investigating security events through log analysis, identifying indicators of compromise, and assisting with incident investigation and response
- By continuously improving our ability to prevent, detect, investigate, respond to, and recover from cyber threats, you'll play a key role in advancing Akuna's security posture.
Skills
- They opened the firm's first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world - Chicago.
- Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London, and Singapore.
Company info
- You'll also help secure the firm's growing AI ecosystem, including internal AI applications, agentic workflows, and the emerging attack surfaces they introduce as AI becomes an increasingly important part of how we build and operate technology.
- Engineer war-gaming and tabletop activities as part of red/blue team exercises to strengthen and test incident response playbooks, evaluating and improving the firm's incident response capabilities
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